[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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。
【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。