单选题 .  There is a story of a very wicked man who dies. Before he died, he was     1    the worst because there were     2    sins he had not committed. But when he woke up in the next     3    he found that conditions were not as bad     4    he had feared. In fact they were quite good. He had an extremely luxurious room     5    himself. The room was air-conditioned—     6    a trace of the excessive heat he had feared. He     7    food and a smiling waitress immediately     8    with a delicious banquet. He felt     9    drinking and a large choice of wines was in front of him     10   
    A couple of weeks of this pleasant life went by and the man began to get     11    restless. It was all very nice     12    he had been an active man in the other life and he felt he     13    like to do something. He lifted the housephone and a(n)     14    voice came on the line:
    "Yes, sir, what can we do for you? No     15    with room service, I hope?"
    "Oh, certainly not! The service here is excellent, quite     16    my expectations. It is just that I would like to be given an opportunity to do something."
    "I'm sorry, sir," came the     17    reply, "that's the one thing management can't     18        here."
    The man began to get annoyed and he said, "In that ease I might     19    in Hell!"
    "Why, sir." came the surprised voice, "    20    did you think you were?"1. 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 第三行有he had feared,推知选择C。fear the worst唯恐发生最坏的事。