[析] less 是 little的比較級，而fewer是few的比較級。less后應(yīng)加不可數(shù)名詞而fewer后是可數(shù)名詞。
[誤] There are three girls in my group. The cleverer is Mary.
[正] There are three girls in my group. The cleverest is Mary.
[析] 在兩者之間應(yīng)用比較級，在三者之間或三者以上的范圍內(nèi)應(yīng)用最高級。
[誤] The boy sat there as quiet as his sister.
[正] The boy sat there as quietly as his sister.
[析] as…as的用法要注意的是：①在其中間應(yīng)加形容詞或副詞的原級，而不可加比較級，也有的語法書中稱為同級比較。②要根據(jù)句意決定是加形容詞還是副詞，這要看它具體是修飾動詞還是名詞而定，如：He is as good as his friend.
[誤] The harder you study, and you can learn more.
[正] The harder you study, the more you can learn.
[析] 英文中如果要表達(dá)越來越怎樣，在初中范圍有兩種表達(dá)法：①比較級+and+比較級。②定冠詞+比較級……，如：The nights are getting longer and longer. 要注意的是多音節(jié)形容詞的比較級前要加more,這樣的用法是：more and more 加形容詞，如：The girl is growing more and more beautiful.
[誤] Studying physics is not so interesting as to learn English.
[正] Studying physics is not so interesting as learning English.
[析] 在作比較時，英語一般要求對比的兩部分結(jié)構(gòu)應(yīng)一致。如用動名詞，應(yīng)都用動名詞，用不定式時則都用不定式。但有時在后一個不定式前的符號to可以省略。 如：To repair the old one is as much expensive as (to) buy a new one.
[誤] The girl is more cleverer than the boy.
[正] The girl is much more clever (much cleverer) than the boy.
[析] clever有兩個比較級：cleverer和more clever,要注意的是不能用比較級來修飾比較級。 clever的兩個比較級也各有不同之處，如用在兩種不同性質(zhì)的比較時多用more clever,如：He is more clever than honest. (他的聰明要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過其誠實。)
[析] The boy is the tallest to the three.
[正] The boy is the tallest of the three.
[析] 最高級的范圍要用of加復(fù)數(shù)形式或加集合名詞。
[誤] This book is one of the most useful dictionary.
[正] This book is one of the most useful dictionaries.
[析] 在one of 后面最高級形容詞后要加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。
[誤] This dictionary is the much best one of the EnglishChinese dictionaries.
[正] This dictionary is much the best one of the EnglishChinese dictionaries.
[析] 在修飾最高級時應(yīng)用 far/by far/much 加the加最高級。但very例外，如：He is the very best player in the team.
[誤] Shanghai is bigger than any other cities in China.
[正] Shanghai is bigger than any other city in China.
[析] 在比較級中表示比較對象時如用any other其后一般要加單數(shù)名詞。
[誤] Most of stories in this book are written in English.
[正] Most of the stories in this book are written in English.
[正] Most stories in this book are written in English.
[析] "大多數(shù)"一詞的表達(dá)法有most of the +名詞，或most+名詞。當(dāng)用前一種結(jié)構(gòu)時，其后面的定冠詞不可少。
[誤] The temperature of that room is higher than this room.
[正] The temperature of that room is higher than that of this room.
[析] 比較級用于兩句話之間時，比較的部分不可省略掉，但為了避免重復(fù)，一般都要用that代替前面的單數(shù)名詞，而用those代替前面的復(fù)數(shù)名詞，如：The books in that box are bigger than those in this box.
[誤] He is no more here. Maybe he is at home.
[正] He is no longer here. Maybe he is at home.
[析] no more在現(xiàn)代英語中多譯為："從此再也不會了",如：His voice is no more here. 他已經(jīng)去世了，他的聲音不可能再出現(xiàn)了。而用no longer 表達(dá)目前的狀態(tài)。要注意下面幾組句子的實際含意： This room is no cleaner than that one.即兩間屋子都不干凈。(兩者都不干凈) This room is not cleaner than that one,即這屋子不如那間干凈。(前者不如后者干凈。即一間干凈，一間不干凈。)
(三) 例題解析
1 I think Chinese is ___ than maths.
A. interesting B more interesting
C. most interesting D. the most interesting
[答案] B.
[析] 在有than作比較的句子中應(yīng)用形容詞的比較級。
2 - What does Lucy like better, singing or dancing?
- Singing. of course. She's known to ___ it.
A. be good at B. be good for
C. be bad at D. be bad for
[答案] A.
[析] be good at為固定搭配，意為"擅長作某事".初中英語中有些這樣的固定用法應(yīng)記牢，而不能似是而非。如： be good at, be bad at, be poor in, be week in, be fit for
3 The Huang He River is one of ___ in China.
A. The long river B. the longest river
C. the longest rivers D. the longer river
[答案] C.
[析] 在one of + 定冠詞+最高級之后的名詞應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
4 The girl was ___ afraid ___ she threw her bag away.
A. so, that B. too, to C. too, that D. enough, to
[答案] A.
[析] so…that為"如此怎樣以至于如何",此句意思是：小女孩如此害怕以至于扔下包跑掉了。而too…to的意思為"如何如何，以至于不能作某事".但to的后面是動詞原形，而不是從句。
5 It was ___ yesterday than today.
A. hot B. hoter
C. hotter D. the hottest
[答案] C.
[析] 用than表達(dá)比較的句中應(yīng)用比較級 .
6 Which subject do you like ___ , English Chinese or maths?
A. best B. well
C. better D. good
[答案] A.
[析] 在兩者之間應(yīng)用比較級，而在三者之間或三者以上用最高級。
7 None of the students watched it ___ .
A. careful enough B. enough carefully
C. carefully enough D. enough careful
[答案] C.
[析] 首先應(yīng)判定是選用用來修飾名詞的形容詞還是用來修飾動詞的副詞。這里是修飾watch這一動詞，應(yīng)選用副詞。當(dāng)enough用來修飾副詞或形容詞時應(yīng)放于被修飾的形容詞或副詞之后。
8 ___ she eats, ___ she'll be.
A. More…fat B. The more…fatter
C. More…the fatter D. The more…the fatter
[答案] D.
[析] the+比較級表示"越來越……"本句應(yīng)譯為：她吃得越多，她就會越胖。
9 I don't think English is ___ Chinese.
A. as important as B. not important as
C. not so important D. important as
[答案] A.
[析] think+賓語從句時，應(yīng)采用否定主句的形式，如：中文講，"我認(rèn)為你不對",英文應(yīng)為："我不認(rèn)為你對". I don't think you are right. 所以不能選答案B.而C、D均為不正確的表達(dá)法。
10 Miss Gao is a good English teacher. The students in her class ___ English.A. are interested in B. are interesting in
C. are interested at D. are interesting to
[答案] A.
[析] 過去分詞常用來修飾人，而現(xiàn)在分詞常用來修飾物，如：an interesting book, 實際上過去分詞含有被動之意，如：interested 其含意是"被……所吸引，感動".而interesting 則為"使人感興趣的",如：an interesting man 一個有趣、風(fēng)趣的人。
11 The twins are together most of the time. So they never feel ___ .
A. alone B. lonely
C. happily D. friendly
[答案] B.
[析] alone意為"獨自的，一個人的",它只能作表語不能作定語。I am not alone in doing such a thing.而lonely 意為"寂寞的，孤單的",如：The old man felt lonely. 要體會兩個詞的區(qū)別，如：The old man lived alone, but he didn't feel lonely.