—What is the man do you know?—I don’t know exactly. But I think he can be but a teacher

问题补充：

—What is the man, do you know?

—I don’t know exactly. But I think he can be but a teacher.

A. anybody

B. something

C. anything

D. everybody

答案：

A. anybody

B. something

(答案→)C. anything

D. everybody

解析：考查不定代词。句意：。--你知道，那个男士是干什么工作的吗？---我的确不知道。但我认为绝不是一个老师。anything but =not, never表示绝不，根本不，除此之外别的都是。后面可以接名词，代词，形容词，分词及不带to的不定式。He is anything but a teacher. 他决不是一个老师。（后接名词）Ill do anything but that. 我决不干那件事。（后接代词）；nothing but=only表示“只是，只有，只不过，除……而外，什么也没有”。用法与anything but一样。故C正确。