中考英语形容词和副词专项训练

中考英语形容词和副词专项训练

‎(一) 形容词的用法和位置 ‎1 主系表结构，放在连系动词（be, look，smell，taste，sound，feel，become，get，turn，keep，seem等）的后面。‎ 如：The passengers can’t go back home on time for the Spring festival, for the snow is so heavy.‎ Things to remember:‎ look只有在解释‘看起来’的时候才是当作连系动词，做题时要正确分析look的意思。‎ 如：After hearing the good news of the train’s arrival, he looked very happy.‎ After hearing the good news of the train’s arrival, he looked happily at me.‎ ‎2 形容词用作定语。‎ ‎1）‎ ‎ 如: The conductor has important news to tell the passengers.‎ ‎2) ‎ ‎ 如：The conductor has something important to tell the passengers.‎ ‎3 形容词用作宾语补足语。‎ 如：Though the passengers find the weather terrible, they’re very excited because they will go back home to spend the Spring Festival with their family.‎ ‎ Things to remember:‎ 1) ‎ ‘else’在使用时，必须放在疑问代词和复合不定代词的后面，如：something else, what else.‎ 2) 做题时，要注意形容词和名词的正确搭配，如我们用 ‘high’或 ‘low’来修饰 ‘temperature’，用 ‘hot’或 ‘cold’来修饰 ‘weather’。‎ ‎3．It is adj. for sb to do sth/It is adj. of sb to do sth Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 Everyone in our class took an _______ part in the camping trip. (activity)‎ ‎2 She is from America, so she is __________. (America)‎ ‎3 Mrs. White is fond of buying _________ food because she thinks it is much safer. (Australia)‎ ‎4 While doing an experiment, you need to be _____ enough. Otherwise(否则) something dangerous may happen.. (care).‎ ‎5 The weather report says it will be ______ tonight. (cloud)‎ ‎6 Some pets are ____ to people because they carry some diseases. (danger)‎ ‎7 Tom is________ in detective stories(侦探小说) than science fiction.. (interest)‎ ‎8 Though English and Chinese are two _____ languages, they’re used to communicate. (difference)‎ ‎9 It’s very ______ for the farmer to send her daughter to study abroad. (difficulty)‎ ‎10 The mother told her son to wash his ______ hands before having dinner. (dirt)‎ ‎11 We should be _____ to each other to have a good memory. (friend)‎ ‎12 The ______ wind makes everybody very comfortable. (gently ‎13 It’s _____ for you to know some western culture while you are studying English. (help)‎ Choose the best answer:‎ ‎1 She is _______ that she will fail in the exam.‎ ‎ A) frightened B) afraid C) afriad D) worry ‎2 Though she was ______ at home, she didn’t feel _______ at all because she was busy going over her lessons.‎ ‎ A) alone…alone B) alone…lonely C) lonely…lonely D) lonely…alone ‎ ‎3 The tsunami（海啸） is very _________. It can make a large number of people homeless.‎ ‎ A) exciting B) awful C) frightened D) surprising ‎4 Is there ______ enough to fight with the monster?‎ ‎ A) anyone brave B) brave anyone C) someone brave D) brave someone ‎5 I’ve got _____ to tell you.‎ ‎ A) interesting something B) something interesting C) interesting anything D) anything interesting ‎6 Do you want ______ ?‎ ‎ A) else something B) something else C) else anything D) anything else ‎7 A comic strip should be full of action to keep the readers _______.‎ ‎ A) interesting B) interested C) uninterested D) interests ‎ ‎8 Children are all _____ in_____ comic strips.‎ ‎ A) interesting…interested B) interested…interesting C) interesting…interesting D) interested…interested ‎9 He doesn’t seem as ____ as his brother.‎ ‎ A) happily B) happier C) happy D) happiness ‎10 The guests all thought it tastes ______.‎ ‎ A) nice B) badly C) well D) wonderfully ‎11 “Am I ____ go home?” the sick man asked the doctor.‎ ‎ A) good enough B) so well to C) well enough to D) too well to ‎12 Perhaps there won’t be ____ for everybody on the earth in the future.