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much too/too much

原书 PDF 第 950—951 页

much too/too much1

问

“Let's have dinner in the hotel dining room.” “Oh, I'm afraid it may be ____ expensive.” A. too much B. much too C. greatly D. very great(TOEFL) 我认为应当选 A, 但答案却是 B。

答

在 too much 搭配中,too 作 much 的修饰语。表示超越了 much 的正常程度。

  1. You're asking too much. (Snow) 你问得太多了。

  2. He protested too much to be sincere. (CGEL) 他反对的太多, 不可能是真诚的。

在 much too 搭配中, much 作 too 的修饰语, 增强 too 的程度:

  1. I'm much too tired to go out. 我实在累得不能出去了。

  2. I'm afraid my husband is much too busy to see visitors. (Snow) 很遗憾,我丈夫实在太忙,不能会见客人。

在上面试题中, 只说 too expensive 也是可以的, 说 much too expensive, 则进一步提高了 too expensive 的程度。

练习

请做下面的英语试题：

  1. “Can you go to the movies tonight?” “No, I have ____ much work to do.”

A. too many B. too C. too much D. many too(Michigan)

  1. Prof. Flynn found no students in the lecture hall when he arrived. Only then did he realize

much too/too much 2^{2}

that he came ____ early. A. too much B. so much C. much too D. much so

  1. If negotiations for the new trade agreements take ____ critical food shortages will develop in several countries. A. too much longer B. much too long C. the longest D. the longer

  2. If it were too far from the Sun, the Earth would be too much cold to support any living A B C D thing. (TOEFL)

  3. Allen had to call a taxi because the box was ____ to carry all the way home. A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much(全国高考,03-23)

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much too/too much2

问

（1）He moved away from his parents, and missed them ____ enjoy the exciting life in New York. A. too much to B. enough to C. very much to D. much so as to(全国四级,91.6-64)

规定的答案为 A (too much to)。但它与下列试题的答案(答案为 B)有矛盾：

(2) It was ____ late to catch a bus after the party, therefore we called a taxi. A. too very B. much too C. too much D. far(上海高考,95-21)

答

试题(1)中的 too much 与试题(2)中的 too much 虽然形式相同,但语法结构是不同的。前一个 too much 中的 much 并不作其他词的修饰语,而是作 missed 的状语。missed too much to 符合“too + 形容词或副词 + to do”的格式,表示“太……以致不能”。而后一个 too much 中的 much 是 late 的修饰语。选项 C too much late to 不符合“too + 形容词或副词 + to do”的格式,而必须改为“much too late to”的格式(即选项 B)。见 much too/too much 1^{1} 。

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