Question

Oscars, in fact, Academy Awards are said to be dramatically named after a librarian’s uncle,_______ just because the Statuette looked like him.

1. A.
   in whose honor the prize was given
2. B.
   for whom the prize was given
3. C.
   whom the prize was given for him
4. D.
   in whom honor the prize was given

Answer 1

A
試題分析：這是定語從句，uncle是先行詞，又因?yàn)閕n one’s honor以某人的名譽(yù)。句意：奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)實(shí)際上是奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)，據(jù)說它是以一個(gè)圖書管理員的叔叔而命名的，以他的榮譽(yù)頒獎(jiǎng)式因?yàn)榈裣裉貏e像他的樣子。根據(jù)句意故選A。
考點(diǎn)：考查定語從句的用法。
點(diǎn)評：本題難度適中。定語從句是英語語法中非常重要的內(nèi)容，在閱讀和理解過程中起著極其重要的作用。定語從句的考查關(guān)鍵在于定語從句的成分分析，需要考生有分析理解復(fù)雜的句子結(jié)構(gòu)的能力。
即學(xué)即練：They explained the reason to us _____ they had hated us before.
A. whose   C. whom   B. why   D. that
解析：B。句意：他們向我們解釋為什么他們不喜歡我們的原因。