‎ ‎ A) enough room B) many rooms C) little space D) a little space ‎13 The man finished writing _____ report in a week.‎ ‎ A) a eight-thousand-word B) an eight-thousand-words C) eight-thousand-word D) an eight-thousand-word ‎14 To our surprise, such a big bag was very light. Here ‘light’ means ____.‎ ‎ A) little B) short C) great D) not heavy ‎15 What a ____ child he is !‎ ‎ A) lovely B) timidly C) beautifully D) unusual ‎16 Emma hardly makes mistakes in her homework. She is _____.‎ ‎ A) care B) careful C) carefully D) careless ‎17 Miss Black always makes her students ____ in her English lessons.‎ ‎ A) interest B) interests C) interested D) interesting ‎18 Tom’s father seemed ____ with his progress.‎ ‎ A) sadly B) angrily C) happy D) happily ‎19 The music sounds _______.‎ ‎ A) sweetly B) horribly C) easily D) lovely ‎20 We all know that Mr. Green was not _______ with the poem.‎ ‎ A) pleasant B) please C) pleasing D) pleased ‎21 This is a ______ experience, not a dream.‎ ‎ A) true B) real C) truly D) really ‎22 The Bund looks ______ at night. ‎ ‎ A) wonderfully B) famous C) beautiful D) well ‎23 It’s _____ knowledge that the earth moves around the sun.‎ ‎ A) common B) unusual C) strange D) interesting ‎24 The dishes in this restaurant are so ______ that its business is very good.‎ ‎ A) delicious B) dilicious C) taste D) well ‎25 The shop ________ from 8:00am to 8:pm every day.‎ ‎ A) opens B) is opened C) is open D) is opening ‎26 The lecture was so ____ that most of the listeners went to sleep.‎ ‎ A) bored B) dull C) interesting D) exciting ‎27 The Beatles are very _________ to the people who love rock and roll.‎ ‎ A) interested B) familiar C) attracted D) fond ‎28 You can enjoy the ____ air in the mountain village. ‎ ‎ A) bright B) fresh C) heavy D) fair ‎29 Running is a(an) ______ sport.‎ ‎ A) team B) individual C) fun D) bored ‎30 The opposite word of ‘ancient’ is _____.‎ ‎ A) old B) modern C) popular D) fashion ‎31 These children are from ordinary families. ‎ ‎ A) usual B) strange C) unusual D) simple ‎32 Cycling is an _____ activity.‎ ‎ A) indoor B) outdoor C) helpful D) popular ‎33 She works as a secretary. But she also has a _____ job.‎ ‎ A) full-time B) part-time C) good-paid D) excited ‎34 The opposite word of ‘public’ is _____.‎ ‎ A) common B) private C) popular D) publish ‎35 You should keep _____ while listening to the steps.‎ ‎ A) quiet B) quite C) quilt D) quit ‎ ‎36 Who should be ____ for this accident?‎ ‎ A) duty B) reasonable C) responsible D) explain ‎37 Take some pills before getting on the bus, or you will feel ____.‎ ‎ A) sick B) terribly C) trouble D) comfortable ‎38 How silly you are to go out without an umbrella in such kinds of bad weather!‎ ‎ A) stupid B) fool C) bright D) wise ‎39 Do you know the _______ dish of this restaurant?‎ ‎ A) special B) especial C) well-know D) taste ‎40 She is too timid to say a word at the party.‎ ‎ A) upset B) shy C) worried D) silent Answers to the exercises in the part of completing the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 active 2 aged 3 amazing 4 American 5 amusing 6 attractive 7 Australian 8 automatic 9 busy 10 Canadian 11 careful 12 changeable 13 chemical 14 cloudy 15 complete 16 crowded 17 dangerous 18 detective 19 different 20 difficult 21 dirty 22 electric 23 enjoyable 24 following 25 foolish 26 foreign 27 freezing 28 friendly 29 gentle 30 golden 31 harmful 32 helpful 33 homeless 34 hungry 35 medical 36 national 37 natural 38 necessary 39 official 40 patient 41 physical 42 plastic 43 powerful 44 retired 45 snowy 46 soft 47 surprised 48 terrible 49 thankful 50 traditional 51 useful 52 various 53 western Answers to the exercises in thepart of choosing the best answers:‎ ‎1 C 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 D 7 B 8 B 9 C 10 A 11 C 12 A 13 D 14 D 15 A 16 B 17 C 18 C 19 D 20 D 21 B 22 C 23 A 24 A 25 B 26 B 27 B 28 B 29 B 30 B 31 A 32 B 33 B 34 B 35 A 36 C 37 A 38 A 39 A 40 B ‎（二）副词的用法和位置 ‎1 修饰形容词用作状语，一般放在形容词的前面。