原题为:Similarly,if she is told that she is not good at certain

原题为:
Similarly,if she is told that she is not good at certain things she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and would (better off) working at things she can be successful at.
The phrase (better off)probably means——-
A．more comfortable
B．more dependable
C．more respectable
D．more reasonable
请问应该选什么?
可什么答案都有,我又什么都不懂,能不能顺便把理由说下,

原题为:
Similarly,if she is told that she is not good at certain things she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and would (better off) working at things she can be successful at.
The phrase (better off)probably means——-
A．more comfortable
B．more dependable
C．more respectable
D．more reasonable
请问应该选什么?问题补充：谢谢各位的回答,可什么答案都有,我又什么都不懂,能不能顺便把理由说下,
答：D
析：先理解句意,试译如下：
类似地,如果有人告诉她说不擅长做某些事情的话,她就开始认为自己在做这些事情方面不行,就会________,去做那些她可以做成功的事情.
题：空格中短语的意思很有可能是：
A.更加舒服的.
B.更加可靠的.
C.更加值得尊敬的.
D.更加有理智的.
原题中的better off是个比较级,所以四个选项都用形容词的比较级.
感觉题干中少了个be动词.查一下：
再问： 都帮我翻出来了,不知怎样感谢您,谢谢您,祝您身体健康合家欢乐
再答： 找到了原文：如下： By the looking-glass self，Cooley meant the self-image that each of us develops according to the messages we receive from others；we think and behave according to our understanding of those messages．If, for example，a young girl is repeatedly told that she is pretty, she will come to believe that（1）she is in fact pretty，and（2）being pretty is an important thing in her life．Similarly，if she is told that she is not good（or not expected to be good）at certain things（such as math） she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and would better off working at things she can be successful at．我还在找原文。如果原文中would后就是better off的话，则题目本身是有问题的，因为more ~ 只是一个形容词的比较级，而would后应有谓语动词（实义动词或系动词才对），当然，我们做题时，是根据句子的逻辑意思。选D较好。 我还在考虑，原句中是would better +off 呢？如果是这样，就不应该将better 从would 中强行剥离出来。 看到这个better off时，我想到了学过的well off ,那是指家境较好，但这里显然与此无关。 再找原文，再查词典！！！ 《21世纪双解》： be better off 景况更佳,生活更富裕 找到了： 《7 in 1》 be better off doing something (=used to give advice or an opinion) He’d be better off starting with something simpler. better off(BETTER SITUATION)adjective be better off -- to be in a better situation, if or after something happens: He'd be better off working for a bigger company. 看来原文漏了确实漏了个be, 而且题目的解释也不确切！
再问： 谓语动词,实义动词,系动词我不太懂
再答： 这是全国2012年1月高等教育自学考试英语，你竟然不知道谓语动词？不知道实义动词，不知道系动词？ would（will) 不能单独作谓语知道吗？不能直接跟形容词知道吗？ She would do sth. 这个do就是实义动词（也叫行为动词), She would be here. 这个be就是系动词。 其中的would do, would be 就是复合谓语。由助动词（情态动词）would +实义动词（系动词）一起构成谓语。