2019年mpacc考试英语真题——介词和介词短语2410

{01}Hong Kong singer and actress Gigi Leung（梁咏琪）visited in mid-October some poor families in Inner Mongolia, ______ that her trip will ______ public awareness of problems faced by the children in poor areas.

A.hoped; raise

B.hoping; rise

C.in the hope; raise

D.in hopes of; raise

解析：考查固定短语和动词辨析。句意“香港歌手和演员梁咏琪在10月中旬访问了内蒙古一些贫困家庭，希望她的此次旅行会提高公众对贫困地区孩子们面临的问题的认识。”in the hope是介词短语作状语；第一空也可以用hoping作伴随状语；raise是及物动词，在此意为“提高”。故选C。
本题选C。
{02}His father had only a little money left ___ every month.

A.in the end

B.to the end of

C.at the end of

D.at last

解析：at the end of 表示在时间/空间的终点.
本题选C。