‎ ‎ 如：The passengers are very worried about the weather.‎ ‎ The little girl was too disappointed to say a word because her father couldn’t come back home on time.‎ ‎2 修饰动词用作状语，一般放在动词的后面。‎ ‎ 如： It is snowing heavily.‎ ‎ The conductor tells the passengers to stay inside until the snow stops.‎ ‎3 修饰整个句子用作状语，放在句首。‎ ‎ 如：Luckily, the conductor told them that train would start soon.‎ ‎4 修饰副词用作状语，一般放在被修饰的副词的前面。‎ ‎ 如：The conductor is very tired after one-day work because she has worked too hard.‎ Things to remember:‎ ‎1) 表示频度来修饰动词用作状语的副词，要放在连系 动词、情态动词或助动词的后面，行为动词的前面。‎ 如：The passengers often go back home to spend the holiday with their family. But they have never met such a storm in the last 50 years.‎ ‎2）副词的词形 副词的词形分单纯性和派生性。单纯性副词如：today, rather, there, however等等。派生性副词由形容词加-ly变过来的。它们的转换方式有：‎ ‎（1）一般由形容词加-ly构成，如：bad---badly, clear---clearly ‎（2）当形容词以-y结尾时，将y改为i再加-ly,如：easy---easily, lucky---luckily 但是有些词虽然是以-ly结尾的，却不是副词，而是形容词，如：friendly, lovely ‎（3）有些形容词和副词同形，如：hard, early, enough等，既可以作形容词，也可以作副词，如：It’s hard to say what the weather will be like tomorrow. (形容词)‎ ‎ The conductor works hard to satisfy the passengers.‎ 3) ‎‘enough’作为形容词，修饰名词，要放在名词的前面，如：The conductor gave the passengers enough water to drink.‎ ‎‘enough’修饰形容词和副词用作状语，都要放在形容词和副词的后面。‎ 如：The railway is not safe enough for the train to run on yet.‎ Trains must run slowly enough in order for the passengers to go back home safely in freezing weather.‎ ‎4）做题时要注意副词与形容词或动词的正确搭配。‎ 如：The transportation problem is quite ________.‎ The transportation problem can’t be _________ easily.‎ 在前一句中，通过副词 ‘quite’，我们可以判断此句需要一个形容词；而在后一句中，通过副词 ‘easily’，我们可以判断此句需要一个动词， 因为 ‘easily’是一个修饰做某事难易的副词。‎ Exercises relevant to Section: Two Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 They found there were several birds _______. (head)‎ ‎2 Mrs. Smith spent $100 buying the food from the supermarket ________. (together)‎ ‎3 Jack’s father shouted at him ______ because he was always playing computer games. (angry)‎ ‎4 The lecture was so interesting that the students listened __________. (attend)‎ ‎5 The sun is shining _______ and some people are lying at the beach, enjoying the beautiful scenery. (bright)‎ ‎6 Our chemistry teacher told us to do the experiment _____ (careful).‎ ‎7 Our teacher tries her best to explain the text in very details for us to understand the meaning ______. (clear)‎ ‎8 You should remember ‘Safety first’, ______ while crossing the road. (especial)‎ ‎9 We waited and waited. _______ she came back with a large bag on her back. (final)‎ ‎10 I like our English teacher very much because she can speak English ______. (fluent)‎ ‎11 ______ speaking, boys like football more than girls. (general)‎ ‎12 The children are flying kites ____ in the garden. (happy)‎ ‎13 There is a lot of work for her to do. So she begins to work _____ as soon as she gets home. (immediate)‎ ‎14 The teacher told the students not to talk ____ in the library. (loud)‎ ‎15 ______, he caught the last bus to his hometown. (luck)‎ ‎16 Sorry, we are ____ talking about the food problem. So let me have your attention. (main)‎ ‎17 ______ he missed the last bus. (probable)‎ ‎18 You need to operate this new machine _____. (proper)‎ ‎19 The underground travels much more _____ than the bus. (quick)‎ ‎20 I’m _____ sorry for being late. (real)‎ ‎21 I haven’t heard from him ______. I want to know how everything is going on with him.