3. ―Have you finished your report yet?
―No, I'll finish in ________ ten minutes.
A. another B. other
C. more D. less
【分析】答案选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】答案选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(一个接一个), “any other +单数名词”(别的 / 其他的任何一个)。如:
All of us should help each other. 我们应相互帮助。
Tom runs faster than any other boy in his class. 汤姆比他班上其他任何一个男孩都跑得快。
用法五 else只能放在复合不定代词或者疑问词后。如:
Did you see anybody else? 你还看见别的人吗?
Who else was at the party? 聚会上还有谁?
用法六 the rest既可代替可数名词,也可代替不可数名词。而another, other, others, the other(s)只能代替可数名词。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】答案选A。选项中只有the rest能代替不可数名词(the work)。
2. Some of the wheat is from Canada. What about ________ ?
A. another B. the other
C. others D. the rest
【分析】答案选D。选项中能替代不可数名词(wheat)的只有the rest。