托福考试辅导：语法讲解（14）

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考点四 the more…，the more…
6 D( M2 e8 e: V1 m* p; R此句式常表示“越……越……”，more在此处泛指比较级，此句式的特点是前后两句以逗号隔开，句子结构平行，而且谓语动词一致时，为避免重复常进行省略，
2 D4 q4 T& m0 T& ^5 h' U如：The more she slept, the less comfortable she felt.
4 t: O) \3 ]$ P# r; T0 ~   The greater the size, the easier it is for you to spot.
0 h" r  s* f6 ~; }填空题中常需填入两个分句之一，因此看到the more结构，要注意选与其结构相近的另一半the more句式
7 |4 b# ~; }4 q( N, z* i+ \例题：
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The greater the population there is in a locality, ----for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.
  (A) the greater the need there is
  (B) greater need
  (C) is there great need
  (D) the great need
. I! m' o1 @( N8 s答案：A
5 X8 F" T8 g9 r1 I解释：这是典型的 “the more…,
* ~6 B* Z6 S- C3 s$ d1 F. ]4 I the more…” 句式, 意为 “越…, 越…” 其逗号前后两部分结构要平行, 而且后一句可以不倒装, A 完全符合要求. C D 都缺少此固定句式所要求的第二个比较级; B 少定冠词the. 此句亦可改写为: If there is greater population in a locality, there will be greater need for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.
(2)
" V3 y, f1 s7 ^4 ^$ iThe less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ---- to the body.
" J; k: B% x8 p! Q/ C (A) the stress it is greater
(B) greater is the stress
(C) greater stress is
" ]$ W. X" v: d9 u0 Z5 ] (D) the greater the stress
; o$ x8 E7 s0 u$ G* [/ w+ g答案：D
解释：此句涉及比较级的特殊句式the more..., the more..., 此句式要求前后结构平行，当谓语一致时，后面的可省略，符合要求的只有D

考点五 no longer /not…any longer
no longer /not…any longer和no more/not…any more都表示“不再……”,
如：He no longer smokes. / He doesn't smoke any longer.
注意no longer /not…any longer不要混用，no more /not…any more同理，这一句式在改错题中出现。
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(1)
6 m& [+ f5 A9 U! E; C- J& ]   Although it is any longer the big business that it was in the forties, radio continues to be a medium of essential communication, especially at the local level.
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; ?! X( t$ i: t6 \解释：根据句意此处应为否定“不再是 ．．．”，英文中有两种方式表达此意, no longer / not...any longer, 此句只能采用前者, 若用后者语序应为: it is not the big business that it was in the forties any longer