Chins is bigger than any country in Africa.

c)在最高级形容词或副词前可以用序数词或very, much, by far等。 eg. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. Among the candidates, John is the very youngest. The Pacific is by far the largest ocean in the world. d)在作比较的时候，最高级形容词前必须用定冠词或物主代词所有格、指示代词，在最高级副词的前面可用可不用。

eg. Don’t forget to wear the/your best clothes to the job interview. He runs (the) fastest in our class.

但是有时候会看到在最高级形容词前不用定冠词的例子，这时，这个最高级其实不是?最......?的意思，而是?非常......?的意思。 eg. This is a most interesting film.

二、有关形容词的一些要点 1．作定语和作表语的形容词 英语中很多形容词都既可作定语，也可作表语，如kind，可以说She is a kind teacher，或She is kind。但是有些形容词只能作表语，如很多a开头的形容词（afraid, alive, alone, asleep, awake）以及glad, pleased, sorry, tired等。

有些形容词用作表语时的意思与用作定语时的意思不一样。试比较： 1）He is ill in bed. Ill news runs apace(=quickly). 2) What’s your present address? All the members were present at the conference. *2．多个形容词修饰同一个名词的词序排列：

eg. a charming small round old brown French oak writing table （描述性→大小→形状→新旧/年龄→颜色→地方→物质材料→用途） 3．形容词和名词的正确搭配

eg. price (high/low); goods (cheap/expensive); population (large/ small); rain (heavy/light)

4．形容词作状语/补语 形容词有时可以作句子的状语（也有的语法书上称之为补语）。 eg. The little girl went home, cold and hungry.

The captain promised to land the passengers safe. 5．一些由同一词根派生出来的形容词词义辨析

英语中根据构词法，经常可碰到一些由同一词根派生出的不同的形容词，在学习掌握的时候需要加以注意，不要混淆。 A) historic与historical

historic意思为?历史上有重大意义的?，historical意思为?历史的?。 eg. Waterloo is a historic battlefield, where Napoleon’s army was defeated. Have you seen the historical film about Napoleon? B) sensible与sensitive

sensible意思为?明智的??合理的??可感觉到的?，sensitive意思为?敏感的??神经过敏的?。

eg. Surely it would be sensible to get a second opinion before taking any further

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action.

There is a sensible increase in temperature because of the global warmth. This is such a sensitive issue that we should deal with it carefully. C) imaginable, imaginary与imaginative imaginable意思是?能够想象的??想象得出的?，imaginary意思是?想象（出来）的??虚构的?，imaginative是?富于想象力的?。

eg. The seven dwarfs tried every imaginable means, but couldn’t wake her up. All the characters in the story are imaginary.

Jack was an imaginative child though he didn’t do well at school.

三、有关副词的一些要点 1．副词的位臵 频度副词一般在动词?be?与助动词之后，行为动词之前. eg. David is usually late. He seldom comes early. You can never imagine how embarrassed I was at that time! 修饰动词的副词经常在动词之后，有时也可放在句首。 eg. Though I did the exercise very carefully, I failed again. Suddenly, a tall man appeared from behind the curtain. 表地点和时间的副词可放在句尾或句首。

2．与形容词同形的副词，以及词尾以ly结尾的副词

A)有些有ly结尾的副词经常可以有抽象的意义，而与形容词同形的副词表示的是比较具体的意义。如high/highly; deep/deeply; wide/widely eg. He can jump very high.

The principal speaks highly of your work.

B)有些词的意思完全不同如hard/hardly; near/nealy; late/lately; most/mostly，需要加以注意。

3．一些常用副词的用法

A) very, much, very much与well的用法

very一般修饰形容词、副词和现在分词，如：very good/hard/interesting much一般修饰比较级和过去分词，如：much faster/ respected very much一般修饰动词，如：I love it very much.

well一般修饰worth doing与介词短语，如：well worth reading/above the trees B) fairly与rather

fairly与rather都有?相当?的意思，但一般fairly修饰带有褒义的形容词或副词，含有?正合适?，?恰当?等的意义；而rather含有?过分?的意义，所以修饰带有贬义的形容词和副词更多，如：fairly warm, rather hot; fairly cool, rather cold; fairly easy, rather difficult等。

C) nearly与almost

nearly与almost都可以解释为?几乎?，一般情况下，两个词经常可以互换，有人认为用almost时，感觉上比nearly更接近一些。 eg. The work was almost/nearly completed. Almost/Nearly all the Japanese eat rice.

