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在复合句中作定语、修饰主句中某一名词或代词的从句叫作定语从句。被定语从句修饰的词叫作先行词;引导定语从句的词叫关系词,包括关系代词that,which,who(whom,whose)和关系副词when,where,why。弄清楚什么是先行词以及关系词在定语从句中所充当的成分,是解题的关键。
关系代词that既可指人也可指物,可以代替who,whom和which。that在定语从句中可作主语或谓语动词的宾语,还可作表语。作宾语、表语时可省略。例如:
1.Do you like music_______makes you relaxed?
A.it B.whatC.who D.that
【解析】先行词music指物,要填的引导词在从句中作主语,关系代词要用that,选D。
2.—The village_______I visited last year has changed a lot.
—Really?I hope to go there one day.A.that B.who C.when
【解析】先行词the village指物,要填的引导词在从句中作visited的宾语,所以关系代词用that,选A。
3.My father is no longer the man that he was.
我的爸爸已经不是过去的样子了。
【解析】关系词that在从句中作表语。
关系代词which指物,在定语从句中可作主语或谓语动词的宾语,作宾语时常可省略。例如:
1.This is my beautiful school_______is near the famous library.
A.where B.which C.who D.when
【解析】先行词school指物,要填的引导词在从句中充当主语,因此关系代词用which,选 B。
2.—Have you found the information about the famous people_______you can use for the report?
—Not yet.I’ll search some on the Internet.
A.who B.whatC.whom D.which
【解析】the information about the famous people意思是“关于著名人物的信息”,先行词information指物,要填的引导词在从句中作use的宾语,因此用关系代词which引导定语从句,选D。
3.—What are you looking for?
—I’m looking for the pen_______I bought yesterday.
A.who B.which C.whose
【解析】先行词the pen指物,要填的引导词在从句中作宾语,因此该空要用关系代词which引导定语从句,选B。
【温馨提示】
先行词指物且在定语从句中作主语或宾语时,通常情况下,关系词既可用that,也可用which。但在下列情况下,先行词指物时,只能用that引导,不能用which引导。
(1)当先行词是不定代词everything,anything,nothing等或被某些不定代词修饰时;
(2)当先行词是序数词或被序数词修饰时;
(3)当先行词是形容词的最高级或被形容词最高级修饰时;
(4)当主句以there be开头时;
(5)当先行词前面有 the very,the only,the same等修饰语时。
1.There are lots of things_______I need to prepare before the trip.
A.who B.that
C.whom D.whose
【解析】先行词things指物,要填的引导词在从句中作宾语,只能用that,选B。
2.I’ve found some pictures of the most interesting places_______you can visit during the winter holidays.
A.where B.which
C.what D.that
【解析】先行词places被形容词最高级the most interesting修饰,要填的引导词在从句中作宾语,因此该空只能选用关系代词that,选 D。
关系代词who指人,在从句中作主语;whom指人,在从句中作宾语,可以省略;先行词在从句中作宾语时,whom可用who代替,如果关系词whom紧跟在介词后,只能用whom;whose既可指人,也可指物,在从句中作定语。例如:
1.Do you know the girl_______is singing in the classroom?
A.who B.which C.when
【解析】句意为:你认识正在教室里唱歌的那个女孩吗?先行词the girl指人,要填的引导词充当定语从句中的主语,因此该空应填关系代词who,答案为A。
2.Jim dislikes people_______ talk much but never do anything.
A.whom B.when
C.whose D.who
【解析】先行词people指人,要填的引导词在从句中作主语,所以选用关系代词who引导定语从句,答案为D。
3.Friends are those_______make you smile,always open their hearts to you and encourage you to succeed.
A.which B.whatC.whom D.who
【解析】先行词those在此指人,要填的引导词在从句中作主语,因此该空选用关系代词who引导定语从句,答案为D。
4.The girl_______you talked with at the school gate is our new math teacher.
A.whose B.which C.whom D.what
【解析】先行词the girl指人,要填的引导词在从句中作talked with的宾语,关系代词要用whom,答案为C。
5.I like the teacher_______classes are very interesting and creative.
A.which B.who C.whatD.whose
【解析】先行词the teacher指人,要填的引导词在从句中充当定语来修饰主语classes,所以关系代词要用whose,答案为D。
6.He is one of the experienced engineers in this company_______hard work was repaid with the development of the company.
A.where B.whose
C.in which D.that
【解析】先行词one of the experienced engineers指人,意思是“众多有经验的工程师之一”,关系代词whose引导定语从句且作定语来修饰work,答案为B。
关系副词when,where,why起连接主句与从句的作用,同时又在从句中作时间状语、地点状语和原因状语。
(一)when指时间,在从句中充当时间状语,且先行词都是表示时间的名词。如time,month,day,hour,date,week,year等。
1.I began to work in Shanghai in the year_______Hong Kong was returned to China.
A.that B.which C.where D.when
【解析】句意为:我是在香港回归中国的那一年开始在上海工作的。先行词the year指时间,关系副词when在定语从句中作时间状语,选D。
2.I can’t forget the time_______the earthquake happened in Yushu.
A.when B.which C.that D.where
【解析】句意为:我不能忘记在玉树地震发生的那一刻。先行词the time是表示时间的名词,关系副词when在定语从句中作时间状语,选A。
(二)where指地点,在定语从句中作地点状语从句,先行词为表地点的名词。如place,room,house,factory,school,city,town,spot等。
1.This is the school_______I studied three years ago.
A.where B.when C.that D.which
【解析】先行词the school为地点名词,关系副词where在从句中作地点状语,选A。
2.—What do you usually do in your leisure time?
—I enjoy reading in the library_______I lose myself in a world of good books.
A.which B.that C.where
【解析】先行词in the library指地点,关系副词在从句中作地点状语,选C。
(三)why表原因,在定语从句中充当原因状语,why的先行词只有一个:reason。
1.I know the reason_______she didn’t come yesterday.
A.which B.that C.why D.where
【解析】先行词the reason表原因,关系副词why在从句中作原因状语,选C。