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形容词副词及其比较级和最高级 Since my childhood I have found that . (没有什么比读书对我更有吸引力) The more you explain, .(我愈糊涂) 一、1.Science moves forword, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools. 评析：此为1994年的考研翻译真题。本题考查的是not so much A as B这一比较句型。这里的平行结构是两个介词短语： through the insights of great men of genius和because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools，两者在此作状语，修饰谓语moves forword。 译文：他们说，科学的发展与其说源于天才伟人的真知灼见，不如说源于改进了的技术和工具等更为普通的东西。 2.The conveniences that American desire reflect not so much a leisurely lifestyle as a busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable to be wasted. 评析：此为1995年的考研真题。此处平行结构是两个名词短语： a leisurely lifestyle 和a busy lifestyle，两者都作reflect的宾语。 译文：美国人所渴望的种种便利设施，与其说是反映了一种休闲的生活方式，倒不如说是反映了一种忙碌的生活方式，正因为忙碌，所以每分钟都很宝贵而不容浪费。 3. The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning. 评析：这里被比较的是两个不定式： to teach you things 和to teach you the art of learning. 译文：学校教育的伟大作用不在于教会你多少东西，而在于教会你学习的技巧。 4. The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. 人生的意义不在于你目前身在何处，而在于你心向何方。 He does not respect learning and prefers“sport”.The problem set for society is not the virtue of the type so much as its adequacy for its function. 他不重视学习，只喜欢“消遣”。社会要回答的问题并不是这类人物有无美德，而是他是否胜任其职务 二、6.The heart is __ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. [A] not so [B] not much [C] much more [D] no more 三、7.Just as the soil is a part of the earth, __ the atmosphere. [A] as it is [B] the same is [C] so is [D] and so is Just as virtue is its own reward, so is vice its own punishment. 评析：后半句采取了倒装结构，so is vice,正常语序为so vice is its own punishment. 译文：善有善报，恶有恶报。 这句话的意思类似于汉语中的“善有善报，恶有恶报”。该句来自葛拉西安《智慧书》中的一篇短文：Lead a good life.Two things bring life sp