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2 比較級(jí)1) 把一個(gè)人或事物與另一個(gè)人或事物進(jìn)行比較時(shí),用比較級(jí),如:Which waiting room is more crowded, this one or that one?2) 有單詞than要用比較級(jí),如:This waiting room is more crowded than that one./That waiting room is less crowded than this one.3) 在far, much, still, even, a little, a bit, a lot, any等詞后面用形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí),如:The traffic problem is much more serious these days.4) 同一個(gè)形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)并列使用,并且用and連接,表示程度的增加,解釋‘越來(lái)越…’,如:The snow is getting heavier and heavier.(單音節(jié)用er and –er)It is snowing more and more heavily.(多音節(jié)用more and more)5)‘the +比較級(jí),the +比較級(jí)’的結(jié)構(gòu),解釋‘越…越…’,前面的‘the +比較級(jí)’相當(dāng)于一個(gè)條件狀語(yǔ)從句,如:The more slowly the trains run on icy railways, the fewer accidents there will :If the trains run more slowly on icy railways, there will be fewer accidents.3 最高級(jí)1)在三個(gè)或三個(gè)以上的事物之間之間進(jìn)行比較時(shí),用最高級(jí),如:Which passenger’s bag is the biggest, the lady’s, the young man’s or the girl’s?2)有 ‘in, among, of’等的表達(dá)語(yǔ)用最高級(jí),如:The young man’s bag is the biggest of the three.Among all the problems, the government thinks the traffic problem is the most serious one these days. The waiting room for the passengers who will take the train ‘Harmony’ is the most fortable in this building.2) 在定冠詞 ‘the’后用最高級(jí),除非是‘the +比較級(jí),the +比較級(jí)’的結(jié)構(gòu),如:The conductor tries to give the passengers the best services while they are waiting for the train.3) 副詞最高級(jí)前可以省略定冠詞 ‘the’,如:This conductor works (the) hardest of all the people who work for this railway station.4) 在結(jié)構(gòu) ‘one of’中, ‘of’ 后面要用可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù),如果有形容詞修飾名詞,則要用形容詞的最高級(jí),且最高級(jí)前一定要加定冠詞 ‘the’,如:This is one of the most hardworking conductors I have ever seen.5) 在‘第幾大’‘第幾高’等的表達(dá)語(yǔ)中,形容詞要用最高級(jí),如:Today is the third busiest day for the station to receive so many passengers.Things to remember:在句型轉(zhuǎn)換時(shí),要注意形容詞或副詞的原級(jí)、比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)比較等級(jí)之間的互相轉(zhuǎn)換,同級(jí)比較可以表示比較級(jí)的意義,比較級(jí)的形式也可以表示最高級(jí)的意義,如:She is the most hardworking of all the conductors.She is more hardworking than all of the other conductors.Nobody is as hardworking as she is.Exercises relevant to Section ThreeComplete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:1 Whale are the biggest animals ______. (live) 2 Jane sang so _______ at the party that she was asked to sing again and again. (beautiful)3 Some students don’t like English very much because they think it is very ______ to spell words. (bored)4 Jane is American while her husband is ______. (Britain)5 He is ____ to win the game. (certain)6 His answer is _____ right. (certain)7 At the Olympic Games in 2008, you will enjoy a lot of _______ customs. (China)8 It’s very _____ to sit around a fire in freezing weather. (fort)9 Jack is much _______ than his sister. (clever)10 His father’s joke made him _____ a lot. (confuse)11 Her mother is worried about her daughter because it is getting ______ and _____. (dark)12 Though Comrade Lei Feng has been ____ for many years, we can see many ‘living Lei Feng’ nowadays. (die)13 She is so ______ to go to a famous university that she always stay up late, studying. (determine)14 A person who is _______ can’t be popular among people. (honest)15 If you know the rules for pronunciation, it will be much _______ for you to spell words. (easily)16 There are four people in my family, my parents, my _____ brother and I. (old)17 The little girl was so ______ after she got so many presents on her birthday. (exciting)18 Vegetables are much more ______ these days because of the freezing weather. (expense)19 Shanghai is ________ as ‘shopping paradise’. (fame)20 When people get older, they will get more ______. (forget)21 The ______ girl began to cry after seeing the _______ man. (frighten)22 It’s great fun to skate on the ______ river. (freeze)23 She can’t help laughing after hearing the _______ joke. (fun)24 We Chinese are ______ people. (hard work)25 Her grandma is the _____ among those old ladies. (health)26 The most ____ lesson we learned from the event was that we should be brave in trouble. (importance)27 It is _____ for John to pass the exam, for he doesn’t study at all. (possible)28 The Olympic Games are a(an) ______ event. (nation)29 John is the _____ boy in our class. (lazy)30 You shouldn’t be so ____ while taking an exam. (nerve)31 The reading room is so ____ that I can’t pay my attention to the work well. (noise)32 Because of the good service, the flight was very _____ and all the passengers were very ____ (please)33 Yao Ming is a popular ____ basketball player. (profession) We are _____of him very much. (pride) 34 It’s much ____ to swim in the pool than in the sea. (safe)35 This is a ______ school. All the students in it study hard. (second)36 She is being fatter and fatter because of her _______ diet. (health)37 ‘The UN’ stand for ‘the ______ Nations’. (unite)38 It is _____ for Tom to get up so early today. He always sleeps till twelve o’clock. (usual)39 How ____ little Tom is! He can work out this difficult problem in such a short time. (wisdom)40 The pianist played the_____ music and the spectators asked him to play more. (wonder)41 The ______ house was set up a long time ago, but it is still in good condition. (wood)42 We were glad that the ______ soldier got all right soon (wound)Choose the best answer:1 This is the ______ film I have ever seen. A) bad B)good C) worst D) better2 Don’t leave ______in the car. A) something valuable B) valuable something C) anything valuable D) valuable anything3 There is _____ with your watch. A) nothing wrong B) wrong nothing C) anything wrong D) wrong anything4 The girl was ______ by the big dog. A) afraid B) scare C) frightened D) frightening5 The old woman can’t see _____. A) clear enough B) enough clear C) clearly enough D) enough clearly6 Do you want to go to Hangzhou for a holiday? No, I’ve _______been there.A) already B) yet