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“If you want a necklace, I’ll buy one for you at once.” “Oh, no. A necklace is not _________ that I need most.
　　A. anything B. something
　　C. nothing D. everything
　　【分析】此题【分析】容易误选A，实乃机械地套用以下规则：something 用于肯定句，anything 用于否定句或疑问句而造成跌落出题者所挖之陷进。当然此规则在通常情况下是有效的，但此句不属通常用法。

此题的最佳答案应是B，something 在此的意思不是“某种东西”，而是一种类似的特指那种东西”或“这种东西”，即指代心中最想要的那种东西(相当于 the thing)。同样地，下面几题的最佳答案也是 something，而不是 anything：
　　(1) It’s not _________ that we want to talk about; let’s change the subject.
　　A. anything B. something
　　C. nothing D. everything
　　(2) It’s not _________ I enjoy; I do it purely out of a sense of duty.
　　A. anything B. something
　　C. nothing D. everything
　　(3) Self-control is not _________ that comes with your birth.
　　A. anything B. something
　　C. nothing D. everything
　　(4) This is not _________ that would disturb me anyway.
　　A. anything B. something
　　C. nothing D. everything


以下几个经典例句值得大家推敲：


His name is Alan something (= I don't know his other name) .

他的名字叫艾伦什么的。

She's a professor of something or other (= I'm not sure what) at Leeds.

她是利兹大学某个学科的教授。

He's something in (= has a job connected with) television.

他是搞电视的。

a new comedy aimed at thirty-somethings (= people between thirty and forty years old)

一部以三十几岁的人为主要观众的新喜剧


Could there be something in what he said?

他的话会不会有些道理呢？

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

'Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly

“你在暗示我和那些袭击有关吗？”她冷冷地问。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

You're really something.

你真了不起。