1. Work gets done ________ when people do it together, and the rewards are higher too.

　　A. easily               B. very easy         C. more easily      D. easier

　　2. My parents have always made me ________ about myself, even when I was twelve.

　　A. feeling well      B. feeling good     C. feel well          D. feel good

　　3. He began to take political science ________ only when he left school.

　　A. strictly             B. truly                 C. carefully           D. seriously

　　4. The final score of the basketball match was 93-94. We were only ________ beaten.

　　A. nearly              B. slightly             C. narrowly          D. lightly

　　5. The new group of students is better-behaved than the other group who stayed here ________.

　　A. early                B. earlier               C. earliest             D. the earliest

　　6. —Do you need any help, Lucy?

　　—Yes, The job is ________ I could do myself.

　　A. less than          B. more than        C. no more than   D. not more than

　　7. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog. ” But there is ________ wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.”

　　A. some               B. much               C. more                D. most

　　8. With April 18’s railway speedup, highway and air transport will have to compete with ________ service for passengers.

　　A. good                B. better               C. best                 D. the best

　　1. C。根据题意可知，说话者是将when people do it together和when people don’t do it together这两种情况比较，故选比较级。注意不要选D，因为在此题是要用副词修饰动词，不能用形容词。另外，根据句末的higher too也可知道此题是考查比较级。

　　2. D。首先，根据连系动词后要接形容词作表语这一特点，可排除A和C。另外，使役动词make后可接动词原形（不带to的不定式）或过去分词作宾语补足语，但不能接现在分词，故可排除选项B。

　　3. D。take sth seriously的意思是“认真对待某事”“认真考虑某事”。

　　4. C。副词narrowly在此表示“勉强地”，又如：He narrowly escaped being run over. 他差点儿被车压死。 The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated by 201 votes to 196. 建议改变规则的提议以196票对201票的微弱差额被否决了。本题句意：篮球赛的最后比分是93比94。我们以微弱的劣势输掉了比赛。

　　5. B。因题目把这组新学生与前面一组学生进行比较，故用比较级。

　　6. B。注意句中的Yes，由于答话者对问话者的“你需要帮助吗？”作了肯定回答，说明答话者独自完成工作有困难，故填more than。

　　7. C。由于是将“Love me, love my dog”与“Love me, love my book”进行比较，故用比较级。此题的巧妙之处在于句中没有出现than，而是给出两个待比较的proverb。

　　8. B。句子大意为：由于铁路提速了，所以高速公路和航空业要提高服务质量来竞争客源。因将“高速公路和航空”与“铁路”比较，故用比较级。

9. The melon the Smiths served at dinner would have tasted ________ if it had been put in the fridge for a little while.

　　A. good                B. better               C. best                 D. well

　　10. After two years’ research, we now have a ________ better understanding of the disease.

　　A. very                 B. far                   C. fairly                D. quite

　　11. Speaking of all the songs he has written, I think this is probably his ________ one.

　　A. better-known    B. well-known      C. best-known      D. most-known

　　12. Of the two coats, I’d choose the ________ one to spare some money for a book.

　　A. cheapest           B. cheaper