二、03-08年高考真题 1.（2003上海卷，30）It is believed that if a book is ______, it will surely ______ the reader. A. interested; interest B. interesting; be interested C. interested; be interesting D. interesting; interest 【解析】前者是作表语，表示“(令人)有趣的”，用interesting，后者是在will后作谓语，用动词原形，表示“使(人)有趣”是interest。 【答案】D 2. (2004全国卷，33) Mary kept weighing herself to see how much ______ she was getting. A. heavier B. heavy C. the heavier D. the heaviest 【解析】因为Mary经常称自己的重量是看看她这次又比上次重出了多少，所以用比较级。how much后不能再用the。 【答案】A 3. (2004广西卷，33) It is re ported that the United States uses _____ energy as the whole of Europe. A. as twice B. twice much C. twice much as D. twice as much 【解析】表示倍数的twice(两倍)要放在第一个as前，即“倍数+as+形容词(+名词)+as”。故选D。 【答案】D 4. (2004辽宁卷，22) John Smith, a successful businessman, has a ______car. A. large German white B. large white German
C. white large German D. German large white 【解析】 large是“大小”，German是“产地”，white是“颜色”；其排列顺序应当是“大小+颜色+产地”。故选B。 【答案】B 5. (2005北京，23) This _____girl is Linda’s cousin. A. pretty little Spanish B. Spanish little pretty C. Spanish pretty little D. little pretty Spanish 【解析】pretty是描绘性形容词，little是表示大小的形容词，Spanish是表示国籍的形容词，所以，它们的排序是pretty little Spanish。 【答案】A 6. (2005山东卷，28) Mr. Smith owns _____collection of coins than anyone else I have ever met. A. larger B. a larger C. the larger D. a large 【解析】由than可知要用比较级，排除选项D；又因collection(收藏品)是可数名词，此处为单数又不是特指，要用不定冠词a。 【答案】B 7. (2006四川卷，27) —Did you enjoy yourself at the party? —Yes. I’ve never been to ______one before. A. a more excited B. the most excited C. a more exciting D. the most exciting 【解析】由yes可知，“我从未参加过(比这个晚会)更令人兴奋的一场晚会了。”指晚会是“令人兴奋的”，排除选项A和B；由语境可知是隐含式比较级：以往经历过的任何一次与这一次晚会相比，排除D。 【答案】C 8. (2006江苏卷，25) —Are you going to have a holiday this year? —I'd love to. I can't wait to leave this place ______. A. off B. out C. behind D. over 【解析】考查副词。leave…behind是固定搭配。 【答案】C 9. (2006全国II，18)There were a lot of people standing at the door and the small girl couldn’t get _______. A. between B. through C. across D. beyond 【解析】get through (=pass)中的through可以是副词，表示“通过”。 【答案】B 10. (2006广东卷，23) I thought she was famous, but none of my friends have ______heard of her. A. even B. ever C. just D. never 【解析】考查副词用法。因为ever用于否定语、疑问句或条件句中，表示“在任何时候(=at any time)”，即not…ever = never从不，从来没有。 【答案】B 11. (2007湖北卷，21) This magazine is very __________ with young people, who like its content and style. A. familiar B. popular C. similar D. particular 【解析】be familiar with意为“熟悉”，be popular with意为“受……欢迎”，be similar to意为“与……相似”(注意不搭配介词with)，be particular about意为“对……很讲究”(不搭配介词with)。根据句意，选B最佳。 【答案】B 12. (2007湖北卷，25)She devoted herself __________ to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her field. A. strongly B. extremely C. entirely D. freely 【解析】strongly意为“强烈地”，extremely意为“极端地”“非常地”，entirely意为“全部地”“完全地”，entirely freely意为“自由地”。根据句意，只有C最适合。 【答案】C 13. (2007四川卷，31) Of the two coats, I’d choose the __________ one to spare some money for a book. A. cheapest B. cheaper C. more expensive D. most expensive 【解析】因是两者比较，故用比较级，可将答案锁定在B和C之间; 再根据句意，排除C。 【答案】B 14. （2008湖南卷，25）Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______, he met some friends and stayed out until midnight. A. Meanwhile B. However C. Instead D. Yet 【解析】句意：昨天晚上克鲁克先生没有像往常一样按时回来，相反，他见了几个朋友，并在外面一直等到深夜。Meanwhile 同时；However然而；Instead 而不是，相反；Yet仍然。根据句意，只有Instead符合句意。 【答案】C 15.（2008陕西卷，16）Ten years ago the population of our village was ______ that of theirs. A. as twice large as B. twice as large as C. twice as much as D. as twice much as 【解析】句意：十年前我们村的人口是他们存的两倍。Population往往与large 或small搭配，且形容词比较级的结构之一为：倍数+as+形容词原级+as…，故B项正确。 【答案】B
三、名校试题 1. （2008年天津市十二区县重点学校高三毕业班联考（一），英语，33）——You don’t go to that supermarket quite often, do you? —— No, I only go there ______ because it’s too far away from my house. A. eventually B. constantly C. occasionally D. frequently 【解析】句意：---你不经常去超市，是吗？---不经常去，我只是偶尔去，因为超市离我们家太远。Occasionally---sometimes, but not regularly and not often偶尔；eventually ---at last, in the end最后，终于；constantly ---all the time, or very often不断地，经常地；frequently频繁地，经常地。 【答案】C 2. （2008年天津市十二区县重点学校高三毕业班联考(二)，英语，3）My daughter cares more for new clothes than anything else in the world, so she is very _______ about what she wears. A. special B. strict C. especial &
