英語比較等級陷阱題11例（有詳解）

1. In my apartment there are two rooms, _____ is used as a living room.

A. larger one                                       B. the larger of which

C. the largest one                              D. the largest of which

2. “Are you satisfied with his answer?” “Not at all. It couldn’t have been ____.”

A. better                                               B. worse

C. more                                                D. less

3. I’m _____ at sums than Jean, but better at history.

A. more                                                B. less

C. worse                                              D. cleverer

4. We couldn’t have picked ______ day for the picnic — it rained nonstop.

A. a worse                                           B. a worst

C. the worse                                        D. the worst

5. I know this is not quite the right word, but I can’t be bothered to think of _____.

A. a better                                            B. a best

C. the better                                        D. the good

6. — Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

—Sorry to say I didn’t. It was ______ a meeting than a party.

A. more like                                         B. quite like

C. less like                                           D. more or less

7. When they arrived at the school it was raining _______ harder.

A. more                                                B. quite

C. very                                                  D even

8. With the development of the Internet, _______ communication is done by regular mail.

A. less                                                  B. more

C. little                                                  D. few

9. — If you don’t like the red coat, take the blue one.

— OK, but do you have ______ size in blue? This one’s a bit tight for me.

A. a big                                                 B. a bigger

C. the big                                             D. the bigger

10. If there were no examinations, we should have ______ at school.

A. the happiest time　　                   B. a more happier time　

C. much happiest time　                  D. a much happier time

11. This dress is prettier, but it costs ______ that one.

A. twice more than                             B. twice as much as

C. as much twice as                          D. twice so much as

【答案與解析】

1. 選B，由于是兩個房間，即是兩者比較，故宜用比較級，因此排除C和D；又由于兩句之間沒有連詞，故不宜選A。注：若在空格前加上and 一詞，則要選A。

2. 選B。此題關鍵是要理解 Not at all 的意思。根據上文語境，Not at all 為 I am not satisfied at all with his answer 之省略，即表示“我對他的回答一點也不滿意”，既然如此，他的回答當然會是 It couldn’t have been worse（不可能更糟）。

3. 選 C，句意為“我的算術比瓊差，但我的歷史比她強”。注意句中的轉折連詞 but 及其后的 better。

4. 選A，we couldn’t have picked a worse day 的實際意思是 it is the worst day we’ve picked。

5. 選A，a better 為 a better one 之省略。另外，a better one（一個更好的）是與其前文“我知道這不是一個很適合的詞”相呼應的。

6. 選A。根據空格后的than，排除B和D；根據語境，排除C。

7. 選D。more 后不能比較級，故排除A；quite 除用于quite better外，不用于修飾比較，故排除B；very 不用修飾比較級，故排除C。

8. 選A。若選B或C均不合事實；若選D，不合語法，因為few 后要接可數名詞的復數形式。

9. 選B。從句意看，空格處應填比較級bigger，因此排除A和C。選項B與D的區別是，一個用了不定冠詞，一個用了定冠詞，兩者的區別是，不定冠詞表泛指，定冠詞表特指。

10. 選D。由于是將有考試與沒有考試作比較，所以應用比較級，不用最高級，由此排除A和C。選項B的錯誤在于用了more happier這樣的雙重比較級（即more后不能再加比較級）。

11. 選B。修飾as…as的副詞應置于該結構之前。