The outcome of the football match was not as what we had______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查动词词义的辨析。not as what we had…,是指结果并不是像我们所……的那样,这个动词的逻辑宾语是outcome,所以expect(期望,希望)符合句意,选D。expand,扩展,扩张;expense作动词,指“把……作为开支勾销”,多作名词“开销,花费”;expire,终止,失效。