名师详解语法易错题（02）

比较以下各例：

(1) Shut _________ eye, Jim.

A. another                 B. some other            C. other                    D. the other

答案选D，因为人的眼睛只有两只，故用 one…the other 结构。

(2) It’s sometimes hard to tell one twin from _________.

A. another                 B. some other            C. other                    D. the other

答案选D，twin 意为“孪生子之一”、“双胞胎之一”，即指两者之一，故用 one…the other 这一结构。

29. You are _________ careful than your brother. You two can’t do the work that needs care and skill.   

A. not more             B. no more               C. not less               D. no less

选对此题，至少要弄清两点：一是下文的语境，二是 not more than, no more than 等结构的含义。下文说 You two can’t do the work that needs care and skill(你们两个都不适合做这需要细心和技巧的工作)，这就表明这两个人都不是很仔细的人。再看选项中所涉及的几个结构的意思：

not more … than = 不如……(www.hxen.net)

no more … than = 和……一样不(否定两者)

not less … than = 不如……不（即指不如 less 后形容词的反面）

no less … than = 和……一样(肯定两者)

比较以下各句的意思：

You are more careful than he is. 你比他仔细。

You are not more careful than he is. 你不如他仔细。

You are no more careful than he is. 你和他一样不仔细。

You are less careful than he is. 你不如他仔细（你比他粗心）。

You are not less careful than he is. 你比他仔细（你不如他粗心）。

You are no less careful than he is. 你和他一样仔细。

综合以上分析，上面一题的最佳答案应是B。

30. I want very much to buy a colour TV set, but I can’t afford _________.

A. it                         B. one                      C. this                     D. that

答案选B，但容易误选A。it 和 one 的区别可简单地概括为：it = the + 名词，one = a + 名词。如：

I haven’t any dictionaries, and I want to borrow one. 我没有词典，我想借一本。(one = a dictionary)

I have two dictionaries, and I can lend one to you. 我有两本词典，我可以借一本给你。(one = a dictionary)

I have a dictionary, and I can lend it to you. 我有一本词典，我可以把它借给你。(it = the dictionary)

根据上面一题的语境，句子后半截显然应该是 … but I can’t afford a colour TV set，而不是 but I can’t afford the colour TV set，所以答案选B。

31. I have no idea _________ is better, so I took both of them.

A. what                    B. which                   C. how                     D. why

【分析】此题应选 B。C或D 不能选，是因为它们是副词，不能用作主语。A和 B 均为代词，均可用作主语，其区别是：which 通常指有明确范围的选择，而 what 则通常指没有明确范围的选择，那么到底本句所体现的选择范围是明确还是不明确呢？请注意句中的隐藏信息 better 和 both of them，这说明选择范围是明确的(即只有两者)，故选 B 为佳。