4. What 引导的名词性从句5 W# p/ [6 i0 O5 g5 D# u$ V
解题要点:what兼先行词和关系代词双重身份,即what = the thing (things) that…。因此考生应特别注意,what既已包含先行词在内,它的前面就不应该再出现先行中心名词。What 与that 的区分是TOEEL常考题目
6 u" S3 ?6 V/ m+ j9 `* E 全真例题分析5 P9 d# G' t% e9 P: v* B6 n" }
(1) During the eighteenth century, Little Turtle was chief of the Miami tribe whose territory became ------- is now Indiana and Ohio.
$ m2 g5 [! e1 d" s3 H# X (A) there
! f0 x: `0 H/ N0 o; B$ k# U (B) where
" q8 Z1 A: H( ^1 Z& T/ X# F1 \ (C) that6 s' D! s2 q3 J! ]
(D) what (93.5)
: D7 k6 R( @/ T$ p [答案] D what = the area that。What所指代的是地点、位置。然而,此句却不可选择(B)where。因为关系副词where不能作从句的主语。只有what即是先行词又是关系代词。
, F9 c5 M! W( `" v# f (2) The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on ------- best in its climate and soil.
. y6 v# s& _1 D (A) it grows
/ J3 j/ \/ z; n7 n, n& Z/ I+ E6 a (B) what grows% s% T" X, }' n. x
(C) does it grow) A" g7 P" }8 h+ C( g
(D) what does grow (90.1). t; C4 n, U: r0 p: O, y
[答案] B what grows = the thing that grows…另请注意:介词后面通常不能接that引导的从句,但可接what引导的名词性从句。
# q5 p `4 v$ \. ?: {; f' ]* Z (3) A hinge joint is ------- permits the forward and backward movement of a door.# g' H9 C1 g5 G" v" k+ R
(A) the# L9 W2 f, Z/ G$ K
(B) what
) j! _+ v, D# L2 e7 x (C) those
; @# b* I5 N5 X' O- F (D) whose (88.10)1 b7 O3 z2 L4 m4 x9 z& {! R9 U8 }
[答案] B what = the thing that…
' |) ^8 s- v0 t. k (4) Essentially, a theory is an abstract. Symbolic representation of ------- reality.: s8 h! g/ m, o1 }
(A) what it is conceived" O' W2 c: y1 O$ w+ @& i
(B) that is conceived9 z/ P2 y5 d- d- t* l
(C) what is conceived to be
% P, {7 D( T, X5 U# w (D) that is being conceived of (89.5)
& D' U% U, C! I" v8 J7 A" A [答案] C what = the thing that (is conceived to be…) .答案(A)中的代词it是多余的,因为what本身即已包含了先行词(the thing ) 和关系代词(that) 。答案(B)中的关系代词that引导的从句不可以置于介词的后面。
/ W# t% N6 k( o (5) Most of the food what elephants eat is brought to their mouths by their trunks. (93.103 n f! @: W- ~5 p$ S- [' u
[答案] B what应改为that。此句已含有先行词food,不能再用关系代词what。) ]/ H+ ]2 s: Z! L2 ]4 Z
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