高中英语语法：形容词、副词的比较级

　　考查形容词、副词的比较级、最高级及前面的修饰语

　　【备考清单】

　　1) 比较级、最高级的选用及应用范围

　　比较级、最高级常用于表示两者或多者间的比较。复习中须注意如下句型的用法：

　　① as + 原级adj. / adv. + as表示“和……一样”及not as / so + 原级adj. / adv. + as表示“不如……”。例如：

　　(94全国) John plays football as well as, if not better than, David.

　　The piano in the other shop will be cheaper, but not as good.

　　② as + 原级adj. + a(n) + n. + as表示“跟……一样”。例如：

　　(2001全国) It’s generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.

　　(2003北京) Our neighbour has as big a house as ours.

　　③ 比较级 + than表“比……更”及less ... than表示“不如……”。例如：

　　This year they have produced less grain than they did last year.

　　This road is wider than that one.

　　④ the + 比较级， the + 比较级表示“越……，就越……”。例如：

　　(93上海) It’s believed that the harder you work, the better result you’ll get.

　　⑤ the +比较级+ of the + 名词 / 代词表示两者中“较……的”。例如：

　　Who is the younger of the two boys?

　　⑥比较级 + 比较级(越来越……)。___ 例如：

　　Our country is getting stronger and stronger.

　　Things became worse and worse from then on.

　　⑦用the last表示“最不可能的”、“最不适合的”、“最不希望的”等。例如:

　　The last thing I want to do is to offend you.我最不愿意做的就是惹你生气。

　　He is the last man I want to see.他是我最不希望见的人。

　　2) 形容词、副词原级、比较级、最高级前的程度状语

　　① 注意一些形容词或副词前的特定修饰语。例如：

　　(2004广东) Sometimes it was a bit boring to work there because there wasn’t always that much to do. (那样多)

　　I quite like it. They are quite different / wrong.

　　quite possible / impossible

　　My hometown is much changed.

　　much to my surprise(很让我吃惊)

　　be well worth doing （很值得做）

　　② 比较级前常可用still, even, much, far, a lot / little / few / bit, rather, any, a great deal, so far, by far, no等词修饰。（注意more不用于修饰比较级）。例如：

　　(94全国) If there were no examinations, we should have a much happier time.

　　(2000上海) You’re standing too near the cinema. Can you move a bit farther?

　　This is by far the better.

　　③ 最高级可用序数词、much、 by far、 nearly、 almost等词修饰。例如：

　　Africa is the second largest continent.

　　The Pacific is by far the largest ocean.

　　I like this film the very best / much the best.