A. where B. which C. whose D. that

答案【C】考查定语从句。development与先行词cities之间是所属关系，所以选whose。句意是：在中国，城市的数量在增加，城市的发展被全世界意识到。所以选择C。

(10福建)24. Stephen Hawking believes that earth is unlikely to be the only planet       life has developed gradually.

A. that B. where C. which D. whose24. 答案：B

考点：定语从句

解析：先行词为planet，表示地点，故用where。

(10湖南) 28. I've become good friends with several of the students in my school         I met in the English speech contest last year.

A. who             B. where            C. when             D. which

28. 答案：A

考点：考查定语从句。

解析：该空引导定语从句修饰表示人的先行词the students，且在从句中作met的宾语，故选关系代词who，即A项。

(10江西) 31 The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training centre with her sister ______ she would stay for an hour.

A where         B who           C which             D what

答案：A

考点：考察定语从句。

解析：先行词为centre, she would stay for an hour 不缺宾语或主语, 故要填状语, 表地点用where。

(10山东)24. That’s the new machine ______ parts are too small to be seen.

A. that         B. which         C. whose      D. What

答案：C

考点：本题考查定语从句的引导词。

解析：句意应为“那就是那台零部件小得几乎看不见的新机器。”空格处引导定语从句并且在从句中作定语使用，所以使用whose。

38. Wind power is an ancient source of energy        we may return in the near future.

A. on which         B. by which          C. to which          D. from which

答案：C

考点：此处考查的是介词加疑问词引导从句

解析：考察介词+which的用法。=Wind power is an ancient source of energy whichthat

we may return to in the near future.

(10天津)8. Can you believe I had to pay 30 dollars for a haircut?

You should try the barber’s         I go. It’s only 15.

A. as          B. which     C. where       D. that

答案：C.

考点：考查定语从句。

句意：—你能相信我理一次发得花20美元吗?—你应该到我去的那家理发店试试，只需要15美元。

解析：句中the barber’s 是先行词，从句中go 是不及物动词，所选关系代词在从句中作状语，所以要用where。

(10四川)10.After graduating from college，I took some time off to go travelling，        turned out to be a wise decision.

A.that     B.which      C.when       D.where

答案：B

考点：考查定语从句。

解析：此处应为which引导的非限制性定语从句，which代替前边整个句子。句意为：“大学毕业后，我们休假一段时间去旅游，这结果证明是一个明智的决定。”

(10全国Ⅰ)24. As a child , Jack studied in a village school ,_____ is named after his grandfather.

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

24题  答案：A

句意：还是孩子的时候，Jack 在以他祖父命名的乡村学校学习。

解答：根据选项此题考察从句，空格设置在名词school后，且school后有逗号，此题考察非限定性定语从句。定语从句所修饰的先行词是school，它在定于从句中做主语，因此使用关系代词，选项中的关系代词只有which和that，由于是非限定性定语从句，不能使用that，因此选择A。

(10江苏)32. The newly built café, the walls of_______ are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, specially after hard work.

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

选D定语从句表示咖啡屋的墙

(陕西)11. The old temple _______ roof was damaged in storm is now under repair.

A. where    B. which    C. its     D . Whose

11. 答案：D.

考点：考查定语从句。[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]

解析：所填词引导定语从句，先行词是the old temple，关系词在从句中做roof的定语，用关系代词whose，选D。其余选项与题意不符。

(10全国Ⅱ)16. I refuse to accept the blame for something ________was someone else’s fault.

A. who   B. that  C. as   D. what[来源:Zxxk.Com]

答案：B

考点：定语从句。

解析：不定代词something作主语，用that引导。

(10湖北)77. My mother was so proud of all ________(我所做的)that she rewarded me with a trip to Beijing. (do)

77. 答案：that I had done

考点：定语从句

解析：先行词是 “all”的时候，定语从句只能由 “that”引导，又因为主句是一般过去时，“我”所做的事情是过去已经完成的事情，所以要用过去完成时。

80. ________(正如我们强调的那样)many times, “serve the people” is our first policy. (stress)

80. 答案：As we have stressed

考点：非限定性定语从句

解析：当句子以整个主句作为先行词，又放在主句前的非限定性定语从句只能由 “as”来引导，主句的内容作定语从句谓语动词的宾语

(北京)27. Children who are not active or        diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.

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

27. 答案：B

考点: 本题考查定语从句关系副词的选择。

解析：不爱运动或者饮食热量偏高的孩子们会很快发胖。较简单。本定语从句不缺成分，为主系表结构，因此只能在考虑填关系副词。A中的What不能引导定语从句。选B. whose谁的，符合题意。

(重庆)28. In china, the number of cities is increasing ________development is recognized across the world.

A. where B. which C. whose D. that

28. 答案C

考点：考查定语从句。

解析： development与先行词cities之间是所属关系，所以选whose。句意是：在中国，城市的数量在增加，城市的发展被全世界意识到。

(10浙江)3.The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people, many of        left their village home s for a better life in the city.

