Question

【题目】Tom kept quiet about the accident because he was afraid of____ his job

A. lose B. to lose C. losing D. lost

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】句意：汤姆对这次事故保持沉默，因为他害怕失去工作。A. lose动词，失去；B. to lose不定式，失去；C. losing现在分词或动名词，失去；D. lost过去式，失去。be afraid of害怕…, of是介词，后跟名词/代词/动名词。故选：C。