一、可修饰比较级的词
有a bit, a little, rather, much, far, by far, many, a lot, a great deal, any, still, even 等
典型例题 :
1. --- Are you feeling ____?
--- Yes, I'm fine now.
A. any well B. any better C. quite good D. quite better
答案: B. any 可修饰比较级, quite 修饰原级, well 的比较级为 better.
2. The experiment was____ easier than we had expected.
A. more B. much more C. much D. more much
答案: C. much 可修饰比较级,因此 B , C 都说得通,但 easier 本身已是比较级,不需 more ,因此 C 为正确答案。
3. If there were no examinations, we should have ___ at school.
A. the happiest time B. a more happier time
C. much happiest time D. a much happier time
答案: D 。
二、many,old 和 far
1. 如果后接名词时, much more + 不可数名词
many more + 可数名词复数
2. old 有两种比较级和最高级形式 : older/oldest 和 elder/eldest 。 elder,eldest 只用于兄弟姐妹的长幼关系。
My elder brother is an engineer.
Mary is the eldest of the three sisters.
3. far 有两种比较级,farther,further. 在英语中两者都可指距离。
在美语中,father 表示距离,further 表示进一步。
I have nothing further to say.
三、the + 最高级 + 比较范围
1. The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world.
形容词最高级前通常必须用定冠词 the ,副词最高级前可不用。
形容词 most 前面没有 the ,不表示最高级的含义,只表示 " 非常 " 。
It is a most important problem.
=It is a very important problem.
注意: 使用最高级要注意将主语包括在比较范围内。
( 错 ) Tom is the tallest of his three brothers.
( 对 ) Tom is the tallest of the three brothers.
2. 下列词可修饰最高级, by far, far, much, mostly, almost
This hat is nearly / almost the biggest.
注意:
a. very 可修饰最高级,但位置与 much 不同。
This is the very best.
This is much the best.
b. 序数词通常只修饰最高级。
Africa is the second largest continent.
3. 句型转换:
Mike is the most intelligent in his class.
=Mike is more intelligent than any other student in his class.
“ 主语 + 比较级 +than any other…” 结构表示:主语所描述的事物比其他任何一个都 …… 比较级形式表示最高级含义。
注意:若比较范围不同, than 后应用 “any+ 可数名词的复数形式 + 其他 ” 。例如: China is larger than any countries in Africa. 中
国比非洲上的任何国家都大。
4. " 否定词语 + 比较级 " , " 否定词语 + so… as" 结构表示最高级含义。
Nothing is so easy as this.
=Nothing is easier than this.
=This is the easiest thing.
四、和 more 有关的词组
1. the more… the more… 越 …… 就越 ……
The harder you work , the greater progress you'll make.
2. more B than A =less A than B 与其说 A 不如说 B
He is more lazy than slow at his work. = He is less slow than lazy at his work.
3. no more… than… 与 …… 一样 …… ,不比 …… 多
The officials could see no more than the Emperor.
no less… than… 与 …… 一样 ……
He is no less diligent than you.
4. more than 不只是,非常
She is more than kind to us all.
5. no more than 不过,仅仅
He is no more than a worker. 他仅仅是个工人。
It's no more than a misunderstanding. 这只是个误会。
典型例题
1) The weather in China is different from____.
A. in America
B. one in America
C. America
D. that in America
答案: D. 本题意为 " 中国的天气比美国热。 " 比较的是天气而不是国家, C 不能选。 A 没有名词,后句成分不全,排除。 B 和 D 中, B 中的
one 常用来代替可数名词,而 that 可车以代替不可数或抽象名词,所以选 D 。
2) After the new technique was introduced , the factory produced ___ tractors in 1988 as the year before.
A. as twice many
B. as many twice
C. twice as many
D. twice many as
答案 C. 此句意为 " 这个厂 1988 能生产的拖拉机是往年的两倍 " 。 表示倍数用 " 倍数 + as + 形容词原形 + as + 比较对象 " 的句型。所
以此句答案为 C 。
This ruler is three times as long as that one.
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