He got up, walked across the room and with a sharp quick movement flung the door widely open. A B C D
(全国研考)
谢振元教授主编的《研究生入学考试英语复习指南(1997)》(中国人民大学出版社)在解答上题时说：“句中的‘wide’本身可作副词，此处不必再加‘-ly’。”既然wide可作副词，为什么下题中的副词wide竟是错误的呢？
Canning is the most wide used method of food preservation. (TOEFL) A B C D
wide既可用作形容词，又可用作副词。当wide与run，open或awake连用时，在词性上是副词,属固定搭配。在其他场合则常常使用 widely。当 wide 修饰 open 与 awake 时作“完全地”解：
-
He left his office door wide open. (ECD) 他让办公室的门敞开着。
-
He was wide awake. (GPU) 他一点儿也没有睡着(他完全醒着)。
-
As they neared the final bedroom, Collet could see the door was wide open. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 他们靠近了最后的那个卧室,科莱看到房门敞开着。(《达·芬奇密码》)
-
The teacher's most widely used and most valuable tool, however, is the blackboard. (AOT) 但是,教师的应用最广泛而又最有价值的工具是黑板。
-
He has travelled widely. (PEU) 他曾四处旅游。
-
They differ widely in opinion. 他们的观点有很大分歧。
-
He seems to be widely known here. (CGEL) 他在这里似乎是很有名气的。请做下面的英语试题：
-
The adult mosquito usually lives for about thirty days, although the life span varied widely with temperature, humidity, and other factors of the environment. (TOEFL)
-
____ the most versatile of the common metals, lead was widely valued and used in ancient times.
A. Among B. It is C. Therefore D. That it is (TOEFL)
- In the river there was a big crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth ____ open. A. deeply B. widely C. deep D. wide