Tom kept silent about the accident _________ lose his job.

A.so not as to

B.in order not to

C.in order to not

D.not so as to

答案及解析： B

解析：

试题

分析：考查固定词组，in order to意思“为了”，so as to意思“为了”，其否定式都是把not放在to的前面，in order to既可以放在句首又可以放在句中；

so as to只放在句中，所以选B考点：考查固定词组

点评：固定词组是高考常考内容，本题考查的固定词组意思相同，但有区别，要求考生注意区分即学即练：I’d almost given up hope of finding a car I liked, and then suddenly this one_{____} .A. turned over  B. turned down  C. turned on   D. turned up选D