地点状语从句考题透析

请看下面一道题：

When you read the book, you’d better make a mark _________ you have any questions.

A. at which                 B. at where             C. the place where         D. where

【分析】此题正确答案选D，where 在此意为“在……的地方”，用以引导地点状语从句，全句意为“当你读这本书时，你最好在有问题的地方作一个记号”。但是有的同学却根据试题所提供的选项想当然认为这是一道考查定语从句关系词的选择与辨析的试题，于是在A、B、C三项中绞尽脑汁，当然最终不可能得出正确答案。请做以下试题，看看是考查定语从句还是状语从句：

(1) She found her wallet _________ she lost it.

A. where                    B. when                  C. in which                  D. that

答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(2) The school was built _________ there had once been a church.

A. where                   B. when                   C. in which                   D. that

答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(3) You should let your children play _________ you can see them.

A. where                   B. when                    C. in which                  D. that

答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(4) Now he works in the factory _________ his father used to work.

A. where                   B. when                     C. in which                 D. that

答案选A，where引导定语从句，表示地点。

(5) You should make it a rule to leave things _________ you can find them again.

A. when                   B. where                     C. then                       D. there

答案选B，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(6) After living in Paris for fifty years, he returned to the small town _________ he grew up as a child.

A. where                  B. when                     C. in which                  D. that

答案选A，where引导定语从句，表示地点。

比较以下两句，含义大致相同，但where 的用法不同：第一句中 where 引导的是状语从句，第二句引导的是定语从句：(from www.nmet168.com)

We’ll go where working conditions are difficult. 我们要去工作条件艰苦的地方。

We’ll go to the place where working conditions are difficult. 我们要去工作条件艰苦的地方。