Review

Comparison Degree
1. Wood has been the _________ for furniture 6. The average wavelength of visible light is
since antiquity. 2,000 times _____ the diameter of an atom.

A. commonly most material used A. much as

B. used material commonly most B. as great
C. commonly material used most C. greater than
D. most commonly used material D. more than that

2. The femur is the _________ in the body. 7. The total mass of all asteroids in the solar
system is much less ______ mass of Earth’s
A. bone is the largest and longest Moon.
B. largest and the longest bone that
C. largest and longest bone (A) than that is the
D. bone largest and longest and (B) than the
(C) the
3. Although the chemical elements niobium and (D) is the
tantalum are not quite ----------zirconium and
hafnium, the differences between them are 8. Although beavers rarely remain submerged
slight for more than two minutes, they can stay
underwater ___fifteen minutes before having
(A) as similar to surface for air.
(B) as similar as
(C) similar than (A) as long
(D) that similar (B) as long as
(C) so long
4. The planet Neptune is about 30 times (D) so long that
_________ from the Sun as Earth is.
9. The art of landscape architecture is almost as
(A) far old ______ of architecture itself.
(B) as far
(C) more far (A) as that
(D) far that (B) than
(C) as
5. The saguaro, found in desert regions in the (D) than that
southwestern United States, _______ cactus
in the world. 10. The knee is _____ most other joints in the
body because it cannot twist without injury.
(A) is the largest
(B) the largest (A) more likely to be damaged than
(C) that is the largest (B) likely to be more than damaged
(D) the largest that is a (C) more than likely to be damaged
(D) to be damaged more than likely

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Grammar for TOEFL 3: Comparison Degree