3. 如果宾语从句所陈述的是客观真理，其时态常用一般现在时。例如：

Our teacher said that January is the first month of the year.

Scientists have proved that the earth turns around the sun.

【中考范例】

1. (2004年北京市中考试题)

Miss Green didn’t tell us _______ in 2002.

A. where does she live       B. Where she lives

C. where did she live        D. where she lived

【解析】答案：D。该题考查的是宾语从句的语序和时态。宾语从句应用陈述句的语序和时态，所以应选D。

2. (2004年上海市徐汇区中考试题)

Would you please tell me ________?

A. when did he come home

B. where he would play football

C. if he had seen the film

D. why he didn’t watch the game

【解析】答案：D。该题考查的是宾语从句的语序和时态。主句用的实际上是现在时，宾语从句在这个句子里应用陈述句的语序和一般过去时。

3. (2004年哈尔滨市中考试题)

I don’t know when __________.

A. will the train leave         B. the train will leave

C. would the train leave       D. the train leave

【解析】答案：B。该题考查的是宾语从句的语序和时态。只有B在语序和时态上符合要求。

4. (2004年常州市中考试题)

---We don’t know _____________.

---It is said that he was born in Sweden.

A. what he is                  B. if he lives here

C. where he comes from         D. which country is he from

【解析】答案: C。该题考查的是宾语从句的语序。按照他们谈论的话题可知：他们说的是某人是哪里人。A和B可以排除掉。D的语序不对，只有C正确。

【满分演练】

一. 单项填空

1. Do you know _______ during the coming summer holiday?

A. what will Tom do    B. what did Tom do

C. what Tom will do    D. what Tom did

2. I want to know_________.

A. what is his name      B. what’s his name

C. that his name is       D. what his name is

3. Do you know ________ I could pass the exam?

A. that  B. whether  C. what  D. which

4. Jim doesn’t understand ____________.

A. which is the way to the museum

B. why his wife always goes shopping

C. what is the way to the museum

D. why does she always go shopping

5. ---Could you tell me ______ she is looking for?

A. that  B. whose  C. who  D. which

6. Mr. King didn’t know _______ yesterday evening.

A. when does his son come home

B. when his son comes home

C. when did his son come home

D. when his son came home