8.　　　 Those oranges taste _____.

A. good　　 　　　　　 B. well　　 　　　　　 C. to be good　　 　　　　 D. to be well

7.　　　 -How did you think of visit to the museum?

-I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was _____ than I expected.

A. far more interesting　 　　　　　　　　　 B. even much interesting

C. so more interesting　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. a lot much interesting

6.　　　 Mrs. smith warned her daughter ______ after drinking.

A. never to drive　 　　　 B. to never drive 　 C. never driving　 D. never drive

5.　　　 ______ I went to the railway station to see my friend off.

A. After eating quickly my dinner　　 　 B. After my quickly eating dinner

C. After eating my dinner quickly　　 　 D. After eating my quickly dinner

4.　　　 The piano in the other shop will be ______, but ______.

A. cheaper...not as better　　　 　　　　　 B. more cheap...not as better

C. cheaper...not as good　　　 　　　　　　 D. more cheap...not as good

3.　　　 -Excuse me, is this Mr. Brown’s office?

-I’m sorry, but Mr. Brown ______ works here. He left about three weeks ago.

A. not now　　 　　　 B. no more　 　　　　　　　 C. not still　 　　　　 D. no longer

2.　　　 -Can I help you?

-Well, I’m afraid the box is ______ heavy for you, but thank you all the same.

A. so　　 　　　　　　 B. much　 　　　　　 C. very　　 　　　　　 D. too

例1、At a rough estimate, Nigeria is ____ Great Britain.

　 　A. three times the size as 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the size three times of

　 　C. three times as the size of　　　　　　　　 D. three times the size of

答案為D。

[解析]　 檢查考生對反意疑問句(附加疑問句)的掌握和運用能力。A是B的三倍通常可使用以下幾種形式：

1) A is three times as adj.(原級) as B

2) A is twice adj.(比較級)than B

3) The n. of A is three times that of B

4) A is three times the +n. of B。

例2、Many students signed up for the_________ race in the sports meeting to be held next week.

A.800 metre long　 　B.800 metres long　　

C.800 metre length　　 D.800 metres length

答案為A。

[解析]　 長、寬、高及年齡等作定語修飾名詞時位置可在前也可在后，在前邊時要注意加連字符“-”，其中單位名詞用單數(shù)，其形式為：數(shù)字-單位名稱單數(shù)-長、寬、高等。如放在后邊，不用連字符，數(shù)詞大于1要用復(fù)數(shù)。從題干看：800米遠(yuǎn)的比賽應(yīng)為800 meter　 long。

例3、At times, worrying is a normal ____ response to a difficult event or situation----a loved one being injured in an accident, for example.

　　 　A. effective B. individual　　　　　　　　 C. inevitable 　　　　 D. unfavorable

答案：C

[解析] effective有效的；individual個人的；inevitable不可避免的；unfavorable不利的。

例4、You're standing too near the camera. Can you move ________?

A. a bit far　　 B. a little farther　　　 C. a bit of farther　　 D. a little far

答案為B。

[解析]　 too near的意思是“太近了”，說話人的意圖是讓對方站在比這遠(yuǎn)一點，所以要用副詞的比較級。這句話的意思是：你站得太靠近鏡頭了。你能離遠(yuǎn)一點嗎?a bit of后接名詞。

例5、In recent years travel companies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the further we go, ________.

　　 A. our holiday will be better　　　 B. our holiday will be the better

C. the better our holiday will be　 D. the better will our holiday be

答案為C。

[解析]　 “the more…the more…”的意思是“越……越……”。由于選項A、B和D的詞序都不對，所以不能作為答案。這句話的意思是：近年來，旅游公司成功地向我們推銷了這樣一個觀點：我們走得越遠(yuǎn)，我們的假期過得越好。

例6、It is generally believed that teaching is_________ it is a science.

