“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting？”“No， I would gladly have paid  ________  for it.”

    [A] twice so much     [B] twice as much

    [C] as much twice     [D] so much twice

    （答案为B）

    My uncle is as old again as I am

    4）下列词和短语不用比较级形式却表示比较概念：

    inferior， minor， senior， prior， prefer to， superior， major， junior， preferable， differ from， compared with， in comparison with， different from， rather than. 如：

    Their watch is  ________  to all the other watches on the market.

    [A] superior     [B] advantageous     [C] super     [D] beneficial

    （答案为A）

    Prior to his departure， he addressed a letter to his daughter.   （1986年考研题）

    5）“比较级＋and +比较级”或“more and more/less and less +原级”以及“ever， steadily， daily等副词＋比较级”结构表示“越来越……”的意思，与这类结构搭配的常用动词有grow， get ，become等。前面两种情况更多地出现在进行时态中，注意的是这三种情况引导的比较级后面都不需要用than.如：

    Things are getting worse and worse.

    As I spoke to him he became less and less angry.

    Her health was becoming daily worse

    The road got ever worse until there was no road at all = the road got worse and worse.

    6）比较级前面可以用even， still， yet ，all the （more）等修饰语用以加强语气，表示“更加”的意思。如

    Today it is even colder than yesterday

    I have yet more exciting news for you

    7） 有关比较级的特殊句型：

    A）： not so much…as…与其说……不如说……

    The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates  ________  a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.

    [A] and     [B] as     [C]but     [D] or

    人口增长的主要原因与其说是因为出生率的提高，还不如说是因为医疗的进步带来的死亡率下降的结果。答案为B

    B） no/not any more…than…两者一样都不……

    The heart is  ________  intelligent than the stomach， for they are both controlled by the brain.

    [A] not so     [B]not much     [C]much more     [D] no more

    （心脏和胃两者都不具有智力，他们都受大脑控制。答案为D）

    There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take， ________  they can limit how much water you drink.

    [A] much more than     [B] no more than

    [C] no less than       [D] any more than

    （答案为D）

    C）no/not any less…than…两者一样，都……注意基本上与no/not any more…than意思相反

    She is no less beautiful than her sister.她和她姐姐一样漂亮

    D）just as… so…     正如……， ……也……（用倒装结构）