一 選擇正確的答案
1.Which does Jimmy like _______, Chinese or art?
A. well B. best
C. better D. much
2. The Changjiang River is one of ______ in the world.
A. the longest river
B. The more
C. the longest rivers
D. longer river
3. ______ of the two women is Mrs Brown.
A. The beautiful
B. The more beautiful
C. More beautiful
D. The most beautiful
4. My mooncake is nicer _______ his.
A. like B. with
C. for D. than
5. You are fatter than _______.
A. he B. his
C. him D. he is tall
6. He jumps _______ of the three.
A. far B. futher
C. farthest D. furthest
7. My hair is longer than _______.
A. my sister B. Kate
C. my brother’s D.Lucys’
8. There is ______ paper here. Please bring some.
A. little B. less
C. fewer D. a little
9. The pen is ______ than that one.
A. more cheap B. cheap
C. much cheaper D. quite cheaper
10. Tom speaks Chinese _______ better than Jimmy.
A. more B. very
C. a lot D. much
11. There are _______ girls in Class 2 than in Class 4.
A. more B. nicest
C. most D. best
12. It’s too ______ for you to do that.
A. easy B. more dangerous
C. harder D. the easist
13. Who has ______ apples now, Jim, Lily or Lucy?
A. much B. biggest
C. better D. the most
14. You have more rulers than me. But ______ are nicer than _______.
A. mine, yours
B. mine, your
C. my, yours
D. my, your
15. Tingting is ______ than Meimei，but Meimei is ______ than Tingting.
A. tall, stronger
B. taller, strongest
C. tallest, strong
D. taller, stronger
16. Mother is _______ in my family.
A. busy B. busier
C. the busiest D. more busy
17. There are _______ in the park on Sundays.
A. more children
B. a lot of people
C. much men and women
D. many peoples
18. The dumplings are _______ than the noodles, I think.
A. more nicer
B. much delicious
C. very nice
D. much more delicious
19. She is _______ than me at drawing.
A. better B. best
C. good D. harder
20. This blue sweater is too big for me. Will you please show me a ______ one?
A. small B. smaller
C. the smallest D. smallest
二．用所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空
1. Your classroom is _______ (wide) and _______ (bright) than ours.
2. There are _______ hours of sunlight a day in winter than in summer. (few)
3. Which do you like _______, maths or chemistry?(well)
4. This is the ______ film I have ever seen. (good)
5. Africa is the second _______ continent. (large)
6. What he said made his mother much ______. (angry)
7. I’m not as _______ as he. (careful)
8. We’ve got as _______ books as we need.(many)
9. They have done _______ (much) work with ______ (little) money.
10. Practice as ______ as you can. (much)
11. You’re the ______ person I’ve ever seen. (kind)
12. He is _____ than his two sisters. (young)
13. The ______ (old) I get, the ______ (strong) I seem to feel.
14. The weather is getting ______ (warm) and ______ (warm).
15. You are far ______ than you were. (polite)
16. The patient is no ______ than people. (well)
17. Summer is ______ season of the year. (hot)
18. I can do it well with even ______ money. (little)
三．中考真題測(cè)試
1. The air in Beijing is getting much ______ now than a few years ago.
A. clean B. cleaner
C. cleanest D. the cleanest
2. My cousin has changed a lot. She used to be ______ but now she is tall. A. short B. thin
C. pretty D.heavy
3. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before.
A. cheap B. cheaper
C. cheapest D. the cheapest
4. —We spent all our money because we stayed at the most expensive hotel in town.
—Why didn’t you stay at _____ one?
A. a cheap B. a cheaper
C. the cheap D. the cheaper
5. —Do you like western food?
— No. The food of our country is ______ that of western countries.
A. rather good than
B. much better than
C. more better than
D. not so good as
6. This is _____ that all of us believe it’s very important.
A. such useful information
B. so useful an information
C. so useful information
D. such a useful information
7. — Mum, could I have an MP3 — Certainly, we can buy _____ one, but as good as this.
