高考英语真题：定语从句

英语高考试题分类解析

【考点10】定语从句

【2012浙江卷】17.___________________ Ellen was a painter of birds and of nature, _____, for some reason, had withdrawn from all human society.

A. which

B. who

C. where

D. whom

【答案】B

【解析】who引导非限定性定语从句，在从句中做主语，修饰先行词Ellen（人名）。Which 修行先行词是物的定语从句；whom修饰先行词为人，且在从句中做宾语；where修饰先行词是地点名词，且在从句中地点状语，均不符合语境，故排除。

【2012浙江卷】9. ___ W e live in an age more information is available with greater ease than ever before.

A. why

B. when

C. to whom

D. on which

【答案】B

【解析】when引导定义从句，在从句中做时间状语，修饰先行词an age（时代）. 此处的when=at which。

【2012江苏卷】22. After the flooding, people were suffering in that area,_______ urgently needed clean water,

medicine and shelter to survive.

A. which

B. who

C. where

D. what

【答案】B

【解析】指人的先行词people在非限制性定语从句中充当主语，所以用关系代词who引导。故选B项。

【2012重庆卷】29. Sales director is a position ______ communication ability is just as important as sales

A. which

B. that

C. when

D. where

【答案】D

【解析】“position”为先行词，后面是其定语从句，关系词在从句中作的是地点状语，因此，应该使用关系副词“where”来引导定语从句。因此，正确答案为D选项。

【2012四川卷】13. In our class there are 46 students, _____ half wear glasses.

A. in whom

B. in them

C. of whom

D. of them

【答案与解析】C 本题考查定语从句。前后两句话之间无连词，故不能用人称代词them 而应用关系代词whom引导定语从句；在46个学生当中，表所属，应用of。故答案选C。【2012陕西卷】14. It is the third time that she has won the race, ______ has surprised us all.

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. what

[2012陕西卷]【答案与解析】C 考查定语从句。所填词前有逗号，是非限制性定语从句，先行词是整个主句，关系词在从句中做主语，选C。其余选项与题干不符。

【2012北京卷】26. When deeply absorbed in work, ______ he often was，he would forget all about eating or sleeping.

A. that

B. which

C. where

D. when

26. B。非限制性定语从句，which作表语。

【2012全国II】8. That evening, _____ I will tell you more about later, I ended up working very late.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. when

【答案】B

【解析】这里that evening是先行词，其在定语从句中作介词about的宾语，所以用which。句意：以后我将和你谈起的那个晚上，我工作到了很晚。