6)They have made another wonderful discovery, ______ of great importance to science.

A. which I think is
B. I think which is
C. which I think it is
D. I think of which is

解题思路:英语中的连接词通常都是放在从句的最前面,据此,可以排除B、D选项;A、C的区别点是it, 想一下本节的第一题,就能正确选择答案A了。此类题目中,I think应理解为插入语,要熟知这种形式,

又如:

He is the man ______ I suppose is capable of finishing this task.

该题应填who而不是whom

(在从句中)当状语时:关系副词where及when

where : 当先行名词在从句中当地址状语时,用关系副词where连接

比如:

The crime rate rises in cities where the unemployment rate increases. (失业率高的城市犯罪率也高。) 句中的where = in cities, 表示行为发生的地址。

这里的要素是能否区别是用that (which) 还是用 where, 即:是做主语、宾表语,还是做地址状语,比如:

I love the small town that we visited last week.

句中town做动词visited的宾语,即参观过的小镇,故用that连接。

I love the small town where I lived during my childhood.

句中town 是动词lived的地址,即童年时住过的小镇,故用where.

这也是定语从句的一个考试知识点。

when : 当先行名词在从句中当时间状语时,用关系副词when连接, 比如:

July is the month when we have a lot of rain. (7月是多雨的月份。)

注意when定语从句后推的现象,比如:

I think (that) the day will finally come when air pollution can be put under control. (我觉得空气污染得以控制的一天最后会来到。)

放在主句后面作非限拟定语从句时(前面一般加,号),when一般译为此时,那时, 比如:

The meeting will be put off until next month, when we will have made all the preparations. (会议将推迟到下月,那时所有就筹备就绪了。)

另一个关系副词是why,因为它固定与the reason搭配, 即: the reason why,不难理解,一般也不作为考试的重点。比如:

This is the reason why the electronic computer cannot entirely1 replace man. 这就是(为何)电子计算机不可以完全代替人是什么原因。

whose (= of which / whom):做先行词(无论是人还是物)的定语,汉语为的,不要考虑是不是是限制性或非限制性定语从句, 比如:

Pay attention to that boy whose temperature is very high. (理论上也可以写成:Pay attention to that boy the temperature of whom is very high. 注意那个男生,他的体温非常高。(非限制性) / 注意那个体温非常高的男生。(限制性)

介词 + which (whom)

先看两个句子:

This is the house. He has lived in the house for over 30 years.

变为定语从句

This is the house in which he has lived for over 30 years.

上述句子中,先行词在从句中充当介词宾语,形成介词 + which / whom的形式,考试时需要作出1)需不需要介词;2)若要,用什么介词的判断。因为英语中介词搭配多为习惯使用方法,没多少规律可循,因此这是定语从句考试的一个难题。

记住四个字:瞻前顾后

瞻前:先看看先行词一般与什么介词搭配,比如:

There are occasions _____ which joking is not permissible2.

Joking is not permissible _____ (certain) occasions.

常与occasion搭配的介词是什么?on, 即:

Joking is not permissible on (certain) occasions. (有些场所是不容许开玩笑的。)

There are occasions on which joking is not permissible.

顾后:看看谓语动词常与什么介词搭配,比如:

This car, ____ which I paid a lot of money, is now out of date.

I paid a lot of money ______ this car.

Pay (money) for something 是一个固定的搭配,因此应填介词 for

当A、B、C、D中出现 介词 + which / whom 选项时,而你又确实看不明白时,应倾向于选择 介词 + which / whom的形式,比如:

The two elements _____ water is made are the gases oxygen and hydrogen.

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

倾向选择C、D;正确答案D,be made of (由组成):

The two elements are gases (oxygen and hydrogen).

Water is made of the two elements.

两个句子一合并,便是该句选择