(recent)‎ ‎22 She didn’t pass the driving test and went home _____. (sad)‎ ‎23 The terrible storm damaged the railway ____. (serious)‎ ‎24 There is a traffic jam and the bus is going very _____. (slow)‎ ‎25 The bus stopped _______ and some passengers fell down. (sudden)‎ ‎26 The news of his success was ____ spread. (wide)‎ Choose the best answer:‎ ‎1 After running the 800-hundred race, Jane was _______ out of breath.‎ ‎ A) hard B) almost C) hardly D) most ‎2 Jane is a good student at school. She ________ a good daughter at home.‎ ‎ A) is also B) also is C) also has D) has also ‎3 Her mother’s birthday is several days ________.‎ ‎ A) away B) on C) up D) far ‎4 As soon as he saw the policeman, the thief ran_____.‎ ‎ A) as quick as he could B) as quickly as he could C) as quick as he can D) as quickly as he can ‎5 -Do you want to go to Hangzhou for a holiday?‎ ‎ - No, I’ve _______been there.‎ ‎ A) already B) yet C) ever D) never ‎6 The streets are wet because it has rained ______ all the morning.‎ ‎ A) hardly B) thickly C) strongly D) heavily ‎7 Because of the heavy rain, the game was put _______ for a few days.‎ ‎ A) out B) off C) up D) away ‎8 Our new teacher looks _____.‎ ‎ A) happily B) angrily C) sadly D) friendly ‎9 The two sisters______ pretty.‎ ‎ A) all are B) are all C) both is D) are both ‎10 Bob likes eating. He eats _____ at every meal.‎ ‎ A) as many as he can B) as much as he likes C) as many as he likes D) as much as he can ‎11 Please speak English as _____ as possible so as to improve your spoken English.‎ ‎ A) fast B) soon C) good D) often ‎12 The car stopped so _______ that the bus behind almost ran into it.‎ ‎ A) closely B) immediately C) suddenly D) soon ‎13 Father looked _______. He looked ______ at my report.‎ ‎ A) happy, happy B) happily, happily C) happy, happily D) happily, happy ‎14 Has she ______ been to Beijing yet?‎ ‎ A) ever B) already C) yet D) never ‎15 ______, he went to the supermarket to buy some food. ‎ ‎ A) Late B) Later C) Lately D) Latter ‎16 Perhaps she has broken the rules.‎ ‎ A) May be B) Maybe C) Possibly D) Probable Answers to the exercises in the part of completing the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 ahead 2 altogether 3 angrily 4 attentively 5 brightly 6 carefully 7 clearly 8 especially 9 finally 10 fluently 11 Generally 12 happily 13 immediately 14 loudly 15 Luckily 16 mainly 17 Probably 18 properly 19 quickly 20 really 21 recently 22 sadly 23 seriously 24 slowly 25 suddenly 26 widely ‎ Answers to the exercises in the part of choosing the best answers:‎ ‎1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 6 A 7 B 8 D 9 D 10 D 11 D 12 C 13 C 14 A 15 B 16 B ‎（三）形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成及用法 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成 ‎1 规则变化的形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成 ‎1）单音节的形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成 ‎（1）一般在单词后面加-er, -est 如：slow slower slowest ‎（2）以不发音的 ‘e’结尾的单词，直接加 –r, -st. 如：large larger largest ‎（3）以一个元音字母加一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节，双写辅音字母，再加 –er, -est. 如：big bigger biggest ‎（4）以辅音字母加 ‘y’结尾的单词，去 ‘y’ 再加-ier, -iest. 