1. His salary as a driver is much higher _____.

A. than a teacher             B. than that of a teacher

C. that of a teacher         D. than those of a teacher

2. ____all the poems I have read recntly, Thomas Hardy's The Darkling Thrust seems the most relevant to our times.

A. Of                         B. Among

C. In                         D. About

3. To the best of my knowledge, the climate in < xmlnamespace prefix ="st1" ns ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Arizona is better year-round____.

A. than any other state    B. than other states

C. than in any other state D. than is any other state

4. Questioning the quality of the air they breathe becomes less important than____ about the next paycheck.

A. having questioned             B. questioning

C. to have questioned            D. question

5. He ____ live in the country than in the city.

A. Would               B. likes to

C. would rather       D. had better

6. The culture and customs of America are more like ____ of England than of any other country.

A. that                    

C. which                    

7. Dried foods take up less room and weigh ____ than the same food packed in cans, and they do not need to be stored in special condition.

A. few                      B. fewer

C. little                   D. less

8. But she would rather stay at home alone than ____to Jane's gossip.

A. to listen            B. listening

C. listen                  D. listened

9. The new method for refining aluminum was ____ that it became practical for many purposes, one of the first of which was for making

pots and pans.

A. so more cheaper

C. so many cheaper

10. ____living things are linked together as intimately than bees and flowers.

A. Fewer                  B. Few

C. Little                   D. Less

11. To clarify the circumstances thoroughly requires ____taken thus far.

A. more specific measures than have

B. more specific measures than have been

C. more specific measures than has

D. more specific measures than has been

12. With regarding to this model of color TV sets, the home-made ones are by no means ____ those made in Japan.

A. less inferior to     B. less inferior than

C. inferior than           D. inferior to

13. The socialist system will demonstrate absolute superiority ____ capitalism in the field of production.

A. on                    B. over

C. of                    D. than

14. I should have known better than ____ him my bottom price at that time.

A. show                B. shown

C. showing         D. to show

15. Radio, television and press ____of conveying news and information.

A. are the most three common means

B. are the most common three means

C. are the three most common means

D. are three the most common means

16. We often advise him not to drink more wine ____is good for his health.

A. as                   B. that

C. but                 D. than

17. Some companise have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure____.

A. than more on efficiency     B. than efficiency

C. and more on efficiency       D. and more than efficiency

18. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than____.

A. he was in good health         B. his good health was

C. was good for his health     D. his health was good

19. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ____or better than an actual performance.

A. as good as                     B. good

C. as good                           D. good as

20. Edward prefers orange juice ____ any other drinks.

A. than                          B. to

C. over                          D. against

典型例题:　　　

1）　---- Are you feeling ____?　

　　 ---- Yes，I'm fine now.

　A. any well　B. any better　C. quite good

　D. quite better　　

　答案：B. any 可修饰比较级，quite修饰原级，well的比较级为better.

2）The experiment was____ easier than we had expected.　

　 A.　more　 B.　much more　　 C.　much　　

　 D.　more much

答案：C.　much可修饰比较级，因此B，C都说得通，但easier本身已是比较级，不需more，因此C为正确答案。