Question

If you want to keep the books ___， you need to renew them. (long)

Answer 1

你好, 应该是：

longer

If you want to keep the books（ longer）, you need to renew them.

译为：如果你想借书长时间更长些，你需要去续借

之所以要填写longer

是因为是与之前的借阅时间进行比较

是更长了所以要用比较级

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Answer 2

你好，同学，才看到你向我们团队发来的求助题，现在为你解答

答案：填longer

即：If you want to keep the books longer, you need to renew them.

解析：这是一道用括号中所给的单词的适当形式填空题，样的题型经常在中考，高考等各种英语考试中出现，主要考查学生对单词的灵活运用能力，学以致用。本题所给的是原形long，而根据句意，空中要填的是形容词的比较级，保留的更长一些，所以填longer

翻译：如果你想借（保留）这些书更长一些，你需要续借它们。

附：形容词和副词比较级的用法

①用于两者比较，表示“比…更…”：

（A）.“A+系动词+形容词比较级+than+B,

eg.I am two years older than my little sister.

(B).“A+谓语动词+副词比较级+than+B：

eg. She gets to school earlier than the other students.

②用于两者之间的同级比较，表示“…和…一样”：

(A).“A+系动词+as+形容词原级+as+B,

eg.Bill is as funny as his father.

(B).“A+谓语动词+as+副词原级+as+B”

eg.Lucy speaks Chinese as well as Lily.

③表示甲在某方面不如乙：

(A).“A+系动词+not as／so+形容词原级+as十B”

eg.These books aren’t as interesting as those.

(B).“A+助动词／情态动词+not+谓语动词+as／so+副词原级+as+B”

eg.She didn’t sing so well that night as she usually does.

④表示某个范围内的两者相比：

“A十动词十the+比较级+of短语（比较范围）”

eg.Penny is the taller of the two girls.

Penny是这两个女孩中较高的一个。

⑤表示“越来越…”：“比较级+and+比较级”

eg.In spring the days are getting longer and longer.

在春天，白天变得越来越长。

⑥表示“越…越…”：“the+比较级…the+比较级”

eg.The more you practice using English,the better you’ll learn it .

你英语练得越多，就会学得越好。

① 可以用much/a lot /many(...得多)any(...一些)

even/still(...更)a bit/a little (...一点)far,等修饰比较级表示程度，但决不可用very修饰。

eg.Tom is a little taller than Mike.Tom比Mike稍高一点。

It is even colder today than yesterday. 今天甚至比昨天更冷。

⑧在比较级中,为了避免重复,可用that或those代替前面提到过的事情。

eg.The weather here is much hotter than that of our hometown.

这儿比我的老家热得多。

The pants in this shop are a lot better than those in that shop.

这家商店的裤子比那家商店的裤子质量好得多。

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