In the operation two armed robbers were killed and _______ were

In the operation two armed robbers were killed and _______ were captured.
A、rest
B、others
C、the rest
D、the other
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：译文：在这次行动中，两名武装抢劫分子被杀，其余的被逮捕。本题考查固定用法。由题干可知，空缺处应表示“剩下的人”的意思，C项the rest符合题意；A项rest缺少the；B项应为the others；D项通常用于两种物或人,用法为one...the other。答案为C。