A. an art much as　　　　　　 B. much an art as

C. as an art much as　　　　　 D. as much an art as

答案為D。

[解析]　 在as/so…as…結(jié)構(gòu)中，第一個as/so是副詞，后接形容詞；第二個as是連接詞，后接句子。其正確語序為as much an art as. 這句話的意思是：人們普遍相信，教學(xué)像科學(xué)一樣是一門藝術(shù)。

例7、Americans eat _______vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice　　　 　　　B. as twice as many

C. twice as many as　　　　　　 D. more than twice as many

答案為D。

[解析]　 不論哪種形式的比較級其修飾詞均應(yīng)放在前面。more than twice表示數(shù)量，放在as…as結(jié)構(gòu)前的意思是“是……的兩倍多”。譯文：美國人現(xiàn)在每人所吃的蔬菜是1910年的兩倍多。

例8、-I was riding along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down.

-You can never be　 ________ careful in the street.

A. much　　　 　　B. very　　　 　　C. so　　　 D. too

答案為D。

[解析]　 否定詞not/no/ never + too/enough結(jié)構(gòu)表示“再怎么……也不過分”或“越……越好”。這句話的意思是：在街上(騎自行車)你越小心越好。

例9、Broadly speaking , I would agree with Shirley , though not ________

A. widely　　 B. thoroughly　　　 C. entirely　　 D. extensively

答案為C　

[解析]　 本題考察副詞辨義，widely :廣泛地，很大程度上；thoroughly徹底地，entirely完全地，extensively大量地、廣闊地、巨大地。根據(jù)句意，說話人并非完全同意她的意見，not entirely(不完全地)恰如其分地表達(dá)了這一意思。

例10、-You don't look very　 ________. Are you ill?

-No, I'm just a bit tired.

A. good　　　 B. well　　　 C. strong　　　 D. healthy

答案為B。

[解析]　 從題意看，look在這里是系詞(看上去，看起來)后應(yīng)加形容詞，四個選項的詞性均符合，但good是指人品好壞或東西好壞；strong則表示結(jié)實、強(qiáng)壯，與題意不符。healthy“健康的，健壯的”。well可作形容詞和副詞。作形容詞時表示“健康的；氣色好”，用于修飾人。　

第三節(jié) 鞏固練習(xí)

Direction: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A. B. C and D. Choose the best answer that completes the sentence.

1.　　　 If we had followed his plan, we could have done the job better with _____ money and______ people.

A. less… less　　 B. fewer...fewer　 　　　 C. less...fewer　　 D. fewer...less

5. 最高級前可用nearly , almost , about , next , by far , by no means 或序數(shù)詞進(jìn)行修飾。

例如：Of the three boys , Mike is by no means the most diligent. 　　 6. 比較級的其他用法 　　　 1)比較級 + and + 比較級 “越來越……”。例如： 　　　　 It is getting cooler and cooler in autumn. 　　　 2)the more…the more… “越……，越……”。例如： 　　　　 The more fruit you eat, the healthier you will be. 　　　 3)no more than “只不過，僅僅”，后面接名詞或數(shù)詞，起形容詞作用。 例如： 　　　　 What he is saying is no more than a joke. 他所講的只不過是個玩笑而已。 　　　 4)no more…than… “和……同樣不……”。例如： 　　　　 He can no more play the piano than I can play basketball. 他不會彈鋼琴和我同樣不　　 會打籃球一樣

　 5)no less than “多達(dá)，竟有……之多，不下于”。例如： 　　　　 There were no less than two thousand people at the match. 這場比賽不下于兩千人到場觀看。 　　　 6)no less…than “和……一樣，不遜于”。例如： 　　　　 Our monitor is no less diligent than he used to be. 我們的班長和以前一樣勤奮。

4. 在as+形容詞／副詞+as的結(jié)構(gòu)前可加上nearly , almost , just , quietly , half , exactly , 及倍數(shù)表示比較的程度。

例如：My income is half as high as my father .