如：heavy heavier heaviest ‎2）多音节的形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成 比较级前加 ‘more’，最高级前加 ‘most’.‎ 如：slowly more slowly most slowly crowded more crowded most crowded ‎2 不规则变化的形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成 good/well better best many/much more most bad/badly/ill worse worst little less least far farther/further farthest/furthest Things to remember:‎ 做题时，碰到形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成，首先考虑是规则还是不规则；如果是规则，再考虑是单音节还是多音节，千万要注意 ‘more’是加在多音节前面变成比较级， ‘-er’是加在单音节后面变成比较级，避免 ‘more’ 和 ‘-er’同时出现。‎ 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的用法 ‎ ‎1 原级 ‎ ‎1) 在没有比较的情况下用原级，如：It snows heavily this year.‎ ‎2) 在结构as…as和not as(so)…as中用形容词或副词的原级，表示“A与B一样…”和“A不如B”， as…as可用于陈述句、疑问句和否定句，而so…as只能用于否定句，如：‎ It is still snowing as heavily as it was yesterday.‎ Last year, it didn’t snow as/so often as it does this year.‎ ‎3) 在very, quite, so, too, rather等单词后面用形容词或副词的原级，如：It snows very heavily this year.‎ Things to remember:‎ 在句型转换时，as…as和not as (so)…as可以与结构the same…as互相转换，但是，as…as和not as (so)…as中间只能用形容词或副词的原级，而the same…as中间用名词。‎ ‎2 比较级 ‎1) 把一个人或事物与另一个人或事物进行比较时，用比较级，如：Which waiting room is more crowded, this one or that one?‎ ‎2) 有单词than要用比较级，如：This waiting room is more crowded than that one./That waiting room is less crowded than this one.‎ ‎3) 在far, much, still, even, a little, a bit, a lot, any等词后面用形容词或副词的比较级，如：The traffic problem is much more serious these days.‎ ‎4) 同一个形容词或副词的比较级并列使用，并且用and连接，表示程度的增加，解释‘越来越…’，如：The snow is getting heavier and heavier.（单音节用-er and –er）‎ It is snowing more and more heavily.（多音节用more and more）‎ ‎5)‘the +比较级，the +比较级’的结构，解释‘越…越…’，前面的‘the +比较级’相当于一个条件状语从句，如：The more slowly the trains run on icy railways, the fewer accidents there will be.此句可以转换成：If the trains run more slowly on icy railways, there will be fewer accidents.‎ ‎3 最高级 ‎1）在三个或三个以上的事物之间之间进行比较时，用最高级，如：Which passenger’s bag is the biggest, the lady’s, the young man’s or the girl’s?‎ ‎2）有 ‘in, among, of’等的表达语用最高级，如：The young man’s bag is the biggest of the three.‎ Among all the problems, the government thinks the traffic problem is the most serious one these ‎ days. ‎ The waiting room for the passengers who will take the train ‘Harmony’ is the most comfortable in this building.‎ 2） 在定冠词 ‘the’后用最高级，除非是‘the +比较级，the +比较级’的结构，如：The conductor tries to give the passengers the best services while they are waiting for the train.‎ 3） 副词最高级前可以省略定冠词 ‘the’，如：This conductor works (the) hardest of all the people who work for this railway station.‎ 4） 在结构 ‘one of’中， ‘of’ 后面要用可数名词的复数，如果有形容词修饰名词，则要用形容词的最高级，且最高级前一定要加定冠词 ‘the’，如：This is one of the most hard-working conductors I have ever seen.‎ 5） 在‘第几大’‘第几高’等的表达语中，形容词要用最高级，如：Today is the third busiest day for the station to receive so many passengers.‎ Things to remember:‎ 在句型转换时，要注意形容词或副词的原级、比较级和最高级比较等级之间的互相转换，同级比较可以表示比较级的意义，比较级的形式也可以表示最高级的意义，如：‎ She is the most hard-working of all the conductors.‎ She is more hard-working than all of the other conductors.‎ Nobody is as hard-working as she is.