1.____,the more severe the winters are .
A.the farther you go to the north
B.the farther north you go
2.Water ranks___on the list of all—time safe fluids.
A.high B.highly C.higher D.height
1.____,the more severe the winters are .
A.the farther you go to the north
B.the farther north you go
答：B
译：越往北,冬寒越甚.
析：the more ..., the more...句型.前一句相当于一个条件句=If you go., the winters are more severe.
我们知道,north可以作副词.go north= go to the north. 表示“往北去,到北方去”.
但是,go to the north是不需要再加一副词状语(far)修饰的,要加,也是形容词far:if you go to the far north. 所以A句应为the farther north you go to, ...
而go north,在副词north前可以加上一个程度副词far：go far north, 所以B：the farther north you go,.,才是正确的.
2.Water ranks___on the list of all-time safe fluids.
A.high B.highly C.higher D.height
答：A
译：水在安全液体中一直排名很高.
析：rank是一个不及物动词,不需要宾语,表示“排名”,后需要一个副词.所以排除D.
higher是比较级,句中应有比较对象than any other safe fluid. 排除C.
high 和highly 都可以作副词.前者表示具体可见的“高高地”,如：The plane is flying high. 后者表示抽象的“高度地”如：speak highly of sb. 高度赞扬某人.在一个列表中,从上往下,列出一串的safe fluids, 其物理位置是有high和low的,water 不一定是最高,但也是很高的.
wide, widely, deep, deeply, close, closely, 这几组副词的区别和high, highly 相同.
注：high还可以作形容词.highly只能作副词.
