2013年托福考试语法讲解考点:so /as…as
so /as…as
比较级特殊句式(not)so/as…as 表示“如同……一样、不如……”等意思,其结构和than句式相仿,但as…as之间的形容词必须用原形,而且as…as必须搭配使用,
如:It is as good as it looks.
The boss is not so bad-tempered as you have described.
填空题中常给出句子的一部分(第一个as),要求填出相搭配的部分(第二个as),一定要形成对这种搭配句式的敏感。
例题:
(1)
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
答案:D
解释:空格处需要动词have的宾语,同时包含as…as句式,A、B都缺少与as搭配的结构,C语序有误,均可排除。D中as…as possible, 为固定用法, 意为“尽可能”.
(2)
There is evidence that prehistoric humans used fire ---- 400,000 B.C.
(A) so early
(B) the earliest
(C) as early as
(D) so early that
答案:C
解释:依句意空格处需要“早在”这一意思的正确表达,只有C符合题意,用的是比较级特殊句式as...as