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20 "＿＿＿ do you write to your penfriend?"

"About twice a month."

A. How often B. How soon

C. How much D. How long

［答案］ A.

［析］ how often用来提问某一动作经多久就要发生一次，也就是提问发生的频率。how soon是问从现在起还有多久。

21 Changjiang River is ＿＿＿ river in China

A. long B. longer

C. longest D. the longest

［答案］ D.

22 I'll work ＿＿＿ I can.

A. so hardly as B. so hard as

C. as hardly as D. as hard as

［答案］ D.

［析］ hard可用作形容词和副词，如：The desk was made of hard wood 又如：It is raining hard。 而 hardly 是副词，其词义是"几乎不"，如：Hardly did I sleep last night. 我昨晚几乎没有睡觉。而且hardly用于句首时要采用倒装语序。as…as即可以用于肯定句，也可以用于否定句，但so…as则只能用于否定句中。

23 It is very ＿＿＿ to listen to him.

A. interested B. interesting

C. interested in D. interest

［答案］ B.

［析］ interest作为名词有两个词义，①兴趣，②银行中所讲的利息。而其形容词 interesting是"使人感兴趣的"，而interested是"感兴趣的"如：He is interested in English.

24 Things are ＿＿＿ worse than I thought.

A. more B. few