一般用于疑問句或否定句中，用于never, hardly, without等詞之后，用于if / whether之后。 而some則用于肯定句中，用于建議或請求的疑問句中，用于預(yù)料會作肯定回答的疑問句中，用于表示反問的否定的疑句中。
如：1. I’d been expecting ________ letters the whole morning, but there weren’t ________ for me. (全國卷)
A. some; any????????????????????????
B. many; a few
C. some; one????????????????????????
D. a few; none
【分析】答案選A。前一分句是肯定句，用some，后一分句是否定名句，用any。另外，后一分句的weren’t顯示這是否定句，主語應(yīng)為復數(shù)，排除C和D；many一般不用于肯定句，a few一般用于肯定句，排除B。

2. Let us hope we can settle the matter without ________ more trouble. (全國卷)
A. any???????????????????????????????????
B. a little
C. some?????????????????????????????????
D. little
【分析】答案選A。without表否定，用any。

3. Sarah has read lots of stories by American writers. Now she would like to read ________ stories by writers from ________ countries. (全國卷)
A. some; any??????????????????????????
B. some;some
C. some; other????????????????????????
D. other; other
【分析】答案選C。肯定句中用some表示“一些”，other作定語，意為“別的”。

4. There’s ________ cooking oil left in the house. Would you go to the corner store and get ________ ? (北京卷)
A. little; some????????????????????????????
B. little; any
C. a little; some??????????????????????????
D. a little; any
【分析】答案選A。后句是表示請求的問句中，用some，排除B和D；由后文的意思可知，語氣是否定的，排除C。

5. ―I fee a bit hungry. ―Why don’t you have ________ bread? (全國卷)
A. any???????????????????????????????????????
B. some
C. little???????????????????????????????????????
D. a
【分析】答案選B。表示建議的疑問句中用some。