定语从句作为初中英语的难点，在语篇阅读中对定语从句的考查必不可少。因此掌握定语从句的简单用法是非常有必要的。

在做此类试题时，首先确定先行词是指物还是指人，指人就从that, who, whose, whom中选择;指物就从that, which中选择。然后再根据关系词在从句中所作的成分来确定到底应该用哪一个关系词。

1定语从句概述

在复合句中作定语的从句叫定语从句。被定语从句所修饰的词叫先行词,通常位于定语从句之前。引导定语从句的是关系代词that,which,who,whose,whom和关系副词when,where,why。关系代词或关系副词既起连接作用,又充当从句中的一个成分。

2关系代词的用法

一般情况下,that既可指人又可指物,可以代替who,whom和which,在从句中作主语、表语或宾语;which指物,在从句中作主语、表语或宾语;who在从句中作主语、表语或宾语;whom在从句中作宾语;whose在从句中作定语。

A doctor isa person who looks after a patient.

先行词 主语　 谓语　　宾语

句意:医生就是照顾病人的人。

1.下列情况下,先行词指物时,只能用that引导,不能用which引导:

(1)当先行词是all,little,much,none,everything,anything,nothing等代词时。

Is there anything that you don’t understand?你有什么不懂的地方吗?

Tom told his mother all that had happened.汤姆把发生的一切都告诉了他的妈妈。

(2)当先行词前面有the only,the very,the last等修饰时。

This is the only book that I can find.这是我能找到的唯一的一本书。

(3)当序数词或形容词最高级修饰先行词时。

This is the best book that I have ever read.这是我读过的最好的书。

(4)当主句是以特殊疑问词which开头的特殊疑问句时。

Which is the hotel that you like best?哪个是你最喜欢的旅馆?

2.关系代词的省略

一般情况下,关系代词作宾语时可以省略,但关系代词which,whom在从句中作介词的宾语并且介词位于关系代词之前时,不能省略。

I’ll never forget the day on which I joined the club.我永远不会忘记我加入俱乐部的那一天。

注意:that,which,who在从句中作主语时,不能省略。

Who is the boy that is talking with our teacher?正在和我们老师谈话的那个男孩是谁?

3关系副词的用法

This isthe factory where my father works.

先行词 地点状语 主语 谓语

句意:这就是我爸爸工作的那个工厂。

1.when表示时间,在定语从句中作时间状语。

I still remember the year when you graduated from No.8 Middle School.我依然记得你从八中毕业的那一年。

2.why表示原因,在定语从句中作原因状语,其先行词是表示原因的reason一词。

We don’t know the reason why he was late for school.我们不知道他为什么上学迟到。

3.where表示地点,在定语从句中作地点状语。

That is the school where I studied three years ago.那就是我三年前就读的学校。

4定语从句解题技巧

Running Man is a very relaxing TV program which is popular among the young people.

主句：Running Man is a very relaxing TV program

从句：which is popular among the young people

先行词：TV program

关系代词：which

因此,如果确定是考查定语从句,我们就可以排除不是关系代词或关系副词的选项，如：what。

在此过程中要掌握“三看”原则。

(1)一看指人还是物

先行词指人：that,who, whose, whom

先行词指物：that, which, whose

(2)二看句中作何用

主语 who(人), which(物), that(人/物)

宾语 who/whom(人), which(物), that(人/物)

定语 whose(人/物)

状语 where(地点), when(时间), why(原因)

如：My brother likes the stories ______ were written by Mark Twain because they are often humorous. 先行词(the stories)指物,关系词在从句中作主语,可用关系代词which/that。

如：He is the boy ______ I talked with just now. 先行词(the boy)指人,关系词在从句中作宾语,可用关系代词whom/who/that/不填。

如：What‘s the name of the girl ______ father is a doctor?先行词(the girl)指人,关系词在从句中作定语,可用关系代词whose。

如：I still remember the day ________ our new school was built. 从句中不缺成分,先行词(the day)指时间,关系词在从句中作状语,可用关系副词when。

(3)看是否是特殊情况：

关系词只能用

①当先行词是all, little, much, none, everything, anything, nothing等不定代词时。如：

Tom told his mother all that had happened. 汤姆把全部情况告诉了他的妈妈。

②当先行词前面有the only, the very, the last等修饰时。如：

This is the only book that I can find. 这就是我能找到的唯一一本书。

③当序数词或形容词最高级修饰先行词时。如：

The tallest player that plays football for our team is from Shanghai. 为我们足球队踢足球的那个最高的运动员来自上海。

