2012年英语高考试题分类解析
【考点10】定语从句
【2012浙江卷】17. Ellen was a painter of birds and of nature, _____, for some reason, had withdrawn from all human society.
A. which B. who C. where D. whom
【答案】B
【解析】who引导非限定性定语从句，在从句中做主语，修饰先行词Ellen（人名）。Which修行先行词是物的定语从句；whom修饰先行词为人，且在从句中做宾语；where修饰先行词是地点名词，且在从句中地点状语，均不符合语境，故排除。
【2012浙江卷】9. We live in an age more information is available with greater ease than ever before.
A. why B. when C. to whom D. on which
【答案】B
【解析】when引导定义从句，在从句中做时间状语，修饰先行词an age（时代）. 此处的when=at which。
【2012江苏卷】22. After the flooding, people were suffering in that area,_______ urgently needed clean water,
medicine and shelter to survive.
A. which
B. who
C. where
D. what
【答案】B
【解析】指人的先行词people在非限制性定语从句中充当主语，所以用关系代词who引导。故选B项。
【2012重庆卷】29. Sales director is a position ______ communication ability is just as important as sales
A. which
B. that
C. when
D. where
【答案】D
【解析】“position”为先行词，后面是其定语从句，关系词在从句中作的是地点状语，因此，应该使用关系副词“where”来引导定语从句。因此，正确答案为D选项。
【2012四川卷】13. In our class there are 46 students, _____ half wear glasses.
A. in whom
B. in them
C. of whom
D. of them
【答案与解析】
而应用关系代词whom引导定语从句；在46个学生当中，表所属，应用of。故答案选C。
【2012陕西卷】14. It is the third time that she has won the race, ______ has surprised us all.
A. that
B. where
C. which
D.
what
[2012陕西卷]【答案与解析】C 考查定语从句。所填词前有逗号，是非限制性定语从句，先行词是整个主句，关系词在从句中做主语，选C。其余选项与题干不符。
【2012北京卷】26. When deeply absorbed in work, ______ he often was，he would forget all about eating or sleeping.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. when
26. B。非限制性定语从句，which作表语。
【2012全国II】8. That evening, _____ I will tell you more about later, I ended up working very late.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. when
【答案 【解析’t ______you haven’t recovered from the knee injury.
A. until
B. before
C. to consider
D. unless
30.【考点】状语从句
【答案】 C
【解析】短语语境表示“抱歉，你不能继续训练因为你膝盖受的伤还没有恢复。”由此可知，空白处后面为原因状语从句，C选项符合题意。因此，正确答案为C选项。
【2012山东卷】32. A number of high buildings have arisen _______ there was nothing a year ago but ruins. A. when
B. where
C. before
D. until
32.【答案解析where引导地点状语从句，表示“在……地方”。 句意：很多高楼在一年前还是废墟的地方矗立起来了。
【2012山东卷】27. He smiled politely ______ Mary apologized for her drunken friends. A. as
B. if
C. unless
D. though
27.【答案
【解析as引导这个时间状语从句，这里smile和apologize同时进行，as意为：当…的时候。句意：当玛丽为她喝醉了朋友道歉时，他礼貌地微笑着。
【2012福建卷】30. It is hard for the Greek government to get over the present difficulties_________ gets more financial support from the European Union.
A. if B. unless C. because
D. since
【考点】考查从句的连词
【答案】B
【解析】根据句意可知“除非有来自欧洲联盟的更多的经济支持，否则希腊政府很难克服目前的困难”，只能选择unless“除非”才能使句意完整。考查状语从句的连词题事实上非常简单，只要找到句中的关键词，然后从句意上去排除就行了，本题关键词是hard和more financial support。
【2012江西卷】31．You can borrow my car
you promise not to drive too fast.
A．unless
B．even if C．in case D．as lone as
31答案：D考点：状语从句
解析：句意为只要你保证不开得太快，你就可以把我的车借走。A.unless除非，B.even if即使，C.in case以防万一，D.as long as只要。选D。
用法
【解析】A项意为“”；B项意为“”；C项意为“”；D项意为“”。
【2012四川卷】10. If you happen to get lost in the wild, you’d better stay ______ you are and wait for help.
A. why
B. where
C. who
D. what
10.【答案与解析】 where引导的地点状语表明主句动作发生的地点，即：你最好呆在你现在所在的地方。故选B。
【2012陕西卷】18. Hot _______the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.
A. although
B. as
C. while
D. however
【答案与解析】B 考查状语从句。hot是做从句的表语，提前说明从句时倒装，即as引导的让步状语从句中，要将从句中的表语，状语，或动词原形提到as之前，故选B。
【2012陕西卷】25. All the photographs in this book, _______ stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.
A. unless
B. until
C. once
D. if
【答案与解析】A 考查状语从句。题干意思是：除过被标明的以外，书中其余所有的图片都可以追溯到20世纪50年代。所填词表条件，从句用了省略句，引导词意思是：除非，如果不，选A。
【2012北京卷】21. —Look at those clouds!
—Don’t worry. ______ it rains, we’ll still have a great time.
A. Even if
B.As though
C. In case
D. If only
21. A。考查状语从句连接词。even if 即便，as though似乎，in case 以防，if only要是…多好。
【2012全国II】11. I had hardly got to the office ______ my wife phoned me to go back home at once.
A. when
B. than
C. until
D. after
【答案 【解析25. I don't believe we've met before,
I must say you do look familiar.
A. therefore
B. although
C. since
D. unless