英语比较等级陷阱题11例（有详解）

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

【答案与解析】

1. 选B，由于是两个房间，即是两者比较，故宜用比较级，因此排除C和D；又由于两句之间没有连词，故不宜选A。注：若在空格前加上and 一词，则要选A。

2. 选B。此题关键是要理解 Not at all 的意思。根据上文语境，Not at all 为 I am not satisfied at all with his answer 之省略，即表示“我对他的回答一点也不满意”，既然如此，他的回答当然会是 It couldn’t have been worse（不可能更糟）。

3. 选 C，句意为“我的算术比琼差，但我的历史比她强”。注意句中的转折连词 but 及其后的 better。

4. 选A，we couldn’t have picked a worst day 的实际意思是 it is the worst day we’ve picked。

5. 选A，a better 为 a better one 之省略。另外，a better one（一个更好的）是与其前文“我知道这不是一个很适合的词”相呼应的。

6. 选A。根据空格后的than，排除B和D；根据语境，排除C。

7. 选D。more 后不能比较级，故排除A；quite 除用于quite better外，不用于修饰比较，故排除B；very 不用修饰比较级，故排除C。

8. 选A。若选B或C均不合事实；若选D，不合语法，因为few 后要接可数名词的复数形式。

9. 选B。从句意看，空格处应填比较级bigger，因此排除A和C。选项B与D的区别是，一个用了不定冠词，一个用了定冠词，两者的区别是，不定冠词表泛指，定冠词表特指。

10. 选D。由于是将有考试与没有考试作比较，所以应用比较级，不用最高级，由此排除A和C。选项B的错误在于用了more happier这样的双重比较级（即more后不能再加比较级）。

11. 选B。修饰as…as的副词应置于该结构之前。