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1. Mary is _______ than Alice. (1992)

A. more experienced a teacher B. a more experienced teacher

C. more an experienced teacher D. more experienced teacher

（an experienced teacher, 比較級(jí)加在形容詞前，因此B。）

2._______ the two, Bob is ________ student. (1995)

A. Of, more diligent B. In, more diligent

C. Of, the more diligent D. In, the more diligent

（the ＋ 比較級(jí) ＋ of the two，因此C。）

3.Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _______ Eastern Nebraska. (1996)

A. in B. it receives in C. does D. it does in

（完整形式應(yīng)該是：than Eastern Nebraska receives snow，省去了部分謂語，保留了主語和助動(dòng)詞，可以倒裝，因此C。）

4.The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great more luxurious than _______. (1998)

A. is necessary B. being necessary C. to be necessary D. it is necessary

（這個(gè)句子是一個(gè)由than引導(dǎo)的比較狀語從句，既然是從句那么可以排除BC；than引導(dǎo)的從句中省略了的主語應(yīng)該是the indoor swimming pool，為避免重復(fù)，一般省略，不需要用it來指代。A。）5.There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than ______ in the public mind today. (1999)

A. exists B. exist C. existing D. to exist

（省略了的主語是anxiety，因此謂語動(dòng)詞用第三人稱單數(shù)：A）

6. The experiment requires more money than _______. (2002)

A. have been put in B. being put in

C. has been put in D. to be put in

（than引導(dǎo)的從句中省略了的主語應(yīng)該是money，因此謂語動(dòng)詞要用第三人稱單數(shù)，C。）

7.The less the su**ce of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, _______ to the truck. (2003)

A. the greater stress is B. greater is the stress

C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress

（“地表和載滿貨物卡車的接觸面越小，卡車對(duì)地面的壓強(qiáng)就越大?！盇。）