1.The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell[THF1] linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.
(A) how they learn language than
(B) how one learns language than
(C) how children learn language than do
(D) learning language than
(E) their language learning[THF2] than do
2.In the United States, trade unions encountered[THF3] far more intense opposition against[THF4] their struggle for social legitimacy than the organized labor movements of most other democratic nations.
(A) against their struggle for social legitimacy than
(B) in their struggle for social legitimacy than did
(C) against their struggle for social legitimacy as
(D) in their struggle for social legitimacy as[THF5] did
(E) when they struggled for social legitimacy than has
3.A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry's economic health much more robust than [THF6] five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry's economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry's economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry's economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
[THF7] (D) to make the construction industry's economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making [THF8] the construction industry's economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
4.In 1982 the median income for married-couple families with a wage-earning wife was $9,000 more than [THF9] a family where the husband only was employed.
(A) a family where the husband only
(B) of a family where only the husband
(C) that for families in which only the husband
[THF10] (D) a family in which only the husband
(E) those of families in which the husband only
5.Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than [THF11] any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth [THF12] in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other [THF13] American cities
(C) which had industrial growth was more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city
6.More than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year, due to new mandatory recycling laws in municipalities across the nation.
(A) More [THF14] than ever, paper is expected to be recycled this year
(B) It is expected that more paper than ever [THF15] will be recycled this year than previously and that is
[THF16] (C) The [THF17] paper expected to be recycled this year is more than ever
(D) The amount of paper that will be recycled this year is expected to be greater than ever
(E) A great increase in the amount of paper that will be recycled this year is
[THF18]
7.Domestic automobile manufacturers have invested millions of dollars into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road.
(A) into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road
(B) into research for developing even more gasoline-efficient cars on the road than at present
(C) for research for cars to be developed that are more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road.
(D) in research to develop cars even more gasoline-efficient than those at present on the road
(E) in research for developing cars that are even more gasoline-efficient than presently on the road
8.Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far greater as that among individuals from the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 days, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150.
(A) among different species are far greater as that among individuals from
(B) among different species are far greater than that among individuals from
(C) among different species are far greater than those among individuals from
(D) between different species are far more than that between individuals of
(E) between different species are greater by far than is that between individuals from
9.Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater [THF19] in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.
(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
[THF20] (D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater
(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater [THF21] intellectual advantage is theirs
10.Although many Whites, noting the presence of [THF22] some Blacks in the middle class, think that the time for enforcing civil rights measures is past. Blacks generally are aware that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of a radical discrepancy as ever.
(A) that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of
(B) that average-income and unemployment figure show as wide
(C) that the average-income and unemployment figures are showing as wide of
(D) of average-income and unemployment figures that show as wide of
(E) of figures for average income and unemployment showing as wide
11. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent [THF23] to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.
(A) equivalent to the enrollment of
(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in
(C) equal to those who are enrolled in
(D) as many as [THF24] the enrollment of
(E) as many as are enrolled in
[THF25]
12.A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or [THF26] days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
(A) as infrequently as once every other month or often, as
(B) as infrequently as once every other month or as often as
[THF27] (C) infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like
(D) infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
13.Inflation has made many Americans reevaluate their assumptions about the future ; [THF28] they still expect to live better than their parents have, but not so well as they once thought they could.
(A) they still expect to live better than their parents have
(B) they still expect to live better than their parents did
(C) they still expect to live better than their parents had
[THF29] (D) still expecting to live better than their parents had
(E) still expecting to live better than did their parents
14.The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
15.Once positioned in space, the Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from sources twenty times fainter [THF30] compared to those that can be detected by ground-based instruments.
(A) compared to those that can be detected
(B) compared to those that can detect
(C) than that can be detected
[THF31] (D) than those that can be detected
(E) than those detecting
[THF32]
16.Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as [THF33] any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
[THF34] (E) as old as their supposedly
17.A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
18.American productivity is declining in relation to Europe's; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.
(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany
(B) as much as twice that of West Germany's expenditure
(C) up to two times of West Germany's expenditure
(D) up to two times what West Germany expended
(E) up to double West German expenditure
19.Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled, and the one million Black people in college today represent 11 percent of all college students.
(A) Since 1965 there are four times as many [THF35] Black college students enrolled
[THF36] (B) The enrollment of Black college students was only one-fourth in 1965
(C) The enrollment of Black college students has increased four times from 1965 on
(D) Quadrupling [THF37] since 1965, there are now four times as many Black college students enrolled
(E) The enrollment of Black college students has quadrupled since 1965
20.The use of chemical pesticides in this country is equally extensive or more so than [THF38] ten years ago.
(A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago
(B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago
(C) as extensive as ten years ago or more
(D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago
(E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so
[THF39] 21.The visiting pharmacologists concluded that the present amalgam of Chinese and Western medicine is probably as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are treated at the Nan Kai hospital in Tian-jing.
