考点一、考查形容词和副词的基本用法
形容词在句中可以作定语、表语、补语、状语,而副词在句中主要作状语,有时也可作定语、表语和补语。
It’s a _____ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.
解析:D。本题考查多个形容词作定语时的顺序。当名词前面有几个形容词作定语时,一般按下列次序排列:限定词(these, a, this等)+数量形容词+描绘性形容词(beautiful等)+表示大小、长短、高低等的形体性形容词(large, short, high等)+形状形容词+年龄(new, old等)+颜色+国籍+材料(wooden等)+用途(walking等)+被修饰的名词。
After the long journey, the three of them went back home, _______.
I make $2,000 a week. 60 surely won’t make ______ difference to me.
解析:D。副词that表示“那么……”,修饰形容词big,相当于so或how的用法,即that (so how) big a difference。句意:我一个星期挣2000美元。60美元肯定不会对有我很大影响。
Only five years after Steve Jobs’ death, smart – phones defeated ______ PCs in sales.
解析:D。controversial有争议的;contradictory自相矛盾的;confidential机密的;conventional传统的。
The disappearance of dinosaurs is not necessarily caused by astronomical incidents. But ______ explanations are hard to find. (2017江苏)
解析:A。alternative可供替代的,其他的;aggressive咄咄逼人的,有进取心的;ambiguous模棱两可的;apparent显而易见的。
His comprehensive surveys have provided the most ________ statements of how, and on what basis, data are collected. (2016江苏)
解析:A。explicit明晰的,清楚的;ambiguous模棱两可的,含糊不清的;original原始的,最初的;arbitrary任意的,专制的。
【考例4】 A sudden stop can be a very frightening experience , ______ if you are travelling at high speed. (2016浙江)
解析:D。eventually最后,终于;strangely奇怪地;merely仅仅,不过是;especially特别,尤其。
1. 平级比较:常见结构有as+形容词副词+as;not asso+形容词副词+as;as+形容词+aan+单数名词+as。
【考例1】 翻译:经过多年的建设,这个小镇现在和地震前一样充满了活力。(as...as)
解析:本题考查as+形容词+as结构。答案为After years of construction, this town is as lively now as it used to be before the earthquake.
Our neighbor has ______ ours.
D. a house the same big as
解析:B。本题考查as+形容词+aan+单数名词+as结构。
I have seldom seen my mother ______ pleased with my progress as she is now.
解析:A。本题考查notneverseldom…+ asso+形容词+as结构。
2. 比较级:比较级通常用形容词副词的比较级形式+than表示。用于修饰比较级的常见词语有a lot, far, a bit, a little, much, slightly, any, no, some, even, still。此外,比较级前还可加表示数量的词,如a few, a couple, one-fourth, 10 per cent等。注意:very, too, quite, so, fairly一般不修饰比较级。
【考例1】 It may not be a great suggestion. But before ______ is put forward, we’ll make do with it.
解析:B。“the+比较级+名词”表示两者中比较……的一个;“a+比较级+名词”表示一个更……的人物。句意:这也许不是一个很好的建议,但在提出一个更好的建议之前,我们会将就的。根据句意可知用比较级。
I think watching TV every evening is a waste of time—there are ______ meaningful things to do.
You’d be exposed to a lot ______ pollution if you moved to a town with pure water and air.
解析:C。less表示“更少的”。句意:如果你去一个有着碧水蓝天的小镇,那么你所受的污染会少一些。根据句意可知此处选C。
3. 最高级:通常用the+形容词副词的最高级形式+(amongofall)…。修饰最高级的常见词语有the very, the+序数词, by far等。
This is by far ______ movie that I have ever seen.
解析:C。by far可用于修饰形容词或副词的比较级或最高级,再根据定语从句可推断出此处用最高级。
—How was your recent trip to Sichuan
—I’ve never had ______ one before.
3. 倍数+ the +名词(如size, height, weight, length, width 等)+of…
4. 倍数+as+ 形容词+ aan+ 名词 +as…
5. 倍数+as many (或 much )+名词+ as…
It’s said that the power plant is now ______ large as what it was.
解析:A。本题考查“倍数+as +形容词副词的原级+as…”结构。
This restaurant wasn’t ______ that other restaurant we went to. (2012课标)
解析:A。本题考查语序,正确的语序应该是“倍数+as +形容词副词的原级+as…”。
My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours,but it is twice ______ expensive.
解析:A。本题考查倍数表达法。这里的倍数是twice,由expensive这一原级可知,这里使用了as...as...这一结构,expensive后面省略了as ours。
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