请看2005年一道湖南高考试题:
The more I think about him, the more reasons I find for loving him _____ I did.
A. as much as B. as long as
C. as soon as D. as far as
在2005的高考考纲词汇表和英语教学大纲中对as的用法表述如下:1)conj. & adv.像……一样;如同; 2)as...as...像,如同; 3)not so...as不像、不如; 4)as if / as though好像、好似;5)prep. 作为、当作。但从历年高考试题可以看出,作为高考重要考点的as的命题范围不仅仅限于以上五点,这是由as本身的多功能用法所决定的。本文结合历年高考试题,对其常见的考点进行剖析。
考点一:用于比较级,表示“相等、相似、一样”。
结构是as...as...,前一个as是副词,在否定句中也可以用so,后跟被修饰的形容词或副词原级。如果所跟形容词修饰可数名词单数,则用as + adj. + a (an) + 名词 + as...,其中后面的as是连词。
[考例]
He speaks English well indeed, but of course not _____ a native speaker. (2004上海)
A. as fluent as B. more fluent than
C. so fluently as D. much fluently than
[解析]答案为C。根据句意可看出应该是用副词修饰谓语动词speak,排除形容词的A、B项;根据比较级排除D项,C项是so...as...结构,由于是否定句,所以选“so fluently as”。
考点二:as many / much / far / long...as + 具体数目表示达到某种程度,译作“多达…… / 远到…… / 时间长达……”。
[考例1]
John is the tallest boy in the class _______ according to himself. (2005安徽)
A. five foot eight as tall as
B. as tall as five foot eight
C. as five foot eight tall as
D. as tall five foot eight as
[解析] 答案为B。根据句意可看出是表示“高达5.8英尺”,所以用本结构,表示具体高度的five foot eight应该置于连词as之后,排除A、C和D。
[考例2]
After supper she would sit down by the fire, sometimes for _______ an hour, thinking of her young and happy days. (2003上海春招)
A. as long as B. as soon as
C. as much as D. as many as
[解析] 答案为A。本题考查相同比较级结构的不同意义。根据题干中的具体时间an hour可以看出是指时间的长度。
考点三:as用于表示倍数的句型中
如果表示A是B的X倍可以用句型“A is X times as + adj. / adv. + as B.”。
[考例1]
What a terrible table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is _______ it is long. (2005湖北)
A. half not as wide as
B. wide not as half as
C. not half as wide as
D. as wide as not half
[解析] 答案为C。根据倍数表达方式排除B和D,根据句意看出not否定be动词,本句意为:“这是一张什么样的桌子!我以前从来没有见过这样的东西,它的宽度竟然不到它的长度的一半”。
[考例2]
The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying _______ here.(2003上海)
A. as three times much
B. as much three times
C. much as three times
D. t
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