问题补充:
-----Are you pleased with the play?
------Not at all. It couldn’t have been.
A. worse
B. so better
C. better
D. the worse
答案:
A. worse
B. so better
C. better
D. the worse
解析:考查can/could的否定和比较级连用表示最高级的用法,句意:--你对这幕戏感兴趣吗?--一点也不,不能再糟糕了。It couldn’t have been worse表示最糟糕。选A。