2019年mpacc考试英语真题——名词1125

{01}. People always hate betting on football. __________ to our joy, our legal authority took action at length.

A.Ever

B.Little

C.Much

D.Even

解析：考查副词。句意：人们都讨厌赌球。令我们大为高兴的是，政府最终采取了行动。to our joy令我们高兴的是。前面只能接表示程度的副词。排除A、D。根据句意，是一个表示程度很深的词，排除B。选C。
本题选C。
{02} I prefer _______ to __________ in my spare time.

A.singing… dancing

B.sing… dance

C.to sing... dance

D.to sing…dancing

解析：考查动词用法。prefer doing … to doing…宁愿做……而不愿做……。句意：在空余时间，我宁愿唱歌而不愿跳舞。
本题选A。
{03}. When talking about his road to success in an interview, he owed his success ______ his mother.

A.for

B.in

C.on

D.to

解析：考查介词。本题考查短语owe … to …归功于。句意：在采访中当他谈到成功之路时，他把他的成功归功于他的母亲。
本题选D。