C Read Jim’s blog entry about his experience at an international school and complete it with the correct words. Use as ... as or not as ... as when necessary.I’m at an international school in Sydney, Australia. I’m meeting lots of interesting people here. One of my classmates is from Spain. His name is Pablo, and he speaks (1)
. Pablo is tall and funny. He likes telling jokes. Another classmate is Bao. He’s from Vietnam, and he speaks (2)
. He’s quite short. He’s (3)
Pablo.Our school has lots of clubs. Pablo, Bao and I are members of different ones. Bao is a member of the Badminton Club, the Swimming Club, the Chess Club and the Gardening Club. Pablo joined (4)
clubs than Bao did. He’s only in two clubs Among the three of us, I joined (5)
clubs. I’m only a member of the Photography Club. I like having (6)
free time.I enjoy this school. In some ways, it reminds me of my primary school back home. My primary school has a beautiful schoolyard. The schoolyard here is (7)
that one! I’m glad about that! But our learning style is different here. In my primary school, we did many projects in groups. Instead, we do (8)
group work here. We do more projects by ourselves. I have to get used to that! Now, I’m starting to enjoy it!
解析：
【解析】
我们结合上下文语境和语法要求逐一填空：
1. 前文提到Pablo来自西班牙，对应他说的语言是Spanish。
2. 前文提到Bao来自越南，对应他说的语言是Vietnamese。
3. 前文说明Bao很矮，Pablo很高，所以这里表达Bao不如Pablo高，填入not as tall as。
4. Bao参加了4个俱乐部，Pablo只参加了2个，且出现than表比较，修饰可数名词clubs的数量更少，填入fewer。
5. 对比三人的俱乐部数量：Bao4个、Pablo2个、“我”1个，三者之间表“数量最少”，填入the fewest。
6. 参加的俱乐部最少，因此会有更多的空闲时间，填入more。
7. 后文提到“我对此很开心”，说明这里的校园和母校的校园一样漂亮，填入as beautiful as。
8. 后文说明这里更多是独立完成项目，因此小组作业比以前更少，修饰不可数名词group work，填入less。
【答案】
(1) Spanish
(2) Vietnamese
(3) not as tall as
(4) fewer
(5) the fewest
(6) more
(7) as beautiful as
(8) less
【知识点】
国家语言词汇
形容词比较级
as...as结构
【点评】
本题结合语篇语境考查形容词比较等级和固定as...as结构的用法，同时考察常见国家对应的语言词汇，需要学生结合上下文逻辑判断语义，准确选用对应的比较级、最高级形式完成填空。
【难度系数】
0.7
