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走出比较级用法的误区

2016-06-09梅秀彩

中学生英语·中考指导版 2016年1期
关键词:修饰词定冠词或事物

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误区一:比较对象非同类

两个人或事物进行比较应用比较级时,常与连词than连用,且进行比较的两个人或事物必须属于同一类,非同类的人或事物一般不能比较,否则会造成不合逻辑的错误。如:

1. 你们的教室比我们的教室明亮。Your classroom is brighter than ours.

2. 冬天,长春的天气比广州的天气冷。In winter, the weather of Changchun is colder than that of Guangzhou.

误区二:乱用比较级修饰词

比较级前一般可用much, a little, a lot, still, a bit, far, even等修饰词来说明程度,但不能用very, quite, too, so等修饰。例如:

1. I think the mooncakes with nuts in them are much more delicious than the ones with meat in them. 我认为果仁馅月饼比肉馅月饼好吃得多。

2. Lilys mooncake is a little smaller than Li Leis. 莉莉的月饼比李磊的月饼小一点。

误区三:比较级前全不用定冠词the

比较级前一般不用冠词,但在下列情况下比较级前却常常用定冠词the。

1. 在含比较级的句子中有of the two这类意义的词组时。如:

Lucy is the taller of the two. 露西是两个人中较高的那一个。

He is the thinner of the two boys. 他是那两个男孩中较瘦的一个。

2. “the + 比较级,the + 比较级”为一常见结构,表示“越……,就越……”之意。如:

The harder you study, the more you will learn. 你越努力,就学得越多。

The busier he is, the happier he feels. 他越忙就越高兴。

误区四:形容词最高级前都用了定冠词the

形容词最高级前一般应用定冠词the,副词最高级前则可用可不用。但当最高级前有形容词性物主代词或名词所有格修饰时,其前的定冠词the必须省略。如:

The moon is our nearest neighbor in space. 月球是太空中离我们最近的邻居。

Jim is Mr Greens youngest son. 吉姆是格林先生最小的儿子。

误区五:混用介词in和of

最高級的范围常用介词in或of短语引出,但二者有区别;in后常跟表示单位、组织等的单数名词,该名词与前面的主语不属于同类;而of后常跟表示人或事物的复数名词,该名词与前面的主语属于同类。如:

Who is the strongest in your family? 你们家谁最强壮?

Ann is the oldest of all the girls in her class. 安是她班上所有女孩中最大的。

牛刀小试

( )1. Emailing is ______ than posting a letter.

A. very fast B. much faster C. the fastest D. very faster

( )2. The population of China is ______ than ______ any other country in the world.

A. more; that of B. more; / C. larger; that of D. larger; /

( )3. In our city, its ______ in July, but it is even ______ in August.

A. hotter; hottest B. hot; hot C. hotter; hot D. hot; hotter

( )4. Miss Cheng is one of ______ in their school.

A. the most popular teachers B. more popular teachers

C. the most popular teacher D. more popular teacher

( )5. —How ______ the film is!

—So it is. Many of us are ______ to tears.

A. moving; moved B. moving; moving

C. moved; moving D. moved; moved

( )6. ______ it snows, ______ the children feel.

A. More heavily; happier B. The more heavily; the happier

C. More heavily; the happier D. The more heavily; happier

( )7. Bob is ______ at playing computer games of the two boys.

A. the better B. the good C. better D. the best

( )8. —Doctor, Im getting ______.

—Well, youd better eat ______ food.

A. fat and fatter; more B. fatter and fatter; fewer

C. fatter and fat; less D. fatter and fatter; less

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