16. -Will you give this message to Mr White, please?

　 -Sorry, I can’t. He______.

A. doesn’t any more work here

B. doesn’t any longer here work

C. doesn’t work any more here

　 D. doesn’t work here any longer

答：D。not...any longer相当于no longer, 常与延续性动词连用。not...any more 相当于 no more, 常与暂短性动词连用。

15. Which is ___________ country, Canada or Australia?

A. a large　　　 B. larger　　

C. a larger　　 D. the larger

答：D。一般来说，形容词比较级做表语时前面不加任何冠词，但在下列情况下应加冠词。

①当形容词比较级修饰可数名词做定语时，通常前面加不定冠词。如：This coat is a bit longer. Could you show me a shorter one?

②当形容词比较级表示两者之间较为突出者时，前面常加定冠词．如：This is the better of the two books.　 Canada is the larger of the two countries.

③the more... ,the more... 句式，表示“愈……就愈……”．如：The more carefully you study, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

14. -How did you find your visit to the museum?

　 -I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was________ than I expected.

A. far more interesting　　　

B. even much interesting

C. so more interesting　

D. a lot much interesting

答：A．far可修饰比较级，byfar也可修饰比较级，但放在比较级之后，也可修饰最高级．如：better by far, by far the best。

13. _______ I went to the railway station to see my friend off.

A. After eating quickly my dinner

B. After my quickly eating dinner

C. After eating my dinner quickly　

　D. After eating my quickly dinner

答：C。明确什么词后应接哪种形式，介词after后应接名词或相当于名词的词，动名词eatmg后应接宾语dinner。

12. The salesman showed her several bags and she chose _______ one as she didn’t want to spend too much money on it.

A. the less expensive　　 B. less expensive

C. the least expensive　　　 D. least expensive

答：C。从several bags可知应用最高级。the least expensive one 意为“最便宜的”。

11. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced _______ tractors in 1988 as the year before.

A. as twice many　　　 B. as many twice

C. twice as many　　　 D. twice many as

答：C。表示倍数的比较用...times as many...as 或...times as much...as.。...

10. The pianos in the other shop will be _________, but_______.

A. cheaper, not as better　　

B. more cheap, not as better

C. cheaper, not as good　

D. more cheap, not as good

答：C。cheap的比较级是在词尾加-er构成。not as good是一种省略，相当于not as good as the pianos in this shop。as...as... 中间接原级，可用于肯定或否定句中。

9. -Excuse me, is this Mr Brown’s office?

　 -I’m sorry, but Mr Brown ________ works here.　 He left about three weeks ago.

　 A. not now　　　 B. no more　　　

　 C. not still　　　 D. no longer

答：D。no more常与暂短性动词连用，no longer 常与延续性动词连用，均表示“不再”。如 He comes here no more. He no longer lives here。

8. -Can I help you?

　 -Well, I’m afraid the box is _________ heavy for you, but thank you all the same.

　 A. so　　 B. much　　 C. very　　　 D. too

答；D。相当于too heavy for you to carry,为too...to...句型。

7. This year they have produced______ grain _________ they did last year.

　 A. as less, as　　 　B. as few, as　

　C. less, than　 　　D. fewer, than

答：C。graing为不可数名词，应用less。