Question

 (2010年烟台二模)They landed safely on the island in the Pacific.Everything went on better than________.

A．expected                             B．expecting

C．expectation                          D．to expect

Answer 1

解析：选A。考查省略句的用法。可以将than expected看成是than it was expected的省略。better than expected为习惯用法，表示“比预期的好”。