Task 1 Learn Some Grammar Before Writing
Activity 1 Challenge Yourself
● And top executives earn more money - much, much, much more money.（后面省略了than regular employees, 所以使用了many的比较级more.）
● In 2014, they earned about 300 times more.（使用了倍数比较的格式，倍数+形容词或副词的比较级+than，than后面的内容省略了。）
● These CEOs’ stock-based earnings are typically taxed more favorably than regular income,which shows another reason they’ve gained such popularity.（因为有than, 所以使用了副词的比较级，more favorably.）
Activity 2 Practice Your Learning
形容词和副词的比较级和最高级
1. 比较级的特殊用法
(1) 在比较级+than的结构前可以加上某些副词类的词，对比较级进行修饰，如：far, even, much,
rather, slightly等等。
This book is far more interesting than that one.’
You’ve been working much harder than I have.
(2) 不同级的比较主要用于表示人与人、事物与事物之间不同之处的比较，其意义为“A比B更……一些”。常用结构是“比较级+than”。
They worked even harder than they promised.
This street is narrower than that one.
(3) 没有比较对象的比较结构，不是指省略，而是指并非真正的比较。
The car runs faster than 110 miles.
There is more than one solution to the problem.
(4) 用比较级的形式表达最高级的意思。
He is taller than anyone else in our class.
Iron is more useful than any other metal.
(5) more...than…结构，其意往往是…rather than…，可译为“是……而不是……”或译作“与其说是……，不如说是……”。
That little girl is more tired than hungry.
She is more a mother than a wife.
2. 最高级的特殊用法
(1) 形容词的最高级作表语（或作主语补足语），并且又不与其他人或事物相比较，通常在其前不用定冠词the.
The market in the country is busiest in winter.
It’s best to go and ask the teacher.
(2) 形容词的最高级作“非常、极其”解时，通常在其前也不用定冠词the, 但是可以用不定冠词a。
His father is a most learned man.
She is most beautiful.
(3) 如果形容词的最高级前已有人称代词的所有格、名词的所有格形式或指示代词等修饰语时，其前也不再用定冠词the.
Her greatest wish is to be an air hostess after her graduation.
His most educational hobby is stamp-collecting.
(4) 当两个形容词的最高级同时修饰一个名词时，后面一个形容词的最高级前后的定冠词the通常被省略了。
He is the oldest, but most energetic of my colleagues.
This is the most effective and most economic solution to the problem.
☛ Choose the right answers.
(C)1. The (much), the (good).
A. much, good B. more, good C. more, better D. much, better
答案解析：The+比较级……, the+比较级……，“越……越……”。
(D)2. Many people find telephone interviews (difficult) than face-to-face interviews.
A. difficulter B. difficulty C. difficult D. more difficult
答案解析：than用于两者比较，用比较级。
(A)3. Your tone of voice is as (important) as the content of what you have to say.
A. important B. more important C. importanter D. importantly
答案解析：原级比较，as+原形+as。
(B)4. Destruction of the environment is one of the (serious) challenges we face.
A. more serious B. most serious C. serious D. seriously
答案解析：one of the+最高级+复数名词+in/of...，“最……之一”。
(D)5. The planet is three times (big) than the size of the earth.
A. big B. biger C. biggest D. bigger
答案解析：倍数表达，倍数+形容词（或副词）的比较级+than+从句。
(C)6. Alcohol is the third (big) public health problem in Europe after tobacco and high blood pressure.
A. big B. biger C. biggest D. bigger
答案解析：最高级用法，the+序数词+最高级+单数名词+in/of...
(B)7. Which coat is (cheap), the read one or the blue one?
A. cheap B. cheaper C. cheapest D. more cheap
答案解析：Which/Who is+比较级，A or B? “哪一个更……”。
(A)8. As the spring comes, the weather is getting and (hot).
A. hotter, hotter B. hoter, hoter C. hot, hot D. hottest, hottest
答案解析：比较级+and+比较级，“越来越……”。
(C)9. This picture is not so (beautiful) as that one.
A. more beautiful B. most beautiful C. beautiful D. much beautiful
答案解析：原级比较的否定式，not+as(so)+原级+as...
(B)10. Once again he was the (expensive ) player in the world.
A. More expensive B. most expensive C. expensive D. much expensive
答案解析：最高级用法，...the+最高级+名词+in/of...
☛ Choose the right answers.
(C)1. Reactions to the online management system were more positive those to a paperbased version of the same system.
A. which B. as C. than D. that
答案解析：两者比较用比较级than。
(D)2. In order to improve your communication skills, we will show you how to learn about your customers than you know now.
A. many B. much C. most D. more
答案解析：than表示两者比较用比较级。
(A)3. The output of our company this month is that of last month.
A. twice as much as B. twice as much
C. twice many as D. twice as many as
答案解析：倍数表达，倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+从句。
(A)4. We have to investigate as customers as possible in order to make sure of the potential of the market.
A. many B. much C. more D. most
答案解析：原级比较，as+原形+as, customers是可数名词的复数形式，用many修饰。
(B)5. We have produced twice as much steel this year four years ago.
A. than we did B. as we did
C. than we have produced D. as we have produced
答案解析：倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+从句，四年前应该用过去式。
(C)6. Some people think about their rights than they do about their responsibilities.
A. so much B. too much C. much more D. much too
答案解析：两者之间比较，much/a bit+比较级+than。
(A)7. My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice expensive.
A.as B. so C. too D. very
答案解析：倍数表达，倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级。
(B)8. As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn,.
A. the more for life you are 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
答案解析：The+比较级...，the+比较级...，“越……，越……”。
(D)9. Allan is one of popular teachers in the school.
A. More B. the more C. most D. the most
答案解析：one of the+最高级+复数名词+in/of...，“最……之一”。
(C)10. He has written some very good poems, but he is known for his short stories.
A. the best B. more C. better D. the most
答案解析：根据上下文，两者比较用比较级。
Activity 3 Check Your Learning
☛ Choose the right answers.
(A)1. John plays football as (well) as David.
A. well B. better C. best D. much well
答案解析：原级比较，as+原形+as。
(B)2. This room is a bit (large) than that one.
A. large B. larger C. largest D. more large
答案解析：两者之间比较，much/a bit+比较级+than。
(B)3. Chinese people become (happy) and (happy).
A. happy, happy B. happier, happier
B. happiest, happiest D. More happy, more happy
答案解析：比较级+and+比较级，“越来越……”。
(B)4. The (much) you eat, the (fat) you become.
A. much, fat B. more, fatter C. most, fattest D. most, fatter
答案解析： The+比较级...，the+比较级...，“越……越……”。
(C)5. Who is the (intelligent) student in your class?
A. intelligent B. more intelligent C. most intelligent D. much intelligent
答案解析：最高级用法，...the+最高级+名词+in/of...。