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

答案为D。

[解析]　 检查考生对反意疑问句(附加疑问句)的掌握和运用能力。A是B的三倍通常可使用以下几种形式：

1) A is three times as adj.(原级) as B

2) A is twice adj.(比较级)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

答案为A。

[解析]　 长、宽、高及年龄等作定语修饰名词时位置可在前也可在后，在前边时要注意加连字符“-”，其中单位名词用单数，其形式为：数字-单位名称单数-长、宽、高等。如放在后边，不用连字符，数词大于1要用复数。从题干看：800米远的比赛应为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个人的；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

答案为B。

[解析]　 too near的意思是“太近了”，说话人的意图是让对方站在比这远一点，所以要用副词的比较级。这句话的意思是：你站得太靠近镜头了。你能离远一点吗?a bit of后接名词。

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

答案为C。

[解析]　 “the more…the more…”的意思是“越……越……”。由于选项A、B和D的词序都不对，所以不能作为答案。这句话的意思是：近年来，旅游公司成功地向我们推销了这样一个观点：我们走得越远，我们的假期过得越好。

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

答案为D。

[解析]　 在as/so…as…结构中，第一个as/so是副词，后接形容词；第二个as是连接词，后接句子。其正确语序为as much an art as. 这句话的意思是：人们普遍相信，教学像科学一样是一门艺术。

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

答案为D。

[解析]　 不论哪种形式的比较级其修饰词均应放在前面。more than twice表示数量，放在as…as结构前的意思是“是……的两倍多”。译文：美国人现在每人所吃的蔬菜是1910年的两倍多。

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

答案为D。

[解析]　 否定词not/no/ never + too/enough结构表示“再怎么……也不过分”或“越……越好”。这句话的意思是：在街上(骑自行车)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

答案为C　

[解析]　 本题考察副词辨义，widely :广泛地，很大程度上；thoroughly彻底地，entirely完全地，extensively大量地、广阔地、巨大地。根据句意，说话人并非完全同意她的意见，not entirely(不完全地)恰如其分地表达了这一意思。

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

答案为B。

[解析]　 从题意看，look在这里是系词(看上去，看起来)后应加形容词，四个选项的词性均符合，但good是指人品好坏或东西好坏；strong则表示结实、强壮，与题意不符。healthy“健康的，健壮的”。well可作形容词和副词。作形容词时表示“健康的；气色好”，用于修饰人。　

第三节 巩固练习

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. 最高级前可用nearly , almost , about , next , by far , by no means 或序数词进行修饰。

例如：Of the three boys , Mike is by no means the most diligent. 　　 6. 比较级的其他用法 　　　 1)比较级 + and + 比较级 “越来越……”。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 “只不过，仅仅”，后面接名词或数词，起形容词作用。 例如： 　　　　 What he is saying is no more than a joke. 他所讲的只不过是个玩笑而已。 　　　 4)no more…than… “和……同样不……”。例如： 　　　　 He can no more play the piano than I can play basketball. 他不会弹钢琴和我同样不　　 会打篮球一样

　 5)no less than “多达，竟有……之多，不下于”。例如： 　　　　 There were no less than two thousand people at the match. 这场比赛不下于两千人到场观看。 　　　 6)no less…than “和……一样，不逊于”。例如： 　　　　 Our monitor is no less diligent than he used to be. 我们的班长和以前一样勤奋。

4. 在as+形容词／副词+as的结构前可加上nearly , almost , just , quietly , half , exactly , 及倍数表示比较的程度。

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

3. 形容词的词序问题比较复杂，前置形容词的排列顺序由它们和被修饰名词之间的关系决定，关系密切的靠近被修饰词，关系较远的离之稍远。

2. 在名词前出现几个形容词作定语时，常常涉及词的排列顺序问题。例如：a fat old lady不能说成an old fat lady，a small black leather handbag不能说成a leather black small handbag等。