④当先行词既有人又有物时。如：

Let’s talk about the people and the things that we can remember. 让我们谈论我们能够记起的人和事。

关系词只能用

①关系代词放在介词之后。如：

This is the factory in which we once worked. 这就是我们曾经工作过的工厂。

②非限制性定语从句中。如：

This is a famous book, which was written by Lu Xun. 这是鲁迅写的一本有名的书。

③that， those作主语时。如：

Those which are on the desk are English books. 桌子上的那些是英语书。

用

①当先行词为people和those时，只能用who。如：

Those who want to go there come here please. 那些想去那儿的人请来这边。

②当先行词为one, ones, anyone, everyone, none, all(指人)时，只能用who。如：

Anyone who is against us is our enemy. 任何反对我们的人就是我们的敌人。

③先行词指人，而关系代词在从句中作主语时，一般多用who。如：

The man who came here yesterday said he would come again in a few days. 昨天来这儿的那个人说过几天他会再来。

练一练：

1. —What shall we do next?

—Take the advice________ is given by Dr. Bloch.

A. whoB. whichC. whose

【答案】B

【解析】先行词advice，指物体，关系代词应用which.

2.. Mr. Smith _______ is smoking is looking for______he lost yesterday.

A. whom; which B. who; what

C. that; who D. which; where

【答案】B

【解析】先行词Mr. Smith指人，关系代词应用who; 在寻找他昨天丢失的物体，从选项来看，关系代词应用what.

3.. Steve Jobs is one of the personsfounded Apple Computer Company. His death marked the end of an era (时代).

A. whoB. whomC. whichD. /

【答案】A

【解析】从句子结构来看先行词Steve Jobs，指人，且作主语。关系代词应用who.

4.. ---Do you know the girl ______ is talking to the headmaster over there?

---Of course. She is my sister.

A. whoB. whomC. whichD. what

【答案】A

【解析】选A。考查考查定语从句。先行词是the girl，指人，在定语从句中作主语，因此用关系代词who。

5.Foshanis acity has averylonghistory.

AwhoseB. whichC. who

【答案】B

【解析】先行词是Foshan，是地方，引导词用which.

6. The Palace Museum is the best place ______ I’ve ever visited.

A. whoB. whenC. that

【答案】

【解析】选C。考查定语从句。先行词是The Palace Museum，指物，且在定语从句中做visited的宾语，因此选C。

7.--- Do you know the girl_____ is helping the old woman.

-Oh, that's my sister,

A. whomB. whoseC. whoD. where

【答案】

【解析】选C。考查定语从句。先行词是the girl，指人，在定语从句中作主语，因此用关系代词who。

8. —Do you know the lady ______is talking with Mr. Smith?

—Yes, she’s our new chemistry teacher, Miss Brown.

A. whoB. whichC. whom

【答案】A

【解析】选A。先行词是the lady，指人，在定语从句中作主语，因此用关系代词who。

9. I was looking for the pen _____ I bought yesterday when you called me.

A. whoB. whereC. whichD. what

【答案】C

【解析】选C。考查定语从句引导词。前置语为the pen名词，用which代替。what不能作定语从句的引导词。

10. Please pass me the cartoon book ______ has a Mickey Mouse on the cover.

A. whomB. whoseC. whoD. which

【答案】D

【解析】选D。考查定语从句引导词。前置语为the carton book,名词，用which代替。

11. I like the friends _____ to do the same things as me so that we can communicate better with each other.

A. who likesB. what likeC. who like

【答案】 C

【解析】选C。先行词是the friends，指人，在定语从句中作主语，因此用关系代词who, 由于friends是复数，谓语动词用原形。

12. There will be a flower show in the park____we visited last week.

A. whoB. whenC. whatD. which

【答案】D

【解析】考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的现行词the park是“物，在定语从句中充当的是visited的宾语，因此用关系代词which或that引导来引导，故选D.

13. Most studentslike the teachersunderstand them well

A. whoB. whenC. whatD. which

【答案】A

【解析】考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的现行词the teachers是“人”，在定语从句中充当的是主语，因此用关系代词who或that引导来引导，故选A.

14.. Zhang Lili is considered as the most beautiful teachergave her love to her students in danger.

A. whoB. thatC. whomD. which

【答案】B

【解析】考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的现行词the most beautiful teacher是“人”，在定语从句中充当的是主语，因此用关系代词who或that引导来引导，同时先行词受到形容词的最高级修饰，只能用that来引导，故选B.

