Question

Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ______ of the quality of their products.

1. A.
   expense
2. B.
   exposure
3. C.
   expansion
4. D.
   expectation

Answer 1

A
这题考查词义辨析：expense费用，exposure暴露expansion扩大expectation 期待，at the expense of“以…为代价“。选A。