4.Less people are going to university than usual.(CCEU)要上大学的人比往常少。
不难看出,上面的考题不仅无助于提高学生的英语水平,而且还会干扰他们去掌握活生生的英语实际。
据此,我们有理由提出,在今后的英语考试中不宜再把less people这种被语言学家们宣布为一种惯用法倾向的格式简单地判为错误。在英语考试中可以设法回避此类考题。
请做下面的英语试题:
This year they have produced ____grain they
did last year.
A.as less;as B.as few;as C.less;than D.fewer;than
(全国高考,89-19)
look through /look into
[问]______this
book and tell what you think of it.
A.Look through B.Look on C.Look into D.Look up
(全国高考,90-37)
标准答案是A。但不知是否也可选C(look into)?
[答]选A和选C是同样正确的。因为look into除作"调查"、"了解"解之外,也可作"浏览(书、杂志、报纸)"解,即与 look through同义: