Tomkeptquietabouttheaccidentbecausehewasafraidof

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

A．lose B．to lose C．losing D．lost

【解析】句意：湯姆對這次事故保持沉默，因為他害怕失去工作。A. lose動詞，失去；B. to lose不定式，失去；C. losing現在分詞或動名詞，失去；D. lost過去式，失去。be afraid of害怕…, of是介詞，後跟名詞/代詞/動名詞。故選：C。