不尋常的where

例：You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is _______ I disagree. (NMET 2004)

A. why B. where C. what D. how

where 的用法:

【用法1】 where用作疑問副詞, 在(往、從)哪裡, 在什麼地方:

Where are you? 你在哪兒?

Where did you get the computer (form)? 你從哪兒弄到這臺電腦的?

Where did you study medicine? 你從哪兒學的醫?

【用法2】where用作連線副詞, 引導下列從句：

Where bees are, there is honey. ［狀語從句］哪兒有蜜蜂哪兒就有蜜。

I’m going to do what I like and go where I like. ［狀語從句］我要做我想做的事,去我想去的地方。

I wonder where she lives. ［賓語從句］我想知道她住在哪裡。

It’s really no business of yours where I spend my summer. ［主語從句］

我真不知道她去哪兒了。

I really have no idea where she has gone.［同位語從句］我真不知道她去哪兒了。

The problem is where we should put the vase. ［表語從句］問題是我們把花瓶放在哪裡呢。

【用法3】where用作關係副詞,引導定語從句:

England is one of the few countries where (=in which) people drive on the left. 英國是少數沿左側開車的國家之一。

We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years. 我們後來搬到巴黎,在那裡住了六年。

【用法4】where用於引申意義:

Where will all this trouble lead? ( =What result will it have? ) 這件麻煩的事會惹出什麼結果?

The crisis has reached a point where the receiver will have to be called in.危機已經到達非把破產管理人叫來不可的地步。

Where others are weak, he is strong. 別人的弱點正是他的優勢。

Where the money is, there’s the power. 有錢就有勢。

Can you succeed where others failed? 別人幹砸的事情， 你能幹成嗎？

【用法5】where引導名詞性從句，相當於the place （point）where：

A bird had settled on a tree close to where I was standing. 鳥兒棲息在離我站的地方很近的一棵樹上。

That’s where the battle took place. 那兒就是那場戰役發生的地方。

The car is where you parked it. 車子還在你停放的地方。

That’s where we differ. 這就是我們的分歧所在。

That’s just where we basically disagree with him. 這就是我們同他的根本分歧點。

This is where we help each other. 我們就在這方面互相幫助。

That’s where you are wrong. 你錯就錯在這兒。

【強化訓練】

1. ______ food is difficult to find, few birds remain throughout the year.

A. When B. While C. Where D. Whether

2. Would you please move the table _____ my brother just finished repairing to ____ it stood?

A. that; what B. that; where

C. where; what D. where; where

3. I’m sure you’ve made a mistake, but I can’t make out ______ you went wrong in your calculation.

A. where B. what C. which D. whenever

4. Finally we reached _____ was once an old temple _____ the villagers used as a school.

A. what; where B. where; that C. there; which D. what; which

5. Is there a bus stop around ____ I can take a No. 3 bus?

A. which B. that C. where D. it

6. After more than 10 hour’s walk, they came to _____ they thought was the place ______ they’d been dreaming of.

A. where; where B. what; where C. what; that D. where;that

7. Is this college _______ you intended your son to get higher education?

A. the one B. where C. in which D. that

8.--- Do you have any ideas in mind_____ you’d like to have lunch?

--- It’s up to you.

A. where B. what C. that D. which

9. When was it ____ this traffic accident happened?

A. where B. what C. that D. how

10. Nowadays more and more people are working directly on the Internet ______ all kinds of information are supplied.

A. in which B. by which C. with which D. where

1~5 CBADC 6~10 CBABD