2019年mpa考试英语真题——介词和介词短语1918

{01}The trip was hard at first. But it was smooth_____ .  A.at the end B.in the end C.of the end D.by the end 解析：短语辨析。A. 最终；在终点   B. 终于；最后 C. 结束   D. 到……为止。句意：路程开始很艰难，但是最后顺利了。选项A强调在一个点，故选B。
本题选B。
{02} None of us had expected the middle-aged engineer died __________ his design uncompleted. A.from B.without C.with D.of 解析：此题为with的复合结构，句意：我们当中没有一个人预料到这位中年的工程师设计没有完成就去世了。 with his design uncompleted在句中作状语，from和of都不能用复合结构，without不合题意，所以选C。
本题选C。