二。形容詞與副詞的比較級(jí)與更高級(jí)
1. 考比較級(jí)時(shí),考生應(yīng)把握:
1)形容詞和副詞比較級(jí)的形式是否和比較連詞對(duì)應(yīng)出現(xiàn),即是否符合原級(jí)比較及比較級(jí)的結(jié)構(gòu)。如:
Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often , or better than an actual performance.
[A]as good as [B]as good [C]good [D]good as
在這里as good as 比較連詞與better than比較連詞同時(shí)出現(xiàn)時(shí)候,不能省略任何一個(gè)介詞。答案為A
On the whole, ambitious students are more likely to succeed in their studies than are those with little ambition.
2)比較的成分是否屬于同類事物或同類概念,既是說(shuō)比較要具有可比性。如:
The number of registered participants in this year's marathon was half .
[A] of last year's [B]those of last year's
[C]of those of last year [D] that of last year's
(前后相比的應(yīng)該是今年和去年注冊(cè)參加的人數(shù)“the number of”故代替它的應(yīng)該是單數(shù)指示代詞“that”,而不能選擇B,those是指代participants,不是同類對(duì)比,答案為D.
Young readers, more often than not, find the novels of dickens far more exciting than Thackeray's.
3)比較級(jí)與倍數(shù)詞關(guān)系及其位置
原級(jí)結(jié)構(gòu)中可插入表達(dá)倍數(shù)的詞,表示為“為…。若干倍”,當(dāng)與有表示倍數(shù)比較的詞在一起時(shí)候等,他們的位置是,倍數(shù)詞+as…as…,或倍數(shù)詞+more…than…,但again一般放在原級(jí)詞之后,即 “as+原級(jí)+again+as”。如:
Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills people each year than automobile accidents.
[A] seven more times [B] seven times more
[C] over seven times [D] seven times
(答案為B)
“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting?”“No, I would gladly have paid for it.”
[A] twice so much [B] twice as much
[C] as much twice [D] so much twice
(答案為B)
My uncle is as old again as I am
4)下列詞和短語(yǔ)不用比較級(jí)形式卻表示比較概念:
inferior, minor, senior, prior, prefer to, superior, major, junior, preferable, differ from, compared with, in comparison with, different from, rather than. 如:
Their watch is to all the other watches on the market.
[A] superior [B] advantageous [C] super [D] beneficial
(答案為A)
Prior to his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter. (1986年考研題)
5)“比較級(jí)+and +比較級(jí)”或“more and more/less and less +原級(jí)”以及“ever, steadily, daily等副詞+比較級(jí)”結(jié)構(gòu)表示“越來(lái)越……”的意思,與這類結(jié)構(gòu)搭配的常用動(dòng)詞有g(shù)row, get ,become等。前面兩種情況更多地出現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)中,注意的是這三種情況引導(dǎo)的比較級(jí)后面都不需要用than.如:
Things are getting worse and worse.
As I spoke to him he became less and less angry.
Her health was becoming daily worse
The road got ever worse until there was no road at all = the road got worse and worse.
6)比較級(jí)前面可以用even, still, yet ,all the (more)等修飾語(yǔ)用以加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣,表示“更加”的意思。如
Today it is even colder than yesterday
I have yet more exciting news for you
7)有關(guān)比較級(jí)的特殊句型:
A): not so much…as…與其說(shuō)……不如說(shuō)……
The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
[A] and [B] as [C]but [D] or
人口增長(zhǎng)的主要原因與其說(shuō)是因?yàn)槌錾实奶岣,還不如說(shuō)是因?yàn)獒t(yī)療的進(jìn)步帶來(lái)的死亡率下降的結(jié)果。答案為B
B) no/not any more…than…兩者一樣都不……
The heart is intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.
[A] not so [B]not much [C]much more [D] no more
(心臟和胃兩者都不具有智力,他們都受大腦控制。答案為D)
There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, they can limit how much water you drink.
[A] much more than [B] no more than
[C] no less than [D] any more than
(答案為D)
C)no/not any less…than…兩者一樣,都……注意基本上與no/not any more…than意思相反
She is no less beautiful than her sister.她和她姐姐一樣漂亮
D)just as… so… 正如……, ……也……(用倒裝結(jié)構(gòu))
Just as the soil is a part of the earth, the atmosphere.
[A] as it is [B] the same is [C] so is [D] and so is
(答案為C)