Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived f

Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in bracket.

We thought Mary would do well in the test, but she succeeded beyond our （ ）. (expect)

【正确答案】：EXPECTATION
【题目解析】：

根据前文our形容词，可知空格处应该填名词的形式，expect的名词形式为expectation期望，且符合句意。句意：我们原以为玛丽在这次考试中会考得很好，但她的成功超出了我们的预料。