1. Owing to some unexpected occurence, the work he had devoted himself          . (end)

因?yàn)槟撤N意想不到的事情，他一直致力于的工作以徹底的失敗而告終。

1. to ended in total failure考查end和devote的用法。endinfailure以失敗而告終。因?yàn)槊枋鲞^(guò)去發(fā)生的事情，所以用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。"致力于"的英語(yǔ)對(duì)應(yīng)說(shuō)法為devotesth.to。因題干中未給出to，所以答案就是to ended in total failure 

題目來(lái)源：高考丟分題英語(yǔ) > Unit 3 A taste of English humour

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