5.　　　 ---I didn't do well in languages.

---I did _____ you, so we are half and half.

A. not better than　　　　　　　　 B. no better than

C. no worse than　　　　　　　　 D. nearly worse than

4.　　　 John plays football _____, if not better than, David.

A. as well　　　　　　 B. as well as　 C. so well　　 　 D. so well as

3.　　　 --- The weather isn’t good enough for an outing, is it?

---Not in the least. We can’t have ______ at this time of the year.

A. a worse day　　　　　　　　　　 B. a nice day

C. such bad a day　　　　　　　　 D. so fine day

2.　　　 If there were no examination, we should have ____ at school.

A. the happiest time　　　　　　 B.　 a more happier time

C. most happiest time　　　　　 D. a much happier time

1.　　　 If we had followed his plan, we could have done the work better with ____ money and _____ people.

A. little, fewer　　　 B. fewer, less　 C. less, fewer 　D. less, few　

(MET 87)

2．　 形容词的比较级还可用在某些句型中，如：

1) more and more(越来越…)

　 Your English is getting better and better.

　 These days more and more people are learning English.

2)　　　 the more …… the more (越是… 就越…)

Actually, the busier he is , the happier he feels.

事实上, 他越忙越高兴。

What size box do you want ? ---- The bigger the better.

3)　　　 all the more…(因而更加……)

As a result, the rich became all the richer.

结果富的更富.

4) more or less (大体上, 或多或少)

　　 The question is more or less settled.

　　 这问题大体上解决。

　　 We’ve succeeded in the first stage, more or less.

　　 在第一阶段我们大体上算成功了。

　 5)more(less ) than (不止，不到)：

　　 It’s more than ten years since they parted.

　　 他们分手已十多年了。

　　 He is more than a friend to me.

　　 他对我不止是一个朋友。

巩固练习：

1．　 同级比较的用法：在表示“和…一样的…”和 “不及…”这类概念时, 可以用as…as ,not so/as …as　 ,形容词用原级.而不用than :

1) He is as energetic as a young man.　 他像年轻人那样有劲。

2) We’ll give you as much help as we can. 我们将尽量帮助你。

3) Try to make as few mistakes as possible. 尽量少犯错误。

4)　　　 She is not so(as) talkative as before.　 她不像以前那样爱说话了。

注： 表示程度的状语也可修饰比较级，如倍数，once ,twice , three times as…as

1)　　　 Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.

汽油比前几年贵了一倍。

　2)My command of English is not half so good as yours.

我英语掌握得还不及你一半儿好。

3) We have a third as many students as we had last term.

　　 我们现在的学生人数只是上学期的三分之一。

1.　　　 比较级前通常可以有一个表示程度的状语所修饰, 常见有:an inch/half a head, a little, a bit, still much, slightly, a lot , a good deal, far ,any 等.

例如:

1)　　　 You are half a head taller than me. 你比我高半头.

2)　　　 This text is a little (bit) more difficult than the other one.

　这篇课文比那篇稍难一点.

3)　　　 I’ve made a lot more mistakes than you have.

我犯的错误比你多多了.

4)　　　 Their county is a good deal richer than ours.

他们县比我们县富得多.

5)　　　 She has made far greater progress this term than she did last term. 她这学期的进步比上学期大得多.

6)　　　 Are you any better today?　 你今天好点了吗?

7)　　　 The new method was over ten times more efficient than the traditional one. 新方法比传统方法效率提高十倍以上。

10.　 “ China Daily” is ________ a newspaper, which helps us to improve English.

A. more than　 B. less than　　 C. no more than　 D. no less than

语法归纳：

　 形容词和副词比较级的用法：

　 比较级可分为同级比较和不同级比较， 基本用法此不赘述.现就一些灵活用法及大纲要求做一些总结.

9.　　　 ---It is reported that Americans eat much protein very day.

--- They eat ______ as they actually need.

A. twice as much　　　　　 B. as twice much

C. much as twice　　　　　 D. as much twice