九、其他有关比较的习惯表达法
(一)"as +形容词(副词)+as possible"结构,表示"最...,尽可能...":"as quickly as possible"(尽量快)
- The best way to control rats is by seeing that they have as _____ .
[A] possibly little nourishment
[B] nourishment possibly little
[C] little as possible nourishment
[D] little nourishment as possible
(二)" sooner or later"是成语,表示"迟早、早晚"
- Earlier [A] or later, all lakes are influenced [B] by eutrophication, a process in which lake sediment(沉积物) lowers the depth [C] of the water and drains(除去) oxygen from it [D] .
(三) "would rather +动词原形+than ..."是惯用句型,表示"宁愿...而不愿...",由于连词than 要求前后所比较的成分要一致
- Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf _____ #5]of the telephone.
[A] than inventing
[B] than as the inventor
[C] the invention
[D] as the inventor