(A) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are
(B) as good, or better, than any system that might be devised for patients being
(C) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for patients which are being
(D) good as, or even better than, any other system that may be devised for the patients who are
(E) as good as, or better than, any other system that might be devised for the patients
22.Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
(A) as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
(B) that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
(C) as great as or greater than that [THF40] of using air conditioning
(D) at least as great as air conditioning’s
(E) at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
23.The earnings of woman are well below [THF41] that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.
(A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing
(B) much below that of men's despite educational differences diminishing
(C) much below men in spite of diminishing educational differences
(D) well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences
(E) below men's despite their educational differences that are diminishing
[THF42] 答案：1.C 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.E 6.D 7.D 8.C 9.C 10.B 11.E 12.B 13.B 14.D 15.D 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.E 20.E 21.E 22.E 23.D
[THF1]more…than后的词要与tell保持一致：比较级之后要用do来代替。[排除ABD]
[THF2]意义有所变化且their指代不清 (前面出现过两个以上的复数名词时， their的指代就不清)。
[THF3]than比较结构之后，谓语动词应尽量补全：
than之前的谓语动词是encountered [THF3]，所以than之后要用did代替。
[ 排除A C E ]
[THF4]一般用opposition to而不用opposition against
[THF5]more intense与as塔配是明显错误的。
[THF6]than之前是the construction industry's economic health，而than之后却是five years ago：比较物前后不对应。
[ 排除A B D ]
[THF7]表示在不同时期同一事物的比较，为正确选项。
[THF8]in doing sth. 意思为在做某件事方面，而原句要求是以making做伴随，所以改变了句意。
[THF9]than之前是the median income，而than之后却是a family，
[THF10]前后事物不具有可比性，因此用that指代the median income，family之前加上for对income进行限定，且用in which代替where的表述是可以的。
因此C为正确选项。
[THF11]than之前是industrial growth，而than之后却是city：比较对象不对应，不具有可比性。
[ 排除A C D ]
[THF12]表达不如whose industrial growth更准确。
[THF13]other之前没有only减轻了原句的语气。
[THF14]A B C中用more来修饰paper，不能准确的表达原意：不是比较纸，而是比较纸的量。
[THF15]than ever与后面的
than previously重复
[THF16]作用不明确
[THF17]增加了限定，改变了原文泛指的意思。
[THF18]首先排除E选项：原句是一种比较，而E选项却没有比较的含意。
[THF19]the more…the more (the more…greater )比较在句首。[ 排除A B E ]
[THF20]省略了is
[THF21]在句首但改变了句意。
[THF22]1、of+复杂短语 与 that从句的区别：that从句优先于of结构。[ 排除D E ]
2、同级比较的语序问题.
3、as+形+冠+名+as的形式(如B选项)，A C之后的of多余。
[THF23]1、作为形容词之后跟to，作为名词之后跟of。
2、A B C错在用equal to、equivalent of、equivalent to表示两者在某种性质点上的等价，用在此处会导致逻辑上的搭配不当。原句暗示的是人在数量上的一样多，因此，用as many as表示数量上的相等更加确切。
[THF24]as many as之前的复数people与其后的单数enrollment不具有可比性。
[THF25]主语省略，原句应是：people are enrolled in，但比较对象名词相同可以省略。
[THF26]两个同价比较的平行结构，中间用or连接，e.g.： or…and…as…as ，ACDE不满足平行结构对称要求。
1、CDE中like不能用作同阶比较，且举例要用such as而不用like
[THF27]对称工整：
1、as infrequently as对应 as often as
2、once every other month对应daily
[THF28]分号前后对应的是完整的句子，排除D E;对同一群体不同时间条件下的统一动作的比较：本句谓语动词是live而不是expect。
[THF29]had表示过去完成时没有根据。
[THF30]twenty times fainter表示比较要有than
[排除A B]
[THF31]than之后的定语从句缺少先行词
[THF32]未划线部分的by说明要用过去分词而不用现在分词：通常现在分词表示主动，后面要加宾语;过去分词表示被动，后面不能加宾语。
[THF33]误用同阶比较：表倍数时可用“倍数+as…as”，此题应用times older than…
[THF34]supposed在句作为定语修饰predecessors，而supposedly作为副词不能用做定语。
[THF35]缺少一个as：
as many之后不能直接加 [THF35] Black college students
[THF36]since修饰，应用现在完成时
[THF37]分词在句首表示逻辑主语结构：主句中主语为形式主语there，不能作为逻辑主语
[THF38]than前后不具有可比性。[ 排除A B C D ]
[THF39]大于等于的三种表达法
1、 at least as great as
2、 as great as or great than
3、 as …as …，if not more so
(21——24题同理)
[THF40]that在这里指代Wind resistance， 所以，整句从逻辑上讲不通。D同理
1、 [THF41]用below来比较“在…之下”
2、 below之前是The earnings of woman，之后却是men → 两者都不对：前面是the earnings，是复数，而后边的that则是指单数。[排除 A B C]
1、 [THF42]men's与The earnings of woman的形式不对称且their多余。
2、 educational differences that are diminishing表达不如D选项的diminishing educational differences表达简洁。