A. a cheap B. a cheapest
C. a cheaper D. the cheapest
8. The harder we work, the ______ result we will get.
A. faster B. fewer
C. better D. the cheapest
9. We should keep our eyes ______ while doing eye exercises.
A. close B. closed
C. open D. opened
10. Look at the man in the right picture. He is ______.
A. right-handed
B. left-handed
C. no hand
D. a hand
11. — Tom is good at drawing. How about Mike? — Mike is ______, I think. He has got more prizes than Tom.
A. well B. OK
C. good D. better
12. — Have you bought that digital camera?
— No, I can’t afford it. The price is a bit ______.
A. now B. high
C. cheap D.expensive
13. Now more and more Chinese people are ______ enough to buy cars.
A. rich B. weak
C. poor D. strong
14. Kate is really ______. She’s never angry with others.
A. tall B. friendly
C. lucky D. clever
15. —Which is ______ river in China?
— The Changjiang River.
A. longer B. the longest
C. longest D. the longer
參考答案；
一．1. C 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C
6. C 三個(gè)人或三人以上比較時(shí)，用形容詞最高級(jí)，表示“最遠(yuǎn)”用farthest, 而further, furthest多表示抽象意思，“更進(jìn)一步”等
7. C 8. A little, a little修飾不可數(shù)名詞，little表示否定含義，意為“沒多少” a little表示肯定含義，意為“有一點(diǎn)兒” 9. C
10. D 11-15AADAD 16-20 CBDAB
二．
1. wider, brighter 2. fewer 3. better
4. best 5. largest 6. angrier 7. careful 8. many
9. more, less 10. much 11. kindest 12. younger
13. older, stronger 14. warmer, warmer 15. politer
16. better 17. the hottest 18. less
三．1-5 BABBB 6-10 ACCBB 11-15 DBABB
> Squeezed by inflation, families are tightening their holiday budgets
通脹陰影籠罩美假日購物季，消費(fèi)者不再“買買買”
People shop at a Target store during Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, US, November 25, 2022. [Photo/Agencies]
A November Quinnipiac poll found 47% of Americans have less in savings than they did just a year ago.
美國(guó)昆尼皮亞克大學(xué)11月的一項(xiàng)民意調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，47%的美國(guó)人儲(chǔ)蓄比一年前少。
The same poll found 42% plan to spend less on gifts this season and only 8% plan to spend more.
調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，42%的受訪者今年購物季計(jì)劃減少禮物支出，只有8%的受訪者計(jì)劃增加支出。
Overall holiday spending hasn't slowed yet, according to the National Retail Federation, but many families are making sacrifices to buy presents for their loved ones.
全美零售商聯(lián)合會(huì)稱，圣誕假期的整體消費(fèi)還未放緩，但許多家庭已經(jīng)在為禮物開支而讓步。
Janette Duvall, a school bus driver in Maryland, is relying on coupons for the first time to afford gifts for her family.
馬里蘭州校車司機(jī)珍妮特?杜瓦爾第一次用優(yōu)惠券為家人買禮物。
While inflation is squeezing her budget, she wants to make sure her kids have something to open on Christmas, even if she can't buy anything for herself.
高通脹限制了她的預(yù)算，即使不能為自己買任何東西，她仍希望孩子們?cè)谑フQ節(jié)能夠收到禮物。
"I will do whatever I can, but I will, of course, look for something cheaper this year," she said. "Not everybody will have the same quality of gift they used to get."
杜瓦爾說：“我會(huì)盡我所能，但今年我肯定會(huì)選擇更便宜的。并不是每個(gè)人都會(huì)得到與以往一樣的禮物。”
In a Gallup poll this month, 55% of Americans said rising prices have caused financial hardship for their household, and 13% say that hardship is "severe."
本月蓋洛普民意調(diào)查顯示，55%的美國(guó)人表示物價(jià)上漲使他們囊中羞澀，13%的人表示經(jīng)濟(jì)“非常”困難。
Second-grade teacher Lindsay Cook said her family has been living paycheck to paycheck for the first time.
二年級(jí)教師林賽?庫克稱，她家第一次過上“月光族”的生活。
For months, she and her husband, a school security officer, have been dipping into savings and using credit cards to keep up with higher prices on food, gas, energy, as they take care of their two children.
