比较(真题含答案详解)

比较（答案详解）1. Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT? (2011, 56)[ A ] The city is now ten times its original size.[ B ] 1 wish 1 had two times his strength.[ C ] The seller asked for double the usual price.[D] They come here four times every year.Key: [ B]。

【译文】下列哪个句子中的斜体部分是错误的?【精解】倍数表达题。

用time：表示倍数，一般限于三倍或者以上的数，表示两倍通常用twice，因此[B]错误。

2. A new laptop costs about ______ of a second-hand one. (2009, 55)[ A ] the price of three times [ B ] three times the price[ C ] as much as the three times price [ D ] three times more than the priceKey: [ B ]。

【译文】一台新笔记本的价格是一台二手笔记本的三倍。

【精解】倍数表达题。

英语中常用的倍数表示法有(1)主语+谓语+倍数(或分数)+as+adj+as。

例如：I have three times as many as you．(我有你三倍那么多。

)(2)主语+谓语+倍数(分数)+the size (amount，length…)of…。

例如：The earth is 49 times the size of the moon．(地球是月球的49倍大。

)(3)主语+谓语+倍数(分数)+形容词(副词)比较级+than…。

例如：The grain output is 8 pereent higher this year than that 0f last year．(今年比去年粮食产量增加8％。

)(4)还可以用by+倍数，表示增加多少倍。

例如：The production of grain has been increased by four times this year．(今年粮食产量增加了4倍。

)本句是第二种表示倍数关系的用法。

3. There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it. (2007, 51)[A] than [B] like [C] as [D] soKey: [C]。

【译文】纵然失去一个机会，但不愁没有其他机会。

【精解】比较结构题。

本句改自爱尔兰谚语：Therea is as good fish in thesea as ever came out of it．原意为：海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。

这里考查的是as…as．．．这一结构，故本题[C]正确。

4. It is not ______ much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand. (2007, 57)[A] that [B] as [C] so [D] veryKey: [C]。

【译文】与其说是语言还不如说是背景让这本书难以理解。

【精解】比较结构题。

这里考查not so．much．．．as…的用法，这一结构意为“与其说……不如说……”。

例如：He is not so much a player as a coach．(与其说他是个队员，不如说他是个教练。

)5. Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably_____ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction. (2007, 62)[ A ] no more [ B ] not more [ C ] even more [ D ] much moreKey: [B]。

【译文】人口过剩对人类造成严重威胁。

但是人口过剩与其说可能威胁人类，还不如说是可能威胁环境。

【精解】比较结构题。

本句考查not more…than…这一结构，意为“与其说是……，不如说是……”，这里隐含的是后者好于／强于前者之意。

注意yet常用于否定句和疑问句，因此可立即排除[ C ]和[D]。

而no more…than…的意思是“两者都不……”。

例如：’He's no more fit to be a minister than a schoolboy would be．(他和一个小学生一样都不适合当部长。

)6. It was ______ we had hoped. (2006, 64)[ A ] more a success than [ B ] a success more than[ C ] as much of a success as [ D ] a success as much asKey: [ C ]。

【译文】这和我们预期的成功一样。

【精解】形容词同级比较题。

结构of a+n．相当于一个形容词，即of a success相当于successful，用于同级比较句型as…as，因此as much of a success as为正确答案。

7. Do you know Tim's brother? He is ______ than Tim. (2005, 59)[ A ] much more sportsman [ B ] more of a sportsman[ C ] more of sportsman [ D ] more a sportsmanKey: [B]。

【译文】你认识蒂姆的兄弟吗?他比蒂姆更擅长运动。

【精解】形容词比较级题。

结构of a+n相当于一个形容词，表示具有后面那个名词的性质；它的比较级和形容词一样，也要用more来修饰，因此more of a sportsman为正确答案。

8. That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn't bothered by his loudness______ by his lack of talent. (2004, 41)[ A ] so much as [ B ] rather than [ C ] as [ D ] thanKey: [A]。

【译文】那个喇叭手的确吹得很响。

但是，让我厌烦的倒不是他吹得太响，而是他缺乏这方面的才能。

【精解】比较结构题。

not…so much…as引导一个否定性比较结构，表示“与其……不如……”的意思；其中的much是副词，表示程度。

因此本题应该选择[A]。

9. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck,______ to the truck. (2004,44)[ A ] the greater stress is [ B ] greater is the stress[ C ] the stress is greater [ D ] the greater the stressKey: [ D ]。

【译文】地面在载满货物的卡车的重压下，塌陷得越少，它给卡车的应力也就越大。

【精解】比较结构题。

“The+比较级，the+比较级”结构表示“越……越……”；前后两个部分都应该使用自然语序。

例如：The more I learn, the more I master．有时第二部分可以使用省略形式，本句的完整形式为the greater the stress it yields to truck is，其省略形式为theGreater the stress，因此[D]为正确答案。

10. Issues of price, place, promotion and product are ______ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies. (2004, 49)[ A ] these of the most [ B ] most of those[ C ] among the most [ D ] among the many ofKey: [ C ]。

【译文】价格、地点、宣传和产品等问题都属于营销策划时最常见的一些考虑因素。

【精解】最高级题。

这里among与形容词最高级形式连用，表示“在最……的一类中”，因此本题应该选择[ C ]。

11. John is ______ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.( 1998, 41)[ A ] no less [ B ] no more [ C ] not less [ D ] no soKey: [A]。

【译文】约翰并不比妹妹少用功，但还是没有通过考试。

【精解】比较级题。

no less…than．．．表示“在……方面不比……差”。

no more…than表示“和……一样，都不……”。

因此，[A]为本题的正确答案。

12. The children prefer camping in the mountains ______ an indoor activity.(1998, 46)[A] to [B] than [C] for [D] withKey: [A]。

【译文】孩子们更喜欢在山里野营，而不是在室内做活动。

【精解】比较句型题。

prefer A t0 B表示“与B相比起来，更喜欢A”。

因此，本题的正确答案应该是[A]。

13. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ______ to theprofessor. (1998, 47)[ A ] as far as [ B ] the same as [ C ] as much as [ D ] as long asKey: [ C ]。

【译文】语言属于社会里的每一个成员，对于清洁工和教授而言，没有什么两样。