请看下面的一道题,是考查one…the other还是考查one…another?
Her lecture was hard to follow because she kept jumping from one subject to _________.
A. other B. the other C. the others D. another
【分析】此题容易死套搭配 one … the other…而误选B,其实最佳答案为D。使用one…the other … 时,我们通常是针对两者而言的,即指“两者中的一个……,另一个……”;如果所谈论的情况不是针对两者而言的,而是针对多者而言的,那么我们就不宜在 one 后使用 the other,而考虑用 another。又如(答案均选D,即选 another):
(1) Those cakes are wonderful. 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。