【问】 “Let's have dinner in the hotel dining room. ”
 “Oh，I'm afraid it may be _______ expensive. ”
 A. too much B. much too
 C. greatly D. very great(TOEFL，70. 6)
 我认为应当选A，但答案却是B。
 【答】 在too much搭配中，too作much的修饰语。表示超越了much的正常程度。
 1. You're asking too much. (Snow)
 你问得太多了。
 2. He protested too much to be sincere. (CGEL)
 他反对的太多，不可能是真诚的。
 在much too搭配中，much作too的修饰语，增强too的程度：
 1. I'm much too tired to go out.
 我实在累得不能出去了。
 2. I'm afraid my husband is much too busy to see visitors. (Snow)
 很遗憾，我丈夫实在太忙，不能会见客人。
 在上面试题中，只说too expensive也是可以的，说much too expensive，则进一步提高了too expensive的程度。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. “Can you go to the movies tonight? “ “ No，I have________ much work to do. ”
 A. too many B. too
 C. too much D. many too(Michigan)
 2. Prof. Flynn found no students in the lecture hall when he arrived.Only then did he re-alize that he came_________early.
 A. too much B. so much C. much too D. much so
 3. If negotiations for the new trade agreements take______critical food shortages will de-velop in several countries.
 A. too much longer B. much too long C. the longest D. the longer
 1. it were too the Sun， the Earth would be cold to support living thing.(TOEFL，85.12)