问题补充:
——What is the man over there?
——I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be but a teacher.
A. anybody
B. anything
C. nobody
D. nothing
答案:
A. anybody
(答案→)B. anything
C. nobody
D. nothing
解析:本题考查句子的意思和短语的用法:anything but的意思是“根本不是”;结合句子,可以这样理解:“我还不能确定他的身份,但我敢断定,他根本不是教师”。