形容词和副词的比较等级

1. 平级比较：常见结构有as+形容词/副词+as；not as/so+形容词/副词+as；as＋形容词＋a/an+单数名词+as。

【考例1】 翻译：经过多年的建设，这个小镇现在和地震前一样充满了活力。(as…as)

解析：

本题考查as+形容词+as结构。答案为After years of construction, this town is as lively now as it used to be before the earthquake.

【考例2】 Our neighbor has ______ ours.

A. as a big house as

B. as big a house as

C. the same big house as

D. a house the same big as

解析：B。

本题考查as＋形容词＋a/an+单数名词+as结构。

【考例3】 I have seldom seen my mother ______ pleased with my progress as she is now.

A. so

B. very

C. too

D. rather　

解析：A。

本题考查not/never/seldom…+ as/so+形容词+as结构。

2. 比较级：比较级通常用形容词/副词的比较级形式+than表示。用于修饰比较级的常见词语有a lot, far, a bit, a little, much, slightly, any, no, some, even, still。此外，比较级前还可加表示数量的词，如a few, a couple, one-fourth, 10 per cent等。注意：very, too, quite, so, fairly一般不修饰比较级。

【考例1】 It may not be a great suggestion. But before ______ is put forward, we’ll make do with it.

A. a good one

B. a better one

C. the best one

D. a best one

解析：B。

“the+比较级+名词”表示两者中比较……的一个；“a+比较级+名词”表示一个更……的人/物。句意：这也许不是一个很好的建议，但在提出一个更好的建议之前，我们会将就的。根据句意可知用比较级。

【考例2】 I think watching TV every evening is a waste of time—there are ______ meaningful things to do.

A. less

B. more

C. the least

D. the most

解析：B。

“more+形容词”构成比较级。

【考例3】 You’d be exposed to a lot ______ pollution if you moved to a town with pure water and air.

A. more

B. most

C. less

D. least

解析：C。

less表示“更少的”。句意：如果你去一个有着碧水蓝天的小镇，那么你所受的污染会少一些。根据句意可知此处选C。

3. 最高级：通常用the+形容词/副词的最高级形式+(among/of/all)…。修饰最高级的常见词语有the very, the+序数词, by far等。

【考例1】 This is by far ______ movie that I have ever seen. \

A. an inspiring

B. a much inspiring

C. the most inspiring

D. the more inspiring

解析：C。

by far可用于修饰形容词或副词的比较级或最高级，再根据定语从句可推断出此处用最高级。

【考例2】 —How was your recent trip to Sichuan?

—I’ve never had ______ one before. (2011四川)

A. a pleasant

B. a more pleasant

C. a most pleasant

D. the most pleasant

解析：B。

“否定词+比较级”表示最高级含义。

倍数表达

1. 倍数+as +形容词/副词的原级＋as…

2. 倍数＋形容词/副词的比较级＋than…

3. 倍数+ the +名词(如size, height, weight, length, width 等)＋of…

4. 倍数+as+ 形容词+ a/an+ 名词 +as…

5. 倍数+as many (或 much )＋名词＋ as…

6. 倍数+ what从句/ that of…

【考例1】 It’s said that the power plant is now ______ large as what it was.

A. twice as

B. as twice

C. twice much

D. much twice

解析：A。

本题考查“倍数+as +形容词/副词的原级＋as…”结构。

【考例2】 This restaurant wasn’t ______ that other restaurant we went to.

A. half as good as

B. as half good as

C. as good as half

D. good as half as

解析：A。

本题考查语序，正确的语序应该是“倍数+as +形容词/副词的原级＋as…”。

【考例3】 My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours，but it is twice ______ expensive.

A．as

B．so

C．too

D．very

解析：A。

本题考查倍数表达法。这里的倍数是twice，由expensive这一原级可知，这里使用了as…as…这一结构，expensive后面省略了as ours。