Question

8．To her delight，her husband bought her a house，which wastwicethe size ofwhat she had expected，as her birthday present．（size）
讓她高興的是，她的丈夫給她買了房子作為生日禮物，房子是她期盼的兩倍大．

Answer 1

分析 twice the size of

解答 答案：twice the size of．
本句考查倍數的表達法，根據句子的結構可知，此處缺少was的表語，所以可使用twice the size of what she had expected；故答案為what she had expected．
倍數表達的常見方式：
1．"…times+形容詞/副詞的比較級+than …"例如：
This hall is five times bigger than our classroom．這個大廳比我們的教室大 5 倍．
2．"…times+as+形容詞/副詞的原級+as …"例如：
This dictionary is five times as thick as the one you borrowed from the library．
這本詞典的厚度是你從圖書館借的那本（厚度）的 5 倍．
3．"…times+the+名詞（如：size，height，weight，length，width 等）+of …"例如：
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon．地球的體積是月球的49 倍．

點評 翻譯填空題考查的是詞匯的記憶和運用能力，平時要注意積累和運用．