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紛らわしい関係詞(1)

次の英文の空所に入る最も適当なものを選びなさい。

(1)John didn’t thank me for the present I gave him,    [      ] made me a little angry.   (岩手医科大学)

  (A)  that         (B)  who        (C)  what           (D)  which

前文を先行詞とするので、答えは(D) which

 

(2)(      ) with this and that I have no time for friends. 

1Due   2Since         3What           4Thanks(青山学院大学)絵はえ

what with A and BABやらで」関係代名詞whatを用いた慣用表現

答えは3のWhat

 

(3)私は持っているお金の全てを弟に与えた。(中央大学)

 I gave my brother (      ) money I had.             

1  which            2  what   3  whose            4  whom

 what 名詞 S V=all the 名詞 (that) SV

Sが〜するすべての名詞」

解答は2のwhat

 

(4)  Thousands of people are now taking pictures of   (      ) everyone considered to be an everyday event.

(A)  which        (B)  that         (C)  where      (D)  what (中央大学)

consider O to be…の形に注目。Oが欠けていることに気づく必要あり。

( )の前に先行詞がないことに気づく必要あり。答えはwhat

 

(5) Try to listen to only those (      ) you think are worth listening to.

(玉川大学)                            

  1which        2who    3whom         4whose

 those who…の慣用表現に注目すれば、解答は2だと判明。

 

(6)  It is difficult to frame a definition [    ] is both comprehensive and accurate.

(専修大学)            

   to which        what          of which        that

 a definitionが先行詞で、それに続く関係代名詞はthat

 

(7)About 5.8 million Americans have heart failure, (   ) the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.    

(昭和大学)                                            

  Athe fitness which arises after                            

Bthe fact according to which                              

Ca condition that occurs when                              

Dthe case following that                                         

Ean appearance which expresses

 先行詞のheart failureは「心不全」の意味で、そのあとは、「心不全」の実際の症状の説明にあたる文が続く。正解はC

 

(8)Dave lost his job and was short of money, so (     ). (昭和大学)                 Ait was to sell his flat that he did                 

Bit was to sell his flat what he did       

Cthat he did it was to sell his flat                  

Dit was that he did to sell his flat       

Ewhat he did was sell his flat

 so以下は「仕事を失い、お金に困った」ことによる「選択に迫れた行動」が続く。答えはEとなる。

 

(9)A cold rain falls over what (      ) a thriving, picturesque rural village but is now an empty ground abandoned for many years to weeds.(関西学院大)

ais      bused to be      cis going to be          dmight be

what A used to be/ what A isの応用問題。答えはb

 

(10)There are some students in this class [    ] mother tongue is not Japanese.(大阪医科大学)             ain which        bwho     cwhose         dwhere

その母国語が日本語ではない生徒がこのクラスに何人かいる。

 答えはcwhose