文法問題でも間違いやすい単元の<比較>を扱います。
(1) He was so poor that he had ( ) than a few dollars in his wallet. ①no less ②not less ③no more ④any more (2019 畿央大学) この問題では、どの語句に注目すれば解きやすくなるでしょうか?
(2) I prefer dogs ( ) cats because they always come along with me. (2019 神戸親和女子大学)①to ②for ③better than ④more than この問題では、どの語句に注意すれば解きやすいでしょうか?
(3) This year’s race for city governor had by far the ( ) number of candidates since 1980. (2019 東海大学) ①lower ②low ③lowest ④lowly この問題では、どの語句に注目すれば答えが分かりますか?
(4) There were ( ) 100 people at the lecture yesterday.(2019 東京経済大学)①much more ②as much as ③so many ④as many as この問題では「100人もの人」がヒント
(5) She knows better ( ) such a silly thing.(2019 東京電機大学) ①than doing to ②than to doing ③than do ④than to do この問題ではknow betterを含む慣用表現がポイント
解答
(1)前半のHe was so poor that…に注目すれば、「財布にはわずか数ドルしかない」no more than…を利用するので、解答は③。
(2)prefer A to Bというラテン語比較なので、解答は①。
(3)by far the 最上級形容詞。「はるかに〜」解答は③。
(4)<as many as 数詞+複数名詞>「〜もの多くの….」解答は④。
(5)know better than to do…「…するほど馬鹿ではない」解答は④。