1. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, _______ to the truck. (2003)

A. the greater stress is B. greater is the stress

C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress

“地表和载满货物卡车的接触面越小，卡车对地面的压强就越大。”A。

2. Some dieters find that after their dieting is over, they ate twice _______ they did before their diet. (1993)

A. more than B. as many as C. much than D. as much as

D,“饭量是以前的两倍”。A是指“三倍”，不合常理。

3. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ___ to the professor. (1998)

A. as far as B. the same as C. as much as D. as long as

C，as much as“达到与……一样的程度”，完整的后半个句子应是：language belongs to

the cleaner as much as it belong to the professor “语言属于社会的每个成员，既属于清洁工，也属于教授”;as far as“一直到某个程度”;the same as“与……一样”;表示“清洁工和教授是一样的”，意思不妥;as long as“只要”。

4. She did her work ______ her manager had instructed. (2002)

A. as B. until C. when D. though

as可表示方式，意思是“按照，如同”;“她依照经理的指示办事。”A。

5. The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent. (2004)

A. so much as B. rather than C. as D. than

A考点是not … so much as句型，表示“与其说是，倒不如说是”、“更多的是，而不是”。“毫无疑问，那个喇叭手的号声吵死了，但与其说我烦他的声音大，倒不如说烦他没吹号的天分。”

6. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting. (2005)

A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to

such as为固定搭配，意为“到如此程度以致”，又如：His illness is not such as to cause anxiety.他的病还没有严重到令人担心的地步。

A is to B what C is to D

7. Twelve is to three _______ four is to one. (1998)

A. what B. as C. that D. like

水对鱼的关系就像空气对人的关系一样：Water is to fish what air is to man.

8. Intellect is to the mind ______ sight is to the body. (2001)

A. what B. as C. that D. like

智力对于思想，犹如视力对于身体一样。

not + 比较级 + than, no + 比较级 + than

9. John is _______ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam. (1998)

A. no less B. no more C. not less D. no so

A，“约翰的用功绝不亚于他姐姐，可是这次考试他却没及格。”not less than只是比较约翰和他姐姐，没有强调约翰非常用功。

10. Fat cannot change into muscle _______ muscle changes into fat. (1999)

A. any more than B. no more than C. no less than D. much more than

A，“脂肪不能转变为肌肉，就像肌肉不能转变为脂肪一样。”not … any more than意思是“和…同样都不…”。