【正文】 ____ earlier than Father that evening. A) very B) too C) more D) much19 He sings terribly. His dancing is even _____. A) terribly B) terrible C) more terrible D) more terribly20 After the racing car started, it ran _____. A) quicker and quicker B) more and more quickly C) quick and quick D) more and more quick21 In China to go on a trip is being one of _____ of spending holidays. A) the most popular ways B) the most popular way C) most popular ways D) most popular way 22 The film is far more interesting than that one. A) farther B) not near C) much D) nearer23 Who jumps ______ in your class, John? A) longest B) the longest C) farthest D) farther24 I haven’t seen you for a long time. You’re _____ than before. A) more strong B) more stronger C) stronger D) much more stronger25 In the exam, the ____ you are, the _______ mistakes you’ll make. A) carefully, little B) more carefully, fewer C) more careful, less D) more careful, fewer26 How ____ he was ____ his family after a long absence! A) happy, to see B) happily, seen C) happily, to see D) happily, saw27 I will buy the TV set when it gets _____. A) cheap B) cheaper C) cheapest D) the cheaper28 Nowadays it’s _____ for people to get information on line than it used to be. A) convenient B) much convenient C) more convenient D) far convenient29 After hearing the news, she became a bit ______. A) crazy B) surprise C) amazing D) interest30 We are the Grade Nine students in ______ middle schools. A) junior B) senior C) primary D) elementary31 Standing in Pu Dong New Area, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower looks very _____. A) magnificent B) beautifully C) surprise D) wonder32 I don’t like this dish. It’s too ______. A) delicious B) rich C) tasty D) nice33 The road is so ____ that many cyclists have fallen off their bicycles. A) straight B) rough C) long D) wide34 Be careful! The knife is very _____. A) old B) sharp C) fast D) light35 She is too timid to say a word at the party. A) upset B) shy C) worried D) silentRewrite the following sentences to keep the same meaning as the former one: 1 Weiwei can sing the song in English very well. Weiwei _____ ______ ____ sing the song very well.2 This story is not as interesting as that one. That story is ______ ________ than this one.3 Richard is taller than any other student in his class. Richard is _______ _______ student in his class.4 Peter can’t speak French so fluently as Judy. Judy can speak French _____ ______ _____ Peter.5 My school bag is not as colourful as theirs. Their school bags are _______ ________ than mine.6 Simon goes jogging more often than Danny. Danny ______ go jogging so often _____ Simon.7 The football game was more exciting than the basketball game. The basketball game was _____ ______ than the football game.8 The sun is closer to us than any other star. The sun is ____ ______ to us of all the stars.9 The Amazon carries the most water in the world. The Amazon carries more water than ____ _____ _____ in the world.10 Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. Mount Qomolangma is _______ _______ any other mountain in the world.11 John is brighter than any other boy in his class. John is ______ _____ _____ all the boys in his class.12 Tom has a larger house than mine. Tom’s house is _______ ______ mine.13 This is the most interesting book I have ever read. This book _____ ______ _____ any other book I have ever read. Of ____ _____ ______ (that) I have read, this is the most interesting.14 He is not so stupid as I thought he was. He is ______ than I thought he was. 15 He ran as fast as he could. He ran as ____ as ______.16 If you practise more, you will be able to speak English better. The ______ you practise, the ____ you will be able to speak English.17 Your clothes are more expensive than mine. My clothes are ____ _____ than yours.18 This parcel is not as heavy as that one. This parcel is ______ heavy _____ that one.19 I spend less money on books than my sister. I don’t spend as ____ ______ on books as my sister.Answers to the exercises in the part of pleting the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:1 alive 2 beautifully 3 boring 4 British 5 certain 6 certainly 7 Chinese 8 fortable 9 cleverer 10 confused 11 darker darker 12 dead 13 determined 14 dishonest 15 easier 16 elder 17 excited 18 expensive 19 famous 20 forgetful 21 frightened frightening 22 frozen 23 funny 24 hardworking 25 healthiest 26 important 27 impossible 28 international 29 laziest 30 nervous 31 noisy 32 pleasant pleased 33 professional proud 34 safer 35 secondary 36 unhealthy 37 United 38 unusual 39 wise 40 wonderful 41 wooden 42 woundedAnswers to the exercises in the part of choosing the best answers:1 C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 C 6 A 7 D 8 A 9 D 10 D 11 C 12 C 13 A 14 B 15 A 16 D 17 C 18 D 19 C 20 B 21 A 22 C 23 C 24 C 25 D 26 A 27 B 28 C 29 A 30 A 31 A 32 B 33 B 34 B 35 BAnswers to the exercises in the part of rewriting the sentences:1 is able to 2 more interesting 3 the tallest 4 more fluently than 5 more colourful 6 doesn’t/as 7 less exciting 8 the closest 9 any other river 10 higher than 11 the brightest of 12 larger than 13 more interesting than / all the books 14 cleverer 15 fast possible 16 more better 17 less expensive 18 less than 19 much money16