Question

I made a call to my parents yesterday. To my disappointment, ________ of them answered it.

A. either
B. none
C. neither
D. nobody

Answer 1

答案C
前句提到了parents，后句应与其一致，都应用复数形式。又从to my disappointment可知，父母都没有接电话，故用neither，表示“两者中任何一个都没/不……”；either表示“两者中任何一个”，表示肯定；none与nobody用于三者或三者以上。