【问】 Mary has just bought herself_______ dress.

A. an expensive blue cotton B. a cotton blue expensive

C. a blue expensive cotton D. a cotton expensive blue

这道题对于我来说是很困难的，因为我不知道在一个名词之前有多个形容词时如何安排它们的次序。

【答】 R. A. Close在A Reference Grammar for Students of English中总结出了一个安排形容词顺序的规则，对我们写作和应考很有用，从左到右的顺序是：1.描写性质、特征的形容词

(handsome，ugly)→ 2.描写尺寸大小的形容词(small，large) →3.描写形状的形容词(round，square)→4.描写年龄的形容词(old，young)→5.描写颜色的形容词(red，green)→6. 描写来源(某国、某地)的形容词(French，Chinese)→7.表明制造材料的形容词(silkwooden)→8.说明用途的动名词或形容词(a waiting room，a conference hall)。

作定语的形容词的顺序

因此，上面的试题应选A(an expensive blue cotton)

请做下列试题：

1. “Does the museum have any antique cars?”

“Yes，it has two____. ”

A. old German ones B. German old ones

C. old Germans D. old German(TOEFL，73. 6)

2. The office is equipped with____furniture.

A. steel new black B. new black steel

C. new steel black D. black new steel

3. In 1969，Herman Kahn and a colleague published a list of 100 technical new innovations likely to be invented by the year 2000. (日本模拟题，1982)

4. During the 1936 Olympics，Jesse Owens set a world new record in track and won fourgold medals. (TOEFL，1987. 11)