初级英语语法重点、考点与难点(04)

3. 你会正确使用比较等级的修饰语吗

A：He is ____ cleverer than his brother.

B：Yes, but he is ____ the lazier.

A. more, much         B. quite, by far         C. far, by far            D. very, a lot

此题应选 C。其余几项均有可能被误选。此题主要考察比较等级的修饰语。不能选A, B, D的原因是more, quite, very等均不能修饰比较级。

far / by far都可以修饰比较级和最高级, 注意以下几点：

1. far可以修饰比较级和最高级, 且通常前置。

2. by far也可以修饰比较级和最高级, 且可以前置也可以后置。但是, 若置于比较级前, 通常应在比较级前加上the。

正：This is far better. 这要好得多。

正：This is far the best. 这是最最好的。

正：This is better by far. 这要好得多。

正：This is by far the better. 这要好得多。

正：This is by far the best. 这是最最好的。

正：This is the best by far. 这是最最好的。

形容词和副词原级、比较级和最高级的常见修饰语：

1. 修饰原级：very, quite, rather, too, pretty, how, so等

2. 修饰比较级：even, much, still, rather, (by) far, notany, a lot, a little, a bit, twice, three times 等

注意：quite 一般不用来修饰比较级, 但有一个特例, 即quite better (指身体情况)。

3. 修饰最高级：(by) far, much, nearly, almost, quite, by no means 以及the very, the second, the next等

4. 你会使用as……as结构的修饰语吗

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

此题应选C。主要考察在比较句型中as……as这一结构修饰语的位置。关于这一问题以下几个方面是命题者经常涉及的考点：

(1) as……as结构有哪些修饰语。主要的有：just, quite, nearly, almost, exactly, half, twice, three times 等：

He is just as tall as his father. 他刚好与他父亲一样高。

It's not nearly so difficult as you think. 这远不象你想象的那样难。