典型例题及解析

[例1]Fix the post______in the ground.

A.firmed　B.firmly　C.firmingly　D.firm

【解析】答案D。firmly意味“坚固地，顽固地”，在此句中不妥，firm意为“稳固地，牢固地”，合乎题意要求。句意：把这个桩子牢固地钉在地上。

[例2]Communism can never be taken as the equivalent of eating______and riding______.

A.free；free　B.freely；freely　C.free；freely　D.freely；free

【解析】答案A。free意为“免费地”，freely意为“自由自在地，不受约束地”。句意：共产主义决不能理解为白吃饭和免费乘车。

[例3]The desk was______in the center of the room.

A.direct　B.directed　C.directing　D.directly

【解析】答案D。题意：书桌刚好在屋子中央。

[例4]He is very___about his chance of winning a scholarship this year.

A.optimistic　B.optional　C.outstanding　D.obvious

【解析】答案A。optimistic 乐观的，有信心的，optional可供选择的，outstanding 杰出的，obvious明显的。本句的意思为：他对取得今年的奖学金很有信心。

[例5]The secretary asked______to write their questions on a piece of paper and send it to the front.

A.the present members　B.the members presently

C.the members present　D.the presently members

【解析】答案C。present作后置定语修饰the members意思为在场的成员。

[例6]When she got her first month salary，Alice bought______dress for her mother.

A.a cotton blue expensive　B.an expensive blue cotton

C.a blue expensive cotton　D.a cotton expensive blue

【解析】答案B。多个形容词修饰名词时，其顺序为：限定词-数词-描绘词-（大小、长短、形状、新旧、颜色）-出处-材料性质，类别-名词。

[例7]The Dongfeng company has produced______it did last year.

A.twice more trucks as　B.twice as many trucks as

C.twice as much trucks as　D.as twice many trucks as

【解析】答案B。倍数的一种表示法为用“倍数+as+原级+as+比较对象”来表示。

[例8]The Education Ministry suggests teachers should receive______education to catch up with the______development.

A.farther；late　B.farther；later

C.further；lately　D.further；latest

【解析】答案D。farther 为far的比较级，further 意思为“进一步的”。late副词，意思为晚，迟。later放在时间名词之后，意为……之后。lately，副词，意为：近来。latter 和the连用：the latter后来的；the former 以前的。latest 形容词，意为：最新的。

[例9]—The pretty girl seemed a______waitress.

—Of course，each of us in the restaurant always felt______with her good service and smiles.

A.pleased；pleased　B.pleasant；pleasant

C.pleasant；pleased　D.pleased；pleasant

【解析】答案A。此题考查pleasant和pleased的区别。pleasant礼貌而友好的。pleased 不能直接修饰名词，只能放在系动词的后边，作表语。

[例10]I know this is not quite a suitable word，but I can’t be bothered to think of______one.

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

【解析】答案A。a+比较级，表示两者中较……的一个。

[例11]Mr.Smith said that their first trip to the seaside town was______one，but their second one was even more interesting.

A.the most interesting　B.very interesting

C.a most interesting　D.a more interesting

【解析】答案C。a most interesting表示“非常有意思”而不是“最有意思”。

[例12]On Teacher’s Day，we all went back to our old school______to see our teachers.

A.especially　B.specially　C.particularly　D.attentively

【解析】答案B。especially特别地，尤其地；specially专门地。句意为：在教师节那一天，我们回到以前的学校专门来看望我们的老师。

[例13]Bob never does his homework______Mary.He makes lots of mistakes.

A.so careful as　B.as carefully as

C.carefully as　D.as careful as

【解析】答案B。该题考查的是形容词和副词的用法区别。因为该词修饰的是动作“做家庭作业”，所以要用副词。又因为表示一方不如另一方要用句型“not as+副词原级+as”，所以只能选B。

[例14]He moved away from his parents and missed them______enjoy the exciting life in China.

A.too much to　B.very much to

C.enough to　D.much so as to

【解析】答案A.too…to do sth.（太……以至于不能做……）是固定搭配。

[例15]I think this exhibition is______of the two.I have never seen______exhibition.

A.by far better；the better　B.far better；a better

C.by far the better；a better　D.far the better；a better

【解析】答案C。表示“（两者中）较……的那一个”用“the+比较级”，排除A和B。far只能紧靠在所修饰的比较级之前，by far一般放在比较级之前。