[C] over seven times [D] seven times

(答案为B)

“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting?”“No， I would gladly have paid for it.”

[A] twice so much [B] twice as much

[C] as much twice [D] so much twice

(答案为B)

My uncle is as old again as I am

4)下列词和短语不用比较级形式却表示比较概念：

inferior， minor， senior， prior， prefer to， superior， major， junior， preferable， differ from， compared with， in comparison with， different from， rather than. 如：

Their watch is to all the other watches on the market.

[A] superior [B] advantageous [C] super [D] beneficial

(答案为A)

Prior to his departure， he addressed a letter to his daughter. (1986年考研题)

5)“比较级+and +比较级”或“more and more/less and less +原级”以及“ever， steadily， daily等副词+比较级”结构表示“越来越……”的意思，与这类结构搭配的常用动词有grow， get ，become等。前面两种情况地出现在进行时态中，注意的是这三种情况引导的比较级后面都不需要用than.如：

Things are getting worse and worse.

As I spoke to him he became less and less angry.

Her health was becoming daily worse

The road got ever worse until there was no road at all = the road got worse and worse.

6)比较级前面可以用even， still， yet ，all the (more)等修饰语用以加强语气，表示“更加”的意思。如

Today it is even colder than yesterday

I have yet more exciting news for you

7) 有关比较级的特殊句型：

A)： not so much…as…与其说……不如说……

The chief reason for the population growth isn‘t so much a rise in birth rates a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.

[A] and [B] as [C]but [D] or

人口增长的主要原因与其说是因为出生率的提高，还不如说是因为医疗的进步带来的死亡率下降的结果。答案为B

B) no/not any more…than…两者一样都不……

The heart is intelligent than the stomach， for they are both controlled by the brain.

[A] not so [B]not much [C]much more [D] no more

(心脏和胃两者都不具有智力，他们都受大脑控制。答案为D)

There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take， they can limit how much water you drink.

[A] much more than [B] no more than

[C] no less than [D] any more than

(答案为D) /joozone.com