1. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, _______ to the truck. (2003)

　　A. the greater stress is B. greater is the stress

　　C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress

　　“地表和載滿貨物卡車的接觸面越小，卡車對地面的壓強就越大�！盇。

　　2. Some dieters find that after their dieting is over, they ate twice _______ they did before their diet. (1993)

　　A. more than B. as many as C. much than D. as much as

　　D,“飯量是以前的兩倍”。A是指“三倍”，不合常理。

　　3. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ___ to the professor. (1998)

　　A. as far as B. the same as C. as much as D. as long as

　　C，as much as“達到與……一樣的程度”，完整的后半個句子應是：language belongs to

　　the cleaner as much as it belong to the professor “語言屬于社會的每個成員，既屬于清潔工，也屬于教授”;as far as“一直到某個程度”;the same as“與……一樣”;表示“清潔工和教授是一樣的”，意思不妥;as long as“只要”。

　　4. She did her work ______ her manager had instructed. (2002)

　　A. as B. until C. when D. though

　　as可表示方式，意思是“按照，如同”;“她依照經(jīng)理的指示辦事�！盇。

　　5. The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent. (2004)

　　A. so much as B. rather than C. as D. than

　　A考點是not … so much as句型，表示“與其說是，倒不如說是”、“更多的是，而不是”�！昂翢o疑問，那個喇叭手的號聲吵死了，但與其說我煩他的聲音大，倒不如說煩他沒吹號的天分。”

　　6. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting. (2005)

　　A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to

　　such as為固定搭配，意為“到如此程度以致”，又如：His illness is not such as to cause anxiety.他的病還沒有嚴重到令人擔心的地步。

　　A is to B what C is to D

　　7. Twelve is to three _______ four is to one. (1998)

　　A. what B. as C. that D. like

　　水對魚的關系就像空氣對人的關系一樣：Water is to fish what air is to man.

　　8. Intellect is to the mind ______ sight is to the body. (2001)

　　A. what B. as C. that D. like

　　智力對于思想，猶如視力對于身體一樣。

　　not + 比較級 + than, no + 比較級 + than

　　9. John is _______ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam. (1998)

　　A. no less B. no more C. not less D. no so

　　A，“約翰的用功絕不亞于他姐姐，可是這次考試他卻沒及格�！眓ot less than只是比較約翰和他姐姐，沒有強調(diào)約翰非常用功。

　　10. Fat cannot change into muscle _______ muscle changes into fat. (1999)

　　A. any more than B. no more than C. no less than D. much more than

　　A，“脂肪不能轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榧∪�，就像肌肉不能轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橹�肪一樣�！眓ot … any more than意思是“和…同樣都不…”。