2012年高考英语试题分类汇编--定语性从句
【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reason, had withdrawn from all human society.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 17. 【考点】定语从句
【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。
【难度】中等
【2012浙江卷】9. __ We live in an age more information is available with greater ease than ever before. A. why B. when C. to whom D. on which 9.【考点】定语从句
【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。 【难度】中等
【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 22. 【考点】定语从句—关系代词 【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。
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【举一反三】由who引导的定语从句?
关系代词who只能指人，在从句中作主语或宾语。如：?
A teacher is a person who passes knowledge to the student.? 教师是传授知识的人。（关系代词在从句中作主语）? The man who can do this work will get 1000 dollars.?
能够做此工作的人将获得1000美元。（关系代词who在从句中作主语） 【难度】一般
【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 29.【考点】定语从句 【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。 【难度】一般
技巧点拨：句意表示“我已经达到人生的一个转折点，应该自己做决定。”先行词是point, 关系词在从句中作地点状语，因此，正确答案为B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
13.【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
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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
A15[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。 【考点定位】考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。
7【2012天津卷】I wish to thank Professor Smith, without_______help I would never have got this far.【B】
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
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