‎ Exercises relevant to Section Three Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 Whale are the biggest animals ______. (live) ‎ ‎2 Jane sang so _______ at the party that she was asked to sing again and again. (beautiful)‎ ‎3 Some students don’t like English very much because they think it is very ______ to spell words. (bored)‎ ‎4 Jane is American while her husband is ______. (Britain)‎ ‎5 He is ____ to win the game. (certain)‎ ‎6 His answer is _____ right. (certain)‎ ‎7 At the Olympic Games in 2008, you will enjoy a lot of _______ customs. (China)‎ ‎8 It’s very _____ to sit around a fire in freezing weather. (comfort)‎ ‎9 Jack is much _______ than his sister. (clever)‎ ‎10 His father’s joke made him _____ a lot. (confuse)‎ ‎11 Her mother is worried about her daughter because it is getting ______ and _____. (dark)‎ ‎12 Though Comrade Lei Feng has been ____ for many years, we can see many ‘living Lei Feng’ nowadays. (die)‎ ‎13 She is so ______ to go to a famous university that she always stay up late, studying. (determine)‎ ‎14 A person who is _______ can’t be popular among people. (honest)‎ ‎15 If you know the rules for pronunciation, it will be much _______ for you to spell words. (easily)‎ ‎16 There are four people in my family, my parents, my _____ brother and I.‎ (old)‎ ‎17 The little girl was so ______ after she got so many presents on her birthday. (exciting)‎ ‎18 Vegetables are much more ______ these days because of the freezing weather. (expense)‎ ‎19 Shanghai is ________ as ‘shopping paradise’. (fame)‎ ‎20 When people get older, they will get more ______. (forget)‎ ‎21 The ______ girl began to cry after seeing the _______ man. (frighten)‎ ‎22 It’s great fun to skate on the ______ river. (freeze)‎ ‎23 She can’t help laughing after hearing the _______ joke. (fun)‎ ‎24 We Chinese are ______ people. (hard work)‎ ‎25 Her grandma is the _____ among those old ladies. (health)‎ ‎26 The most ____ lesson we learned from the event was that we should be brave in trouble. (importance)‎ ‎27 It is _____ for John to pass the exam, for he doesn’t study at all. (possible)‎ ‎28 The Olympic Games are a(an) ______ event. (nation)‎ ‎29 John is the _____ boy in our class. (lazy)‎ ‎30 You shouldn’t be so ____ while taking an exam. (nerve)‎ ‎31 The reading room is so ____ that I can’t pay my attention to the work well. (noise)‎ ‎32 Because of the good service, the flight was very _____ and all the passengers were very ____ (please)‎ ‎33 Yao Ming is a popular ____ basketball player. (profession) We are _____of him very much. (pride) ‎ ‎34 It’s much ____ to swim in the pool than in the sea. (safe)‎ ‎35 This is a ______ school. All the students in it study hard. (second)‎ ‎36 She is becoming fatter and fatter because of her _______ diet. (health)‎ ‎37 ‘The UN’ stand for ‘the ______ Nations’. (unite)‎ ‎38 It is _____ for Tom to get up so early today. He always sleeps till twelve o’clock. (usual)‎ ‎39 How ____ little Tom is! He can work out this difficult problem in such a short time. (wisdom)‎ ‎40 The pianist played the_____ music and the spectators asked him to play more. (wonder)‎ ‎41 The ______ house was set up a long time ago, but it is still in good condition. (wood)‎ ‎42 We were glad that the ______ soldier got all right soon (wound)‎ Choose the best answer:‎ ‎1 This is the ______ film I have ever seen.‎ ‎ A) bad B)good C) worst D) better ‎2 Don’t leave ______in the car.‎ ‎ A) something valuable B) valuable something C) anything valuable D) valuable anything ‎3 There is _____ with your watch.‎ ‎ A) nothing wrong B) wrong nothing C) anything wrong D) wrong anything ‎4 The girl was ______ by the big dog.‎ ‎ A) afraid B) scare C) frightened D) frightening ‎5 The old woman can’t see _____.‎ ‎ A) clear enough B) enough clear C) clearly enough D) enough clearly ‎6 -Do you want to go to Hangzhou for a holiday?‎ ‎ - No, I’ve _______been there.‎ A) already B) yet C) ever D) never ‎7 Which country is the ________ from China, Japan, India or New Zealand?