高考英语定语从句的主要考点

考点一考查关系代词whose引导的定语从句

1. A person ________ e-mail account is full won’t be able to send or receive any e-mails. (天津卷)

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. whoever 【解析】C。在所给的四个关系代词中，只有whose能用于名词用作定语，故选C。又如：A bookseller is a person whose job is selling books. 书商就是其职业是卖书的人。

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

A. their

B. whose

C. of them

D. with whom 【解析】B。their是物主代词，不是关系代词，不能引导定语从句，所以不能选；在其余三个选项中，只有whose能用于名词用作定语，故选B。句意为：许多孩子的父母外出到大城市打工去了，他们在家乡被照顾得很好。

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

A. which

B. of which

C. that

D. whose

【解析】D。在所给定的四个关系代词中，只有which和whose能用于名词用作定语，故可排除B和C。而关系代词which和whose用于名词前作定语的区别是：which 具有that或this的语义特征，而whose则具有one’s的语义特征。

考点二考查关系代词which引导的定语从句

1. They’ve won their last three matches, ________ I find a bit surprising. (辽

宁卷)

A. that

B. when

C. what

D. which

【解析】D。that不用于引导非限制性定语从句，故被排除；when可引导非限制性定语从句，但只用于指时间，与句意不符，故也被排除；而what不是关系代词，不能用于引导定语从句，故也被排除；which在此引导非限制性定语从句，并在定语从句中充当动词find的宾语。句意为：他们赢了最后三场比赛，我发现这有点令人吃惊。

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

A. which

B. that

C. where

D. it

【解析】A。由于两个句子之间没有并列连词，所以不能选B或D；而where是关系副词，不能用作主语；which在此引导非限制性定语从句，并在从句中用作主语。又如：Peter drove too fast, which was dangerous. 彼得开车很快，这是很危险的。3. Whenever I met her, ________ was fairly often, she greeted me with a sweet smile. (山东卷)

A. who

B. which

C. when

D. that

【解析】B。that不能用于引导非限制性定语从句，故可排除；when是关系副词，不用作主语，故也可排除；who用于指人，但这里的定语从句不是修饰her，而是修饰whenever I met her，故不能用who，此处应用which。又如：He said that he had never seen her before, which was not true. 他说他从没见到过她，这是不真实的。考点三查关系副词where引导的定语从句

1. Mozart’s birthplace and the house ________ he composed “The Magic Flute” are both museums now. (上海卷)

A. where

B. when

C. there

D. which

【解析】A。由于定语从句he composed “The Magic Flute”的主语和宾语是完整的，所以不能选D；when指时间，不用于修饰表地点的先行词the house，故也不能选；而there不是关系词，不能引导定语从句。

2. It’s helpful to put children in a situation ________ they can see themselves differently. (福建卷)

A. that

B. when

C. which

D. where

【解析】D。由于定语从句they can see themselves differently的主语和宾语是完整的，所以不能选A和C；when指时间，不用于修饰表地点的先行词a situation，故也不能选。

3. Life is like a long race ________ we compete with others to go beyond ourselves. (重庆卷)

A. why

B. what

C. that

D. where

【解析】D。由于定语从句we compete with others to go beyond ourselves的句子结构是完整的，不缺主语或宾语，所以不能选C；why引导定语从句，其先行词只能是the reason，而不用于其他场合，故不能选；what不是关系词，不能用于引导定语从句，故也可排除；where在此引导定语从句，修饰名词race，相当于in which。句意为：人生就像一场长途赛跑，在赛跑中我们为了超越自我而与别人竞争。

4. I have reached a point in my life ________ I am supposed to make decisions of my own. (浙江卷)

A. which

B. where

C. how

D. why

【解析】B。定语从句修饰的先行词是a point，不是my life。point在此相当于一个