2.3 Comparative expressions

Read the extracts from the interview. Complete the comparative expressions with the words. There are two extra words.

RN:[...] love is a powerful neurological condition. When you fall for someone, it's similar to hunger or thirst, but 1________ permanent.
P: That's not a very romantic image.
RN:Well, no, but it's fascinating. In fact, romantic love has all the 2________ of addiction. [...] You focus on the person, you obsessively think about them and you will take enormous risks to win this person that you're obsessed with. Also, 3________ an addict, you need to see them more and 4________. [...]
First, there's an area deep in the centre of the brain - it's a primitive part of the brain which developed 65 million years ago. [...] The more passionate the love, the more activity there was in that area.
We also found activity in a second area of the brain that becomes active when people eat chocolate! Chocolate can be addictive,5________ like romantic love!
P: And what happens when someone is rejected? Does the activity in those areas of the brain stop?
RN: Unfortunately for the broken-hearted, no. The obsession can get 6________ when you're rejected. We put people into the brain scanner just after their partner had split up with them, and we found that there was as 7________ activity, or even more, than when they were in love.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Love, it seems, is similar      [than, to, as] chocolate in certain ways.
2 This new model of the phone has all the characteristics      [of, from, that] the old one, plus several exciting new innovations.
3         [As, Similar, Like] many seventeen-year-olds, Monica couldn't wait to be eighteen.
4 As young adults come of age, they spend      [more, even, much] and more time thinking about romantic relationships.
5 Every Christmas is         [similar, just, worse] like the last. Can't we do something different this year?
6 If I had as much money      [to, than, as] them, I'd definitely give some of it to charity.

Use the prompts to complete the sentences with the ... the ... structures.
(Nice/hotel, money)
The nicer the hotel, the more money you'll have to pay for a room.

1. (fast/car, petrol)                                     it uses.

2. (long/hike, water)                                     you'll need to take with you.

3. (big/barbecue, sausages)                                   sausages we'll be able to cook.

4. (cute/puppy, chance)                                      there is of finding it a good home.

5. (steep/ski slope, falls and injuries)                                     falls and injuries there are.