单选题 By "Ellen Spero isn't biting her nails just yet" in Paragraph 1, the author means ______.

A、 Spero can hardly maintain her business
B、 Spero is too much engaged in her work
C、 Spero has grown out of her bad habit
D、 Spero is not in a desperate situation

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 此句主要考对bite one's nails的理解。其字面意思是“咬指甲”，但在原文中表示经济影响到了她的生意。可知作者借用not bite one's nails来说明 Spero并非“处于非常糟糕的情况”。第一句和第二句之间的连接是but，表示转折，因此第一句意为“她的状况还不是特别差”。