3. ―Have you finished your report yet?
―No, I'll finish in ________ ten minutes.
A. another B. other
C. more D. less
【分析】答案選A。
4. I got the story from Tom and people who had worked with him.
A. every other B. many others
C. some other D. other than
【分析】答案選C。some other people…另外一些和他一起工作的人。
用法四 注意下列固定用法:each other, one another(相互), one after another(一個接一個), “any other +單數(shù)名詞”(別的 / 其他的任何一個)。如:
All of us should help each other. 我們應(yīng)相互幫助。
Tom runs faster than any other boy in his class. 湯姆比他班上其他任何一個男孩都跑得快。
用法五 else只能放在復(fù)合不定代詞或者疑問詞后。如:
Did you see anybody else? 你還看見別的人嗎?
Who else was at the party? 聚會上還有誰?
用法六 the rest既可代替可數(shù)名詞,也可代替不可數(shù)名詞。而another, other, others, the other(s)只能代替可數(shù)名詞。如:
1. I have done much of the work. Could you please finish ________ in two days?
A. the rest B. the other
C. another D. the others
【分析】答案選A。選項中只有the rest能代替不可數(shù)名詞(the work)。
2. Some of the wheat is from Canada. What about ________ ?
A. another B. the other
C. others D. the rest
【分析】答案選D。選項中能替代不可數(shù)名詞(wheat)的只有the rest。