Answer:
A. Knowing that the attack might reach us in all too short a time, we
immediately began greatly to increase our industrial strength and
our capacity to meet the demands of modern warfare.
Explanation:
The attack is coming quickly so the logical thing to do is to prepare. The other examples are motivational or pathological statements while the first one (A) uses a clear and methodical string of thought to find a solution for the coming attack.
(If a picture type thing helps you: attack coming soon---what do we do?---begin to prepare for the attack immediately.)
Answer:
the angry man said don't talk nonsense
D.the essay tells a story about the narrators relationship with his father
Men had much greater economic freedom than women.
Society considered women to be lesser than men.
I’m just guessing since I don’t know what passage you are referring to.