单选题 It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and______ from my fellow-being, through no fault, and no merit, of my own.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析：句意：我自己受到人们过分的赞扬和尊敬，这不是我的过错也不是我的功劳，而实在是命运的讽刺。curtsy“屈膝礼”；contempt“轻视，轻蔑”；reverence“尊敬”；courtesy“礼貌”。根据句意，选项C为正确答案。