As an official one should serve the people at any cost sitting back to protect the chair

问题补充：

As an official, one should serve the people at any cost sitting back to protect the chair．

A. in term of

B. instead of

C. in need of

D. in favor of

答案：

A. in term of

(答案→)B. instead of

C. in need of

D. in favor of

解析：in term of关于；in need of需要；instead of而不是，相反；in favor of支持，赞同，句意：作为干部，一个干部就应该不惜一切代价为人民服务而不是缩在后面保自己的位置。所以选B。