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

• (A) same

• (B) just as

• (C) the same as

• (D) similar

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

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Prince Edward Island is the less populous of Canada's ten provinces.

• (A) is

• (B) the

• (C) less

• (D) populous

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The horse chestnut has a stronger, bitter taste than other chestnuts.

• (A) has

• (B) stronger

• (C) bitter

• (D) than

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During a depression, economic conditions are far worse to they are during a recession.

• (A) during

• (B) far

• (C) worse

• (D) to

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Subterranean termites are most destructive type of termites in the United States.

• (A) are most

• (B) destructive

• (C) type

• (D) of