【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] He was less hurt than frightened. [分析] 比较结构。根据原文“He was less hurt than frightened．”，关键在于理解固定搭配less than。less than是特殊的比较结构，意指“少于、与其说……倒不如”。本句的意思是：他与其说被伤着了，倒不如说吓着了。据此应选b，b选项 scared是原句frightened的同义词。

单选题 Why didn't I do the job?

a. Because it would be too time-consuming.
b. Because I wanted to do it myself.
c. Because nobody had done it before.
d. Because nobody joined me.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] I decided not to do the job, knowing it would take me several days to do it all by myself. [分析] 同义替换。根据原文“…knowing it would take me several days to do it all by myself”，译文为：原因是这项工作会让我一个人花费好几天来做。本题关键是理解time- consuming的意思，表示很耗时间，所以选a。

单选题 What could he do for the rest of his life?

a. Nothing.
b. Be a councilman.
c. Reconsider his life.
d. Be a humble clerk.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] He decided that he had no choice but to reconcile himself to being a petty clerk for the rest of his life. [分析] 句子结构。根据原文“He decided that he had no choice but to reconcile himself to being a petty clerk for the rest of his life．”，译文为：他决定了他没有其他选择，只有让自己屈服，在他的余生只做一名小小的职员。本句关键是理解句子结构have no choice but…，意思是：没有别的选择只有……，所以应选d。

单选题 Which of the following is closest in meaning to what you've just heard?

a. I have no doubt that she will type her paper tomorrow.
b. No one believes that she is a good typist.
c. I didn't know she had so many pages to type tomorrow.
d. It seems that she won't be able to complete her typing by tomorrow morning.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] I doubt she can finish typing her research paper that is due tomorrow morning. [分析] 理解推断。根据原文“I doubt she can finish typing her research paper that is due tomorrow morning”，译文为：我怀疑她能否打完论文，明天早晨就是论文的最后期限了。所以应选d，看来她到明天早晨为止不能把论文打完。

单选题 What do we know about Susan?

a. She learned Spanish in America.
b. She doesn't know Spanish.
c. She improved her Spanish in Mexico.
d. She knew Spanish before going to Mexico.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] Susan is fluent in Spanish now that she has been to Mexico. [分析] 词义理解。根据原文“Susan is fluent in Spanish now that she has been to Mexico．”，译文为：苏姗因为去过墨西哥，所以西班牙语讲的很流利。本题关键在于理解连词短语now that，意指“由于、因为”，所以选c。

单选题 Which of the following is true about the politician?

a. He had proposed the same policy 2 years before the speech.
b. He did mention his old advocacy in his speech.
c. There was no time for the politician to talk about his advocacy.
d. His speech was just the opposite of what he had advocated 2 years before.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] At no time during his speech did the politician mention that he had advocated the opposite policy two years before. [分析] 句型转换。根据原文“At no time during his speech did the politician mention that he had advocated the opposite policy two years before．”，原句是倒装句，译文为：在他的演讲中，这位政治家很快就提到了两年以前他拥护过相反的政策。所以应选d选项，他的演讲和他两年前所拥护的政策正相反。

单选题 What happened to train travel?

a. Trains were stuck in the snow.
b. People couldn't get train tickets.
c. Many people had to stand on the train.
d. Train travel was suspended because of severe snowstorm.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] The snowstorm brought train travel to a standstill. [分析] 词义理解。根据原文“The snowstorm brought train travel to a standstill．”，译文为：暴风雪使得火车旅行停止了下来。本题关键是理解单词standstill的词义，意思是：停止、停滞。正确选项为d“因为严重的暴风雪，火车旅行停止了。” suspend意思是：悬空、停止。a选项意为“火车陷在了雪中。”，be stuck in，陷入、陷进。c选项为干扰选项，意为“人们不得不站在火车上。”，容易和standstill发生混淆。

单选题 What happened to him after the World Tennis Tournament?

a. He became famous.
b. He joined the airlines industry.
c. He had habitual headaches.
d. He became a hair stylist.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] After winning the World Tennis Tournament, he made headlines. [分析] 理解推断。根据原文“After winning at the World Tennis Tournament，he made it into headlines．”，译文为：在赢得世界网球公开赛之后，他成为头条新闻。本题关键是理解headline的词义，即头条、头条新闻，由此可以推断他成名了，所以选a。

单选题 What is bound to happen if a judge is not capable of his work?

a. Injustice.
b. He would be displaced.
c. He would be dismissed.
d. Miscarriage.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] Incompetence on the part of a judge cannot but lead to miscarriage of justice. [分析] 同义替换。根据原文“Incompetence on the part of a judge cannot but lead to miscarriage of justice．”，译文为：对法官来说，如果工作不能胜任，只会导致正义的失败。所以应选a，选项中用injustice不公平代替了原句的miscarriage of justice。

单选题 How is the weather like?

a. Good enough for outing.
b. Bad.
c. Not as good as it was a while ago.
d. It's getting better.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] I really don't want to go out to dinner if the weather continues like this. [分析] 理解推断。根据原文“I really don't want to go out to dinner if the weather continues like this．”，译文为：如果天气继续这样的话，我真的不想出去吃晚餐了。所以选b，天气状况很糟糕。