在any及一些否定词no, none, never, nothing, nobody的前面，必须使用almost。

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eg. Almost no one believed what he said.

固定词组not nearly的意思是?远远不（够）。?

eg. There are not nearly enough people here to do the job.

I have 20 dollars, but that isn’t nearly enough for my journey fare.

高考真题试析： 01年26题

In recent years travel companies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the further we go, ____.

A. our holiday will be better B. our holiday will be the better

C. the better our holiday will be D. the better will our holiday be

选C。这是一个?the more..., the more...?的比较结构，在用这一结构时，后面的主谓是正常语序，不用倒装。

01年46题

I don’t think Peter is too young to take care of the pet dog ____. A. correctly B. properly C. exactly D. actively 选B。此句中properly可解为?完全地?，全句的意思是?我认为比德已经不小了，完全可以照顾好他的宠物狗了。?而其他三个选项都不符合题意。

01年47题

According to the new research gardening is a more ____ exercise for older women than jogging or swimming. A. mental B. physical C. effective D. efficient

选C。根据上下文，本题的意思是?根据最新研究，对于年纪较大的妇女来说，园艺是比慢跑和游泳更加......的一项锻炼?，那么在四个选项中，只有用effective（有效）才讲得通。mental意思是?智力的?，physical是?体力的?，efficient是?效率高的?，显然都不符合题意。

02年26题

As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, ____. A. the more for life are you equipped B. the more equipped for life you are C. the more life you are equipped for D. you are equipped the more for life 选B。本题考比较级the more..., the more...的句型。在用这个句型的时候，值得提醒的是：我们所记的?the more?，其实是?the + 形容词或副词比较级?。本句中，过去分词equipped作用相当于形容词，意思是?做好准备的?，那么它的比较级就是more equipped。这样就不难理解为什么要选B了。

02年43题

The secret of his success is that he does everything ____. A. efficiently B. curiously C. anxiously D. sufficiently 选A。四个选项中，efficiently意思是?效率高地?；curiously是?好奇地?；anxiously是?急切地?；sufficiently是?充分地?。只有用efficiently，本句才讲得通，?他成功的秘诀在于他做每一件事都效率很高?。

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02年49题

The shopkeeper gave us ____ weight: we got 9 kilos instead of 10 kilos. A. scarce B. short C. light D. slight

选B。本题考英语的习惯表达法。中文所说的?缺秤?，?分量不足?，在英语中用?short weight?来表达。不用其他说法。

03年48题

Broadly speaking, I would agree with Shirley, though not ____. A. widely B. thoroughly C. entirely D. extensively 选C。根据上下文，本句的意思为?大体上说来，我还是同意谢丽，虽然不是全都同意。?entirely的意思就是?完全地?，符合本题要求。

03年51题

Those who change mobile phones frequently will pay a heavy price for being ____. A. graceful B. fashionable C. particular D. feasible

选B。本题考形容词词义。解题时要考虑的是?频繁换手机的人将为什么东西而付出高额代价？?所以显然答案就是fashionable，?他们是为追求时髦而付出代价?。其他各项都不符合题意。

04年31题

The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ____ here.

A. as three times much B. as much three times C. much as three times D. three times as much 选D。本题考倍数的正确表达。用英语表达倍数，一般都是把倍数放在as ... as或 ...er than之前。这个句子为了避免重复，把three times as much之后的 as ...部分省略了。

04年32题

He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ____ a native speaker. A. as fluent as B. more fluent than C. so fluently as D. much fluently than 选C。本句考副词的比较等级。因为要修饰怎么?说英语?， 不能用形容词，应该是用副词来修饰，所以A、B两项不用考虑。而如要表示?比......更流利?，应该是more fluently than，所以D项也不对。表示?不如......?可以用?not as/so+原级形容词或副词+ as?的句型。全句的意思是?他英语说得的确很好，但当然还是不如一个以英语为母语的人那么流利。?

04年51题

Most people on this island are recreational fishers, and ____, fishing forms an actual part of their leisure time.

A. accidentally B. purposefully C. obviously D. formally 选C。本题考副词。根据前后两个半句，?岛上大部分人都是钓鱼爱好者?，?钓鱼成为他们休闲时间的一个实际组成部分?，最恰当的连接应该用?很显然?，所以用C，其他选项都不符合逻辑。

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