2. 关系代词 who与which混淆错用
* e# V7 x# O& S C+ I- \ 解题要点:在written Expression (16-40题)中的四个选择答案中出现who 或者which,应确认它所指代的是人还是物。* S3 H, p7 j5 s$ \# \
全直例题分析
4 r9 o( h N* ~; w! L (1)Fossil remains indicate that squidlike creatures called belemnites swam in the sea who covered the North American continent 70 million years ago. (94.5)
$ O! r6 V. U' @( l8 i" z7 h" K [答案] C 关系代词who指代的是sea,因此应用指物的which或that.3 z9 C% ~" U. M
(2)Vaccines for some rare diseases are given only to persons which risk exposure to the disease. (93.1)
# e/ A3 x, Y3 C* W [答案] B 关系代词which指代前面的persons,应改为人称关系代词who.
; v6 a$ Q0 J6 p4 n (3)Anne Elizabeth McDowell is best remembered for a weekly journal, the Woman*s Advocate, who she launched in January 1855. (91.8)
7 r, a' |" c, i& I9 n [答案] D 关系代词who指代杂志the woman*s Advocate,故应改为which.: w1 o$ ~0 s8 T
(4) The attorney general of the United States advises the President on any questions of law who may arise in the conduct of administrative affairs. (90.10)+ S! P/ {" `$ q, h5 ~
[答案] B 关系代词who指代前文的questions of law,故应改为which或that.+ _. n1 o$ Y u& B
3. 介词+关系代词which结构
1 X& p/ O8 B7 P: I6 `# X4 X5 | 解题要点 介词+which作用相当于一个关系副词,在从句作状语。可表示时间(=when) ,地点(= where) ,原因(=why)等等。
1 R' h2 ~1 R) f$ [1 r0 ^; L! w 全真例题分析+ _7 P4 W; H7 \3 ?1 v; \# x
(1) In reorganizing the curriculum of Mt. Holyoke College in the late 1800*s Elizabeth Mead laid the foundation —— the modern college rests.
( s4 E& ]0 j1 a- B (A) is which
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(C) which is on
! o8 K4 H) T- W (D) on it (91.1)
+ ]# }) w3 |6 q$ V0 W$ i( J6 J [答案] B on which 指代on the foundation ,作用相当于一个表示地点的关系副词。 |