英语经典习题及解析(三)详释.doc

英语经典习题及解析（三） 副词+形容词用法 一、 单项选择题（共20题，20分钟） 1. ---Which is ________, the sun, the moon or the earth? （易） ---Of course the moon is. A . small B. smaller C. smallest D. the smallest 2. He has made _______ progress this term than before. （易） A. little B. less C. fewer D. much 3. Bob never does his homework ________ Mary. He makes lots of mistakes. （中） A. so careful as B. as carefully as C. carefully as D. as careful as 4. Wu Lin ran ________ faster than the other boys in the sports meeting.（中） 　 A. so B. much C. very D. too 5. Remember this, children. ______ careful you are, ______ mistakes you will make.（难） A. The more; the more B. The fewer; the more C. The more; the fewer D. The less; the less 6. I have ________ to do today.（易） A. anything important B. something important C. important nothing D. important something 7. The women john dates always speak ________ him.（易） A. highly for B. high of C. well of D. highly of 8. You can never be ________ careful to ride in the street.（难） 　 A. much B. very C. so D. too 9. All the People _____ at the party were his supports.（易） A. present B. thankful C. interested D. important 10. He wanted to stay at home, but at last he agreed, very _____ though, to go to the concert.（中） A. decisively B. reluctantly C. willingly D. deliberately 二、阅读题（共2篇，20分钟） Passage One（中） For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs, coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of cours