-----Are you pleased with the play?
------Not at all. It couldn’t have been .
A. worse
B. so better
C. better
D. the worse
网友回答
A. worse
B. so better
C. better
D. the worse
解析：考查can/could的否定和比较级连用表示最高级的用法，句意：--你对这幕戏感兴趣吗？--一点也不，不能再糟糕了。It couldn’t have been worse表示最糟糕。选A。