Question

In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only travelled       the local market.

1. A.
   longer than
2. B.
   more than
3. C.
   as much as
4. D.
   as far as

Answer 1

D
解析：

试题分析：考查词组：longer than比……长；more than多于，超出；as much as多达；as far as远到，直到。据…，就…，句意：在古代，人们很少出远门，大多数人仅仅走到当地的集市。根据句意故选D
考点：考查固定短语的用法。
点评：固定短语是近几年高考的热点，其目的就是让考生平时注意区分相近的一些短语的用法。短语要放到具体句子和场景中认识动词短语，还要注意有些短语意义很接近, 这要结合例句和上下文掌握它们的用法。