16. —Do you regret paying ten dollars for that book?
—No, I would gladly have paid ________.
A. as twice many B. twice as many C. twice as much D. as twice much
17. —I’m leaving on April 30.
—So why not come to spend ________ days with me?
A. all these last few B. these all last few C. these last all few D. all last these few
18. —Be careful not to drop the Ming Dynasty vase.
—Yes, we can’t be ________.
A. too careful B. very careful C. too careless D. careless enough
19. He’s not got another job yet and it’s not ________ he will for some time.
A. likely B. easily C. nearly D. lonely
20. We do meet now and then, but not ________.
A. freely B. commonly C. regularly D. presently
21. You don’t have to be angry with him. He ________ wanted to know the truth.
A. almost B. mostly C. merely D. hardly
22. —Are you pleased with what he has done?
—It couldn’t be____. Why didn’t he put more effort into his work?
A. any worse B. much better C. so bad D. the best
23. 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
24. —Is your headache getting ________?
—No, it’s worse.
A. better B. bad C. less D. well
25. Bob ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds, and I have not seen ________ this year.
A. the best B. better C. the most D. more
【答案与解析】
1. C。根据题意可知，说话者是将when people do it together和when people don’t do it together这两种情况比较，故选比较级。注意不要选D，因为在此题是要用副词修饰动词，不能用形容词。另外，根据句末的higher too也可知道此题是考查比较级。
2. D。首先，根据连系动词后要接形容词作表语这一特点，可排除A和C。另外，使役动词make后可接动词原形（不带to的不定式）或过去分词作宾语补足语，但不能接现在分词，故可排除选项B。
3. D。take sth seriously的意思是“认真对待某事”“认真考虑某事”。
4. C。副词narrowly在此表示“勉强地”，又如：He narrowly escaped being run over. 他差点儿被车压死。 The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated by 201 votes to 196. 建议改变规则的提议以196票对201票的微弱差额被否决了。本题句意：篮球赛的最后比分是93比94。我们以微弱的劣势输掉了比赛。