原级比较 1．as + 原级+ as 像……一样
2. not as/so + 原级+ as 不如……那样 3．as+adj.+a/an +名词+as (像……一样的……) I've never seen as tall a boy as Tom. 4．as much +a/ an + 名词+ as 和……一样 是…… Music is as much an art as painting.
比较级
3. the + 比较级 of +两者 the taller of the twins 4. …less + 原级+ than: 不如…… less + She is less tall than her sister.她不如她姐高。 5. no + 比较级 + than= as +该词的反义词+ as： 和……一样不…… She is no taller than her sister. 她和她姐一样不 高。(一样矮)
了 money as that one costs。
B. as many D. so many
［解析］考查倍数的表达法。as much 后省略
例⑤ Peter's jacket looked just the same as Jack's, but it cost ______ his. (2009辽宁卷) B A. as much twice as B. twice as much as C. much as twice as D. as twice much as ［解析］与上题相似，也考查倍数。此处用“倍 数+as…as…”结构。
［解析］比较级用在否定句中，通常表示肯定 的最高级意义。one 指代party，自然用exciting修饰。 句意：我以前从没去过更令人激动的聚会。(我参 加过的这个聚会是最令人激动的。)
③ Kosen from Turkey is the tallest man in the B world, ______. A. 246.5cm as tall as B. as tall as 246.5cm C. as 246.5cm tall as D. as tall 246.5cm as ［解析］as +原级 +as “和……一样……”。
常见as…as 结构
as…as possible 尽可能……地 as early as 早在…… as far as 远至……； 就……， 尽…… as many as 多达…… as much as 多达……；和……一样是……
常见的倍数的三种表达法
1. A is 倍数 the +表比较内容的名词(size, weight, area, width, length 等)of B 2. A is倍数 as +adj. 的原级(large, heavy…/ many，much< +n.>) + as B 3. A is 倍数+adj. 的比较级 (larger, heavier, more 等)+than B 注意：句型3的倍数比句型1、2的倍数要少一 倍。
［解析］从关键词travel, distance可知讨论的是 距离问题。句意：古时候，人们很少长途旅行，大 部分的农民只走到当地的市场。
例④ I like this jacket better than that one, A but it costs almost three times______. (2008浙江 卷) A. as much C. so much
④ At a rough estimate, he must have made ______ in B the past 20 years. A. ten times what his parents earned B. ten times what his parents have earned C. ten times as much as money his parents earned D. as ten times much money as his parents have earned ［解析］考查倍数，兼考查现在完成时态；通过in the past 20 years 可以排除A、C; 通过倍数的表达公式， 可得出B正确。注意what= the money that…
B. easier; efficient
C. easy; efficiently D. easily; efficiently ［解析］考生从______and more______即可判 断前后应该一致，故用形容词的比较级，故第一空 用easier；第二空用形容词efficient。
例② My uncle's house in the downtown area is A much smaller than ours, but it is twice ______ expensive. (2010四川卷) A. as C. too B. so D. very
比较级
1．……(修饰语)+比较级+ than…，常见的修 饰语是much, a lot, a great deal, far, even, a bit, a little, any (否定/疑问句中)，具体的数据。 He is much taller than Yao Ming. He is a head taller than Yao Ming. 2. the+ 比 较 级 ， the + 比 较 级 ： 越 …… ， 越…… The sooner, the better.
比较级及倍数表达
例① Computers and mobile phones, though they B are indeed making our life______and more ______， have reduced the need communications. (2010江西卷) A. easily; efficient for face-to-face
［解析］此题考查比较级的省略。原句可补全 为：…it is twice as expensive as ours。
例③ In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distance and most farmers only travelled ______ the D local market. (2010上海卷) A. longer than C. as much as B. more than D. as far as

D ⑤ Mr. Black has never met with ______ in the past 10 years.
A. so a difficult problem B. as difficult problem as this C. such a problem as difficult D. as difficult a problem as this ［解析］考查结构：as+adj.+a/an +名词+as。
② — Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
C — Yes. I've never been to ______ one before.
A. a more excited C. a more exciting B. the more excited D. the most exciting
C ①Christchurch is New Zealand's ______city after Auckland.
A. second large B. second larger C. second largest D. the second large ［解析］与序数词连用，通常用最高级形式。