反意疑问句 比较结构
五、与比较级有关的特殊词用法
1. no more than „表示“只不过”,“并不比„”(等于not any more than)
7) During observations made over a fifty year period, the power output of the Sun has than a few tenths of one percent.
[A] varied by no more
[B] varied no more by
[C] not varied more by
[D] more varied by not
Man cannot live without food any more than plants can grow without sunshine. 人没有食物不能生存,植物没有阳光也不能生长。
There is no difficulty with this task any more than with that one. 这项任务没有困难,那项任务也没有困难。
2. no less than 表示“不亚于”
There are no less than five hundred people present at the New Year party. 出席新年晚会的有五百人之多。(出席的人较多)
3. not less than 表示“不少于”
There are not less than five hundred people present at the New Year party. 出席新年晚会的只有五百人。(出席的人较不多)
4. more often than not 表示“多数情况下”
On Friday mornings, he comes late more often than not.
多数情况下,他星期五来得晚。
5. all the more 因而更加
We really admired him all the more for his frankness. 我们更加钦佩他的坦率。
6. (be) better off 较富裕,环境较好
8) Few of the people who live on the cooperatives than they were as laborers.
[A] is well off financial
[B] financially well off
[C] are better off finanically
[D] financial better off
7. had better 最好„„
Come, you had much better have the thing out at once. 来,你最好把这东西弄出去。
8. less than 不到
The first steam locomotive could have a top speed of only thirteen mph(miles per hour) and the great sailing ships of the time labored along at less than half that speed.第一列蒸汽火车最快每小时只有13英里,那时的大船还不到这个速度的一半。
9. little more than 差不多
The grain in their barn is little more than that of ours. 他们仓的粮食跟我们仓的粮食差不多。
10. more than 超过,不止
I have waited for your for more than two hours. 我等了你两个多小时。
11. more or less 大体上,或多或少
The work is more or less finished. 工作大体算完成了。
Most of them came here to near money, more or less Mr.Wang worked for his cause.他们大都来挣钱的,但王先生有点像为事业而工作。
12. other than除了
They imposed no pre conditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital. 除了会议要在他们的首都开之外,他们没有提出任何先决条件。
13. rather than 而不是,与其„宁愿(rather than表示“与其„宁愿”时,如果位于句首引导句子,有虚拟的成分,相当于“„ would rather than,”所以rather than后面跟动词原形)
Read what interests you; read what you have time for magazines and newspapers rather than novels.
读你感兴趣的东西,读你有时间读的东西,如杂志和报纸而不是小说。 Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price. 她以半价把土豆给卖了,而没有让它们烂掉。
Rather than cause trouble, he left. 为了不惹事,他还是走了。
9) He came all the way to China for promoting friendship for making money. [A] other than
[B] better than
[C] more than
[D] rather than
10) He preferred to write the letter by hand .
[A] to typing it
[B] than type it
[C] to type it
[D] rather than type it
14. so much the better 就更好了
If she will help us, so much the better. 如果他能帮我们,那就更好了。
15. so much the worse 就更糟了
So much the worse for you if you still are absent from class. 如果你继续逃课的话,就对你更不利了。
16. the more„the more(less)“越是„„,就越„„”
11) The harder he tried, [A] the worst [B] he danced [C] before the large [D] audience.
12) The quicker a loan [A] is repaid [B] , the least [C] it will [D] cost.
模拟考试1
52题
一般情况下用will you 或won't you。
Give me a hand, will you?
Leave all the things as they are, won’t you?
当陈述句是否定的祈使句时,问句可用will you 或can you 。
don’t make much noise, will/can you?
1. 在这类问句中,如果陈述部分中包含有:no, never, hardly, scarcely ,little, few, seldom等词,这部分就算是否定。 如:
You have never met each other before, have you?
2. 当陈述部分有everyone, someone, no one, anyone等表示人的不定代词作主语时,“尾巴”中的主语用单复数都可以。如:
Everyone is here, isn't he/ aren't they?
No one liked this film, did he/ did they?
3. 当句子的主语是everything, anything, something, nothing表示事物的不定代词时,“尾巴”中的主语通常用单数形式。如:
Everything is quiet, isn't it?
Nothing has happened, has it?
4. 动词have (has) 当 “有”的意思讲时,尾巴中的谓语还是用have (has)的相应形式(前肯后否,前否后肯)。如:
He has a lot of books, hasn't he? You haven't a lot of money, have you? 但是当have不再是“有”的意思时,尾巴中的谓语就要用do的相应形式,如: They had a sports meeting, didn't they?(have 作 “ 举行 ”解)
5. 当主语是第一人称单数(即“I”),谓语部分是am时,其反意问句用aren't;如果谓语是am not时,反意问句用am,如:
I am reading this novel, aren't I?
I am not a teacher, am I?
6. 在must, can't表示推测意义时,反意问句部分的助动词不用must /can,而要根据must /can后面动词的动作所发生的时间,选用相应系动词或助动词。如:
She must be in the dormitory, isn't she? (表示对现在的推测) They can't have been studying, were they? (表示对过去进行的动作的推测)
7. 若陈述部分是带有宾语从句的主从句,并且主句部分是I think /believe /suppose等 结构时,反意问句部分的主语与宾语从句的主语保持一致,这时应特别注意否定的转移。如:
I believe she will come on time,won't she?
8. 当陈述部分为带有宾语从句的主从结构并且主句部分不是I think/ believe /suppose等结构时,反意问句的主语应和主句的主语保持一致。如: He believed that Alice didn't abandon him,didn't he?
9. 当陈述部分是“I wish to do”结构并表示“希望、但愿做什么”时,反意问句部分不用否定式,而用may I。如:
I wish to go to Beijing for a visit on October 1st,may I ?
10. 陈述部分含有状语从句时,反意问句部分的主语和主句的主语保持一致。如: When they arrived at the station,the train had already left,hadn't it?
11. 当句子的主语是不定式短语或主语从句时,反意问句部分的主语用it。如:
To go swimming in winter is also great fun,isn't it?
That she has been chosen to Tsinghua University is known,isn't it?
12. 当陈述部分是感叹句时,反意问句部分用否定式,其主语和感叹句主语保持一致。如:
What a fine day,isn't it?
13. 当陈述部分是并列句时,反意问句部分的主语要和第二分句的主语一致。如: Mike is a good boy but he often comes to school late,doesn't he?
14. 当陈述部分以 let's开头表示建议或请求时,反意问句部分要用shall we。如:
Let's listen to the music,shall we ?
15. 当陈述部分以 let us开头,其含义是 allow us,并且us不包括听话人在内时,反意问句部分用will you。如:
Let us do some exercises,will you ?