DEGREE OF COMPARISON 2

Sea bass ______ freshwater bass.

• (A) are larger than

• (B) the larger the

• (C) are as large

• (D) are larger

Wild strawberries are ______ as cultivated strawberries.

• (A) not so sweet

• (B) not as sweet

• (C) less sweeter

• (D) not as sweeter

Automobiles, airplanes, and buses use more energy per passenger _______.

• (A) as do trains

• (B) than trains do

• (C) trains do

• (D) like trains

The larger a drop of water, ________ freezing temperature.

• (A) the higher its

• (B) its higher

• (C) higher than its

• (D) higher of its

___________ San Diego and San Francisco, Los Angeles has no natural harbor.

• (A) Dissimilar

• (B) Unlike

• (B) Unlike

• (D) Different

The social system of bumblebees is not as complex ________.

• (A) than honeybees

• (B) as honeybees

• (C) that honeybees are

• (D) as that of honeybees

The administration of private colleges is nearly ______ that of public colleges.

• (A) same

• (B) just as

• (C) the same as

• (D) similar

________ a river on land, an ocean current does not flow in a straight line.

• (A) Alike

• (B) Like

• (C) Likewise

• (D) Likely

The skin temperature of humans is ______ their internal temperature.

• (A) not high as

• (B) not so high

• (C) as low

• (D) lower than

A butterfly ______ a moth in a number of ways.

• (A) is different from

• (B) is different

• (C) the difference is

• (D) differing from