‎ ‎ A) nearest B) further C) farther D) farthest ‎8 Which do you like _____, the left one _____ the right one?‎ ‎ A) better…or B) more…or C) better…and D)more…and ‎9 Bangkok is becoming _______, so _______ people want to live there.‎ ‎ A) more and more polluted…more and more B) more polluted and more polluted…fewere and fewer C) more and more polluted…less and less D) more and more polluted…fewer and fewer ‎10 He’s ____ than any other student in his class.‎ ‎ A) much clever B) much more cleverer C) most clever D) far cleverer ‎11 She saw ______ in the key then, did she? A) something strange B) anything strange C) nothing strange D) few strange thing ‎12 This kind of fruit tastes _____ and sells ____.‎ ‎ A) good…good B)well…well C) good…well D) well…good ‎13 What _____ weather it is! The water in the river has _______. ‎ ‎ A) freezing…frozen B) frozen…freezing C) frozen…froze D) freezing…froze ‎14 He works ____ than I did at his age.‎ ‎ A) even more harder B) even harder C) even hard D) the harder ‎15 We find English ______.‎ ‎ A) more and more difficult B) much and much difficult C) much and much more difficult D) difficulter and difficulter ‎16 Sun Ping works _____ of all the students in the class while Zhang Dong ____ works.‎ ‎ A) harder…harder B) hard…hardly C) hardest…harder D) hardest…hardly ‎17 Our classroom is _____ theirs.‎ ‎ A) three times as bigger as B) as three times bigger as C) three times as big as D) as big three times as ‎18 Mother returned home ____ earlier than Father that evening.‎ ‎ A) very B) too C) more D) much ‎19 He sings terribly. His dancing is even _____.‎ ‎ A) terribly B) terrible C) more terrible D) more terribly ‎20 After the racing car started, it ran _____.‎ ‎ A) quicker and quicker B) more and more quickly C) quick and quick D) more and more quick ‎21 In China to go on a trip is becoming one of _____ of spending holidays.‎ ‎ A) the most popular ways B) the most popular way C) most popular ways D) most popular way ‎ ‎22 The film is far more interesting than that one.‎ ‎ A) farther B) not near C) much D) nearer ‎23 Who jumps ______ in your class, John?‎ ‎ A) longest B) the longest C) farthest D) farther ‎24 I haven’t seen you for a long time. You’re _____ than before.‎ ‎ A) more strong B) more stronger C) stronger D) much more stronger ‎25 In the exam, the ____ you are, the _______ mistakes you’ll make.‎ ‎ A) carefully, little B) more carefully, fewer C) more careful, less D) more careful, fewer ‎26 How ____ he was ____ his family after a long absence!‎ ‎ A) happy, to see B) happily, seen C) happily, to see D) happily, saw ‎27 I will buy the TV set when it gets _____.‎ ‎ A) cheap B) cheaper C) cheapest D) the cheaper ‎28 Nowadays it’s _____ for people to get information on line than it used to be.‎ ‎ A) convenient B) much convenient C) more convenient D) far convenient ‎29 After hearing the news, she became a bit ______.‎ ‎ A) crazy B) surprise C) amazing D) interest ‎30 We are the Grade Nine students in ______ middle schools.‎ ‎ A) junior B) senior C) primary D) elementary ‎31 Standing in Pu Dong New Area, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower looks very _____. ‎ ‎ A) magnificent B) beautifully C) surprise D) wonder ‎32 I don’t like this dish. It’s too ______.‎ ‎ A) delicious B) rich C) tasty D) nice ‎33 The road is so ____ that many cyclists have fallen off their bicycles.‎ ‎ A) straight B) rough C) long D) wide ‎34 Be careful! The knife is very _____. ‎ ‎ A) old B) sharp C) fast D) light ‎35 She is too timid to say a word at the party.