单选题 The shop-assistant was straightforward with his customers. If an article was of ______ quality he'd tell them so.
A. miserable B. minor C. subordinate D. inferior

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是说这位售货员对他的顾客们很诚实。如果一件商品的质量差,他会如实地告诉他们。D项“inferior (to) adj.劣等的,次的;下等的,下级的”符合题意。(be inferior to“比……差;地位比……低”如:Foreign mutton is inferior to home-grown in flavour.)其他三项中,miserable adj.“痛苦的,悲惨的,可怜的”;minor adj.“较小的,较少的,较次要的”;subordinate (to) adj.“次要的;下级的,隶属的”,都不符合题意。