——Excuse me, is this Mr. Brown's office?
—I'm sorry, but Mr. Brown ____ works here. He left about three weeks ago.
A. not now B. no more C. not still D. no longer(全国高考,90-34)
答案为 D(no longer)。no more 与 no longer 同义,为什么不能选 B 呢?
no longer 与 no more 都作“不再”“再也不”(for no further period of time) 解。有的英语参考书用 no longer 与 no more 的语义不同来解答上道题，这是不正确的。上道题之所以只能选 D，而不能选 B，仅仅是因为 no longer 与 no more 在句中的位置不同。no more 一般位于句尾或句首，而 no longer 则可用于实义动词之前、助动词或连系动词之后，或者位于句尾或句首：
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I see him no more. (CGEL) 我再也见不到他了。
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He still smoked, but he drank no more. (London) 他还在吸烟,但是不再喝酒了。
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I bore the pain till I could bear it no more and had to ask for another injection. (ODCIE) 我忍受着疼痛，直到不能再忍受时才不得不请求再注射一针。
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After the June riots, President Carter had promised Bill that no more Cubans would be sent to Arkansas. (Hillary, Living History) 6月暴动之后，卡特向比尔保证，绝对不会再把古巴难民送到阿肯色州。(希拉里，《亲历历史》)
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He no longer bought books. (London) 他不再买书了。
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They are no longer staying with us. (CGEL) 他们不再跟我们住在一起了。
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He's no longer at school. (CGEL) 他不再上学了。
no longer/not any longer 960
- I see him no longer. (CGEL) 我再不能看到他了。
请做下面的英语试题：
Railroad companies have announced that they will not longer compete with airlines for long distance passenger traffic. (TOEFL)