Her lecture was hard to follow because she kept jumping from one subject to _____.
A. other B. the other
C. the others D. another
【陷阱】容易誤選B。選擇依據(jù)可能是one … the other …這一常用結(jié)構(gòu)。
【分析】最佳答案為D。使用one … the other … 時,我們通常是針對兩者而言的,即指“兩者中的一個……,另一個……”;如果所談論的情況不是針對兩者而言的,而是針對多者而言的,那么我們就不宜在 one 后使用 the other,而考慮用 another。又如(答案均選D,即選 another):
(1) Those cakes look delicious. Could I have __________ one?
A. other B. the other
C. the others D. another
(2) I have many such novels. I’ll bring __________ tomorrow.
A. other B. the other
C. the others D. another
(3) Saying is one thing and doing is __________.
A. other B. the other
C. the others D. another
比較以下各例:
(1) Shut _________ eye, Jim.
A. another B. some other
C. other D. the other
答案選 D,因為人的眼睛只有兩只,故用 one … the other … 結(jié)構(gòu)。
(2) It’s sometimes hard to tell one twin from __________.
A. another B. some other
C. other D. the other
答案選 D,twin 意為“孿生子之一”、“雙胞胎之一”,即指兩者之一,故用 one … the other … 這一結(jié)構(gòu)。