题目
She was so tired that she didn't want to speak, ______ sing. A. more than B. much less C. less than D. much more
She was so tired that she didn't want to speak, ______ sing.
A. more than
B. much less
C. less than
D. much more
题目解答
答案
She was so tired that she didn't want to speak, ______ sing.
句意:她太累了以至于不想说话,______唱歌。
so……that……,意为“如此……以至于……”,表示强调语气。
根据前后语境可知,后一句应该是表示递进关系,横线上需要填写的单词意为“更加不想”。
A. more than, 意为“超过”;“比……更”,与句意不符。
B. much less, 意为“更不用说”;“更何况”,一般都接在否定句后面,对后面的内容进行更强烈的否定,符合要求。
C. less than, 意为“少于”,与句意不符。
D. much more,意为“更不用说”;“远远超过”,表示对后者的语义强调程度高于前者,所以前面一般都是肯定句,不符合要求。
故选B。
解析
步骤 1:理解句子结构
句子结构为 "so...that...",表示“如此...以至于...”,强调一种程度。
步骤 2:分析选项
A. more than:超过;比...更
B. much less:更不用说;更何况
C. less than:少于
D. much more:更不用说;远远超过
步骤 3:选择合适的选项
根据句子的语境,她太累了以至于不想说话,更不用说唱歌了。因此,需要一个表示递进关系的词组,即“更不用说”。
句子结构为 "so...that...",表示“如此...以至于...”,强调一种程度。
步骤 2:分析选项
A. more than:超过;比...更
B. much less:更不用说;更何况
C. less than:少于
D. much more:更不用说;远远超过
步骤 3:选择合适的选项
根据句子的语境,她太累了以至于不想说话,更不用说唱歌了。因此,需要一个表示递进关系的词组,即“更不用说”。