庫克的丈夫是一名學(xué)校警衛(wèi)，家里有兩個(gè)孩子。幾個(gè)月來，為了負(fù)擔(dān)上漲的食品、汽油、能源支出，他們一直在動(dòng)用儲(chǔ)蓄和信用卡。
Recession concerns are also impacting family spending.
對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退的擔(dān)憂也影響著家庭支出。
Karissa Warren spoke with CNN in March when she could barely afford to fill her gas tank because of surging fuel prices.
今年3月，卡里莎?沃倫曾接受CNN采訪。當(dāng)時(shí)由于油價(jià)飆升，她幾乎沒錢加滿油箱。
With gas prices down, and after receiving a raise at work, Warren felt more secure heading into the holidays.
隨著天然氣價(jià)格的下降，以及獲得加薪，沃倫以為自己可以安度假期。
Then she received news that she's getting laid off from her job.
但現(xiàn)在，她收到了被解雇的消息。
"It just kind of blew everything up," she said about her budget. "Now, it's like, anything extra is out of the question."
談到購物預(yù)算，沃倫稱：“這簡(jiǎn)直是把一切都搞砸了。現(xiàn)在，任何額外支出都是不可能的。”
> Cambridge University to return over 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
劍橋大學(xué)將向尼日利亞歸還百件貝寧青銅器
A looted Benin Bronze known as the Okukur is returned to Nigeria during a ceremony at Jesus College in Cambridge, the United Kingdom, on Oct 27, 2021. PA
The University of Cambridge will return more than 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.
近日，劍橋大學(xué)宣布，將向尼日利亞歸還100多件曾遭到英軍掠奪的貝寧青銅器。
In the 1897 attack, the British burned the city’s palace and exiled Benin’s Oba, or king.
在1897年的襲擊中，英國(guó)人燒毀了城市的宮殿，并流放了貝寧的國(guó)王。
Thousands of brasses and other works – known collectively as the “Benin bronzes” – were taken and later sold off in London.
成千上萬的銅器和文物被掠走后在倫敦被賣掉。
The artefacts ended up being scattered around the world in museums in the UK, Europe and the US, with claims for their restitution dating back to the mid-20th century.
現(xiàn)如今，這些文物散落在世界各地的博物館中，尼日利亞從20世紀(jì)中期起就一直致力于收回這些流浪異國(guó)的文化遺產(chǎn)。
A university spokesperson said: “The Charity Commission has considered and approved the return of 116 historical objects, often referred to as the Benin bronzes, from the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to the National Commission of Museums and Monuments (NCMM) of Nigeria. The university is now working with the commission to finalise next steps regarding these Benin bronzes, and we will communicate these in due course.”
劍橋大學(xué)的一位發(fā)言人說:“慈善委員會(huì)已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)將116件存于劍橋大學(xué)考古和人類學(xué)博物館的貝寧青銅器歸還給尼日利亞國(guó)家博物館和紀(jì)念碑委員會(huì)。我們現(xiàn)在正在與委員會(huì)合作，來確定關(guān)于處理這些貝寧青銅器的下一步措施，后續(xù)的溝通也將會(huì)持續(xù)。”
The announcement by Cambridge comes as institutions and museums come under mounting pressure to return looted artefacts.
劍橋大學(xué)宣布這一消息時(shí)，許多機(jī)構(gòu)和博物館正出于多方壓力陸續(xù)歸還掠奪的文物。
In July, Germany handed back two bronzes and put more than 1,000 other items from its museums’ collections into Nigeria’s ownership.
今年7月，一家位于德國(guó)科隆的博物館就向尼日利亞歸還了兩件青銅器以及其博物館收藏的1000多件其他物品。
Last month, the Horniman Museum, in south London, returned looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.
上個(gè)月，倫敦南部的霍尼曼博物館也向尼日利亞歸還了被掠奪的貝寧青銅器。
Earlier this month, it was reported that the chair of the British Museum, George Osborne, had held talks with the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, regarding the possible return of the Parthenon marbles.
針對(duì)文物的歸還問題，大英博物館董事會(huì)主席、前財(cái)政大臣喬治?奧斯本還與希臘總理基里亞科斯?米佐塔基斯就歸還帕臺(tái)農(nóng)神廟大理石的可能舉行了會(huì)談。
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