A.whom  B.which   C.them  D.those

答案：A

考点：本题考查定语从句引导词。

解析：由many之后的逗号和选项特征，此处是主从句关系，排除C、D项。由于先行词是“1,000 people”，表示人，故用whom。句意为：这里居住着将近1000人，他们中的许多人都背井离乡去城市追求更好的生活。

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(09安徽)1. A good friend of mine from           I was born showed up at my home right before I left for Beijing.

A. how                   B. whom

C. when                  D. which

【答案】C

(09安徽)2. Many children，          parents are away working in big cities，are taken good care of in the village.

A. their                B. whose

C. of them               D. with whom

【答案】B

(09北京)3. —What do you think of teacher ,Bob?

—I find it fun and challenging. It is a job ___ you are doing something serious but interesting .

A. where     B. which      C. when      D. that

【答案】B

(09福建)4. It’s helpful to put children in a situation         they can see themselves differently.

A. that          B. when         C. which           D. where

【答案】D 考查定语从句。先行词是situation，指物，亦可指地点，关系词在从句中做地点状语，用关系副词where，选D。

(09湖南)5.I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city        name will create a picture of beautiful trees and green grass in our mind.

A. which  B. of which  C. that  D. whose

【答案】D 考查定语从句。先行词在定语从句中充当定语，意思为这个城市的名字。

(09江西)6. The house I grew up ________ has been taken down and replaced by an office building.

A. in it      B. in      C. in that       D. in which

【答案】B 考查定语从句。The house ( which / that I grew up in ) , 主语后面紧跟的是定语从句。

(09海南)7. She brought with her three friends, none of            I had ever met before.

A. them     B. who

C. whom     D. these

【答案】C。 考查定语从句中的非限制性定语从句。句意为：她带着她的三个朋友，他们三个中没有一个人我曾见过。表示“部分的词语+of+关系代词” 在非限制性定语从句指人只能用whom。

(09山东)8. Whenever I met her, _________ was fairly often, she greeted me with a sweet smile.

A. who         B. which         C. when        D. that

【答案】B非限制性定语从句，指代前面一个句子，故用which.

(09陕西)9. Gun control is a subject     Americans have argued for a long time.

A. of which     B. with which   C. about which    D. into which

【答案】C 考查定语从句，先行词是Gun control，指物，关系词在从句中做介词的宾语，介词前置，介词与从句动词构成搭配argue about sth，选C。

(09四川)10. She’ll never forget her stay there ________ she found her son who had gone missing two years before.

A. that     B. which   C. where       D. when

【答案】D 考查定语从句的用法。her stay为先行词，可以理解为抽象的一段时间(她呆在那里期间)，when指代her stay在定语从句中做时间状语。

(09天津)11. A person ______ e-mail account is full won’t be able to send or receive any e-mails.

A. who     B. whom    C. whose   D. whoever[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]

【答案】C

(09天津)12 I travel to the Binhai New Area by light railway every day, _____ do many businessmen who live in downtown Tianjin.

A. as         B. which       C. when       D. though

【答案】A

(09浙江)13.I have reached a point in my life ______ I am supposed to make decisions of my own.

A. which   B. where   C. how    D. why

【答案】B

(09重庆)14. Life is like a long race _____we compete with others to go beyond ourselves.

A. why       B. what

C. that      D. where

【答案】D

(09全国2 )15. My friend showed me round the town,       was very kind of him.

A. which         B. that         C. where        D. it

【答案】A 考查非限制性定语从句(这儿的which指代前面整句话内容。

(2011全国卷I) 31.The prize will go to the writer ________ story shows the most imagination.

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

(2011全国卷II)7.Ted came for the weekend wearing only some shorts and a T-shirt,   ____ is a stupid thing to do in such weather.

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

(2011北京卷)26.Mary was much kinder to Jack than she was to the others, _________, of course, make all the others upset.

A.who B.which C.what D.that

(2011上海卷) 39.You’ll find taxis waiting at the bus station ____ you can hire to reach your host family.

A.which B.where C.when D.as

(2011山东卷)32.The old town has narrow streets and small houses _____are built close  to each other.

A.they       B.where   C.what     D.that

(2011江西卷)34.She showed the visitors around the museum, the construction _____had taken more than three years.

A.for which B.with which C.of which D.to which

(2011江苏卷)24.Between the two parts of the concert is an interval, _______ the audience can buy ice-cream.

A.when           B.where        C.that            D.which

(2011安徽卷)28.Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, _____ it will keep for two or three weeks.

A.when     B.which     C.where   D.while

(2011浙江卷)8.English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, each of ____ uses it somewhat differently.

A.which  B.what  C.them  D.those

(2011浙江卷)10.A bank is the place ______ they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

A.when  B.that  C.where  D.there

(2011福建卷)24.She has a gift for creating an atmosphere for her students ____ allows them to communicate freely with each other.