‎ ‎ A) upset B) shy C) worried D) silent Rewrite the following sentences to keep the same meaning as the former one: ‎ ‎1 Weiwei can sing the song in English very well.‎ ‎ Weiwei _____ ______ ____ sing the song very well.‎ ‎2 This story is not as interesting as that one.‎ ‎ That story is ______ ________ than this one.‎ ‎3 Richard is taller than any other student in his class. ‎ ‎ Richard is _______ _______ student in his class.‎ ‎4 Peter can’t speak French so fluently as Judy.‎ ‎ Judy can speak French _____ ______ _____ Peter.‎ ‎5 My school bag is not as colourful as theirs.‎ ‎ Their school bags are _______ ________ than mine.‎ ‎6 Simon goes jogging more often than Danny.‎ ‎ Danny ______ go jogging so often _____ Simon.‎ ‎7 The football game was more exciting than the basketball game.‎ ‎ The basketball game was _____ ______ than the football game.‎ ‎8 The sun is closer to us than any other star.‎ ‎ The sun is ____ ______ to us of all the stars.‎ ‎9 The Amazon carries the most water in the world.‎ ‎ The Amazon carries more water than ____ _____ _____ in the world.‎ ‎10 Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world.‎ ‎ Mount‎ ‎Qomolangma is _______ _______ any other mountain in the world.‎ ‎11 John is brighter than any other boy in his class.‎ ‎ John is ______ _____ _____ all the boys in his class.‎ ‎12 Tom has a larger house than mine.‎ ‎ Tom’s house is _______ ______ mine.‎ ‎13 This is the most interesting book I have ever read.‎ ‎ This book _____ ______ _____ any other book I have ever read.‎ ‎ Of ____ _____ ______ (that) I have read, this is the most interesting.‎ ‎14 He is not so stupid as I thought he was.‎ ‎ He is ______ than I thought he was.‎ ‎ 15 He ran as fast as he could.‎ ‎ He ran as ____ as ______.‎ ‎16 If you practise more, you will be able to speak English better.‎ ‎ The ______ you practise, the ____ you will be able to speak English.‎ ‎17 Your clothes are more expensive than mine.‎ ‎ My clothes are ____ _____ than yours.‎ ‎18 This parcel is not as heavy as that one.‎ ‎ This parcel is ______ heavy _____ that one.‎ ‎19 I spend less money on books than my sister.‎ ‎ I don’t spend as ____ ______ on books as my sister.‎ Answers to the exercises in the part of completing the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:‎ ‎1 alive 2 beautifully 3 boring 4 British 5 certain 6 certainly 7 Chinese 8 comfortable 9 cleverer 10 confused 11 darker darker 12 dead 13 determined 14 dishonest 15 easier 16 elder 17 excited 18 expensive 19 famous 20 forgetful 21 frightened frightening 22 frozen 23 funny 24 hardworking 25 healthiest 26 important 27 impossible 28 international 29 laziest 30 nervous 31 noisy 32 pleasant pleased 33 professional proud 34 safer 35 secondary 36 unhealthy 37 United 38 unusual 39 wise 40 wonderful 41 wooden 42 wounded Answers to the exercises in the part of choosing the best answers:‎ ‎1 C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 C 6 A 7 D 8 A 9 D 10 D 11 C 12 C 13 A 14 B 15 A 16 D 17 C 18 D 19 C 20 B 21 A 22 C 23 C 24 C 25 D 26 A 27 B 28 C 29 A 30 A 31 A 32 B 33 B 34 B 35 B Answers to the exercises in the part of rewriting the sentences:‎ ‎1 is able to 2 more interesting 3 the tallest 4 more fluently than 5 more colourful 6 doesn’t/as 7 less exciting 8 the closest 9 any other river 10 higher than 11 the brightest of 12 larger than 13 more interesting than / all the books 14 cleverer 15 fast possible 16 more better 17 less expensive 18 less than 19 much money