Lesson 14: More + Results

数学の試験は思ったほど難しくはなかった。

The math test was not ___ ____ _____ I expected.

• most hard as

• more difficult as

• as hard as

• is difficult as

Answer explanation

数学の試験は思ったほど難しくはなかった。

*The math test was not as hard as  I expected.

This means the speaker thought that the test was too difficult for him to answer. It turned out that the test was easier than expected.

つまり、話し手はテストが難しすぎて答えられないと思っていたのだ。テストは思ったより簡単だった。

年をとればとるほど，英語の勉強は困難になる.

The older you get, the _____ _____ you learn English.

• most hard

• more difficult

• more harder

• is difficult

Answer explanation

年をとればとるほど，英語の勉強は困難になる.

The older you get, the more difficult you learn English.

^{たくさんの本を読めば，ますます物知りになると信じている人が多い。}

A lot of people believe that the more books they read, the ____ _______ they become.

• most intelligent

• more smarter

• more knowledgeable

• is knowledgeable

Answer explanation

^{たくさんの本を読めば，ますます物知りになると信じている人が多い。}

A lot of people believe that the more books they read, the more knowledgeable they become.

More knowledgeable means knowing more ideas and facts from books.

知識が豊富ということは、本からより多くのアイデアや事実を知るということだ。

その問題は思っていたより簡単だった。

That question ____ ______ _____ I had expected.

• most easier than

• more easier than

• much easy than

• was easier than

Answer explanation

This means the speaker thought that the question was too difficult for him to answer. It turned out that the question was easier than expected.

つまり、発言者はその質問が自分には難しすぎると思っていたということだ。その質問は思ったより簡単だった。

今度の家の部屋数は前に住んでいた家の倍だ。

Our new house has twice ___ ___ ___ the one where we used to live.

• as many as

• as more as

• much as than

• was more than

統計によれば，中国の人口は日本の約10倍である。。

Statistics show that the population of China is about ten times ___ ____ ___ that of Japan..

• as many as

• as large as

• much as than

• was more larger

^{その企画について考えればそれだけますます気に入らなくなった。}

The more I thought about the project, the___ ____ ____ it.

• less I liked

• more I liked

• most I hated

• much more I