15.. The English-Chinese dictionarymy father bought for me many years ago is still of great value.

A. whoseB. whenC. whoD. that

【答案】D

【解析】考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的现行词dictionary是“物”，在定语从句中充当的是宾语，因此用关系代词which或that引导来引导，故选D.

16. “What do you think of the school uniforms?” “Very good. I like clothes ______ make me feel comfortable.”

A. thatB. whatC. who

【答案】A

【解析】考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词clothes是“物”，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导。根据句意：你觉得校服怎么样呀?很好，我喜欢让我穿着舒服的衣服。故选A.

17. —What are you looking for?

—I'm looking for the ring ______my husband bought me last year.

A. thatB. whoC. whomD. it

【答案】A

【解析】此题考查引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词是“the ring”表示“物”，故定语从句的引导词用that或which，故选A。

18.. Robert is just one young overseas Chinese ________ has come to visit his ancestor's homeland.

A. whoB. whereC. whenD. which

【答案】A

【解析】此题考查引导词的用法。定语从句修饰的先行词“one young overseas Chinese”表示的是“一个年轻的海外华人”，所以定语从句的引导词用that或who，故选A.

19. — What are you looking for?

— I'm looking for the pen________ my father gave me last week.

A. whoB. whichC. whoseD. whom

【答案】B

【解析】此题考查引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词是“the pen”表示“物”，故引导词用that或which，故选B。

20.—What kind of movies do you like?

—I like the move ______ are about Chinese history.

A. whoB. whomC. whoseD which

【答案】D

【解析】此题考查引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词是“the move”表示“物”，故引导词用that或which，故选D。

21. People often like clothes______can make them look young.

A.whenB.whoC.that

【答案】

【解析】考查定语从句的引导词。定语从句的先行词clothes是“物”，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导，故选C。

22. I can never forget the stories________ my grandma told me.

A. what B. who C. them D. that

【答案】

D

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词the stories是“物”，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导，故选D。

23. The little boy was wrapping the present _____ would be sent to his teacher.

A. whoB. /C. whatD. that

【答案】D

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词the present是“物”，在定语

从句中充当主语，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导，故选D。

24. —There are so many girls over there. Which one is your sister?

—The one ______hat is yellow.

A. whoB. whoseC. thatD. which

【答案】B

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词是the one/girl，在定语从句中充当hat的定语，所以，定语从句的引导词用whose引导，故选B.

25. This is the primary school ______ I studied three years ago.

A. whereB. whenC. thatD. which

【答案】A

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词theprimary school, 在定语从句中充当的是地点状语，所以用关系副词where引导,故选A.

26. It’s interesting that there are many peoplespeak French in Canada.

A. whichB. whereC. who

【答案】C

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词many people是“人”，在定语从句中充当主语，所以，定语从句的引导词用who或that引导，故选C.

27.. Please pass me the cartoon book _________ has a Mickey Mouse on the cover.

A. whomB. whoseC. whoD. which

【答案】D

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词the cartoon book是“物”，在定语从句中充当主语，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导，故选D.

28. —I want to find a partner to practice roller skating.

—My friend Fred is a personmay help you a lot.

A. whichB. soC. whoD. and

【答案】

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词a person是“人”，在定语从句中充当主语，所以，定语从句的引导词用who或that引导，故选C.

29.. —Now many people smoke and get ill.

—So we should do something ______ can help stop smoking.

A. whatB. whoC. /D. that

【答案】D

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词something是不定代词，只能用关系代词that引导，故选D

30.I still remember the time _____we spent together at Xisai Mountain last year.

A. whenB. whatC. whoD. which

【答案】D

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词the time是“物”，在定语从句中充当宾语，所以，定语从句的引导词用which或that引导，故选D.

31. One of the most delicious drinks _____ I like is orange juice.

A. whichB. thatC. whoseD. whom

【答案】

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词是drinks，受到形容词的最高级修饰，只能用that引导，故选B.

32. Success will belong to those ________never say "impossible".

A. whomB. whatC. whoD. which

【答案】

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词those表示的是“人”，在定语从句中充当的是主语，所以用引导词who引导，故选C.

33. —Do you enjoyMy heart will go on?

—No, I prefer songsloud.

A. that isB. which isC. that areD. what are

【答案】C

【解析】此题考查定语从句引导词的用法。定语从句的先行词songs表示的是“物”，所以用引导词which或that引导，同时表示的是名词复数，系动词应用are, 故选C.

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