【问】 “It takes me just twenty minutes to reach the city from here.” “Do you really drive____?”

A. as fast B. that fast

C. with such fastness D. fast like that (TOEFL，75.2;75. 5)

正确答案为B(that fast)。但不知that的词性和词义。

【答】 that在口语中可以用作程度副词来代替so或very(那么，这么，很，非常)：

1. The roads were that icy! (LEG)

这路上冰这么多!

2. There were two thousand people in the theatre. I didn’t expect it to be that full.(CGEL)

剧院里有两千人，我真没料到会有那么多。

3. How could she sing that well after only one lesson? (MD)

她只上了一次课，怎么会唱得这么好?

4.He’s not that rich.(MD)

他并不那么有钱。

5.It was that dark.(CEU)

天那么黑了。