6. He had never spent a_______ day.

A. more worry　　　 B. most worrying

C. more worrying　　　 D. most worried

答：C． a most worrying day 相当于 a very worrying day,与句意不符。此属考查的是用比较级来表示最高级的含义．此句意为“他从没度过比这更令人忧虑的一天”。言外之意这一天是最令人忧虑的一天．

5. The horse is getting old and cannot run _________ it did.

　 A. as faster as　 　B. so fast than　

　C. so faster as　 　　D. as fast as

答：D。as...as和so...as中间都接原级。as...as用于肯定或否定句；so...as仅用于否定句．

4. John has three sisters. Mary is the_______ of the three.

　 A. most cleverest 　　B. more clever

　C. cleverest　　 　　　D. cleverer

答：C。clever的比较级和最高级形式是词尾接-er和-est。从题干中of the thtee可判断是最高级形式(用于三者以上的比较)。

3．If we had followed his plan, we eould have done the work better with_______ money and______ peopll.

　 A. little, fewer　 　B. fewer, less　

　 C. less, fewer 　　D. 1ess, few

答：C。1ittle修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词。less money and fewer people用较少的财力和人力。

2．Which do you think tastes ______, the chicken or the fishy?

　 A. well　　 B. good　　 C. better　　 D. best

答：C。better为good的比较级。

1．These oranges taste________.

　 A. good　　 B. well　

C. to be good　　 D. to be well

答：A．taste为系动词，后接形容词。

42. Jack _________ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.

A. mustn’t have arrived 　

B. shouldn’t have arrived

C. can’t have arrived　 　

D. need not have arrived

答：C. can’t have arrived 表示对过去情况的推测，Jack一定投有到。相当于 If Jack had arrived, he would have telephoned me~

41. Michael ___________ be a policeman, for he’s much too short.

A. needn’t　　 B. can’t　　

C. should　 　　D. may

答：B。can’t表示“一定不”，从后一句可做出推断。

40. If you really want yourself to be in good health, you must_______ always _________ so much.

A. not, be smoking　　 B. not, have smoked

C. not, to smoke　 　D. be not,　 smoking

答：A。always与进行时连用可表示一种感情色彩，可以表示夸奖，赞美或不耐烦的语气。如：

He is always thinking of others.他总是想着别人。(夸奖)

He is always working hard. 他总是勤奋工作。(赞美)

He is always asking questions like that. 他总是问那样的问题。(不耐烦)

39. Children at the beginning of this century _______ a lot and ________ themselves greatly even without television.

A. used to read, enjoying　

B. used to read, enjoyed

C. were used to reading, enjoy　　　

D. were used to read, enjoying

答：B。used to表示“过去经常”，and 并列两谓语。