小议whose引导的定语从句（要点精讲）whose引导的定语从句是语法重点，也是高考中经常考查的语法内容之一。

要学好whose引导的定语从句的用法，应注意以下方面。

一、whose为who的所有格，作“某（些）人的……”解，它所指代的先行词必须是人，其引导的定语从句修饰它的先行词，同时它本身在从句中作定语。

This is the little girl whose parents were killed in the great earthquake. 这就是在那次大地震中失去双亲的那个小姑娘。

Mr. Liu wants to talk to the students whose homework hasn’t been handed in. 刘老师要跟那些没交家庭作业的学生谈话。

二、whose也可作which的所有格，作”某（些）物的……“解，它所指代的先行词必须是物，其语法功能同上。

The company whose name was Notco was in Australia. 那个名叫诺特可的公司设在澳大利亚。

We live in a house whose windows open to the south. 我们居住在一所窗户朝南开的房子里。

三、whose可修饰定语从句中的主语、宾语、介词宾语等不同成分。

Mr King, whose legs were badly hurt, was quickly taken to hospital. 金先生的腿受了重伤，很快就被送往医院。

（whose修饰定语从句中的主语legs）We shall have to make a decision about Ms King, whose story I've just told you. 关于金女士的情况，我刚才已经告诉你们了，我们得对她的事情作出决定。

（whose修饰定语从句中的宾语story）四、whose 在定语从句中，有“所属”含义，其本身就是一个限定词，相当于one’s（如my，his，her，its，our，your，their等），故不可再与其它限定词并列使用。

如：约翰有时来看看我们，他是我姑姑的一个远房亲戚。

John , whose my aunt is a distant relative by marriage, comes to see us sometimes.(错误)John , of whom my aunt is a distant relative by marriage, comes to see us sometimes.(正确)五、whose既可引导限制性定语从句，亦可引导非限制性定语从句。

The boss in whose department Mr. King worked called at the hospital. 金先生工作单位的老板到医院来探视。

（限制性定语从句）The boss of the company, whose name was Mr. Little, told the story. 公司的老板叫利特尔，他讲述了这个故事。

（非限制性定语从句）六、由于whose具有兼作who和which的所有格的双重功能，故在指人时可用of whom代替whose，指物时可用of which代替whose。

This kind of book is for children whose native language（＝the native language of whom）is Chinese. 这种书是给母语是汉语的儿童看的。

Mr. Brown has written a novel whose name（＝the name of which）I've completely forgotten. 布朗先生写了部小说，其书名我完全忘了。

I live in a room whose window（＝the window of which）opens to the south. 我住在一间窗户朝南开的屋子里。

七、下列情况中的whose和of whom或of which切不可混用。

1. 凡是of whom或of which同数词或代词（如some / many / little等）连用，表示部分与整体关系时，不可用whose。

There are 45 students in our class, 35 of whom are League members. 我们班有45名学生，其中35名是团员。

Mr. White wrote many articles, some of which were translated into Chinese. 怀特先生写了不少文章，其中一些译成了中文。

2. 凡是of whom或of which修饰定语从句中的主语，是表示同位关系的代词both / all等时，不可用whose。

I have two sons, both of whom serve in the army. 我有两个儿子，都在部队服役。

He has some novels, all of which are written in Russian. 他有一些小说，都是用俄文写的。

3. 当 of 不具有“所属”含义时，如在 hear of / be proud of / be fond of / be full of 等短语中，of 均不表“所属”关系，只能用 of which (whom) 或 which (whom / who )… of ，不可用 whose 。

Mary has been married to a scientist of whom you may have heard.= Mary has been married to a scientist who / whom you may have heard of.玛丽嫁给了一位科学家，你可能听说过这个人。

（典例剖析）【例题1】Tom’s new watch ________ hands are made of gold is quite expensive.A. thatB. whichC. whoseD. of which【答案】C【解析】句意：汤姆那块指针是金子制成的手表非常昂贵。

句中包含定语从句，先行词是watch，和hands是所属关系，故用关系代词whose，选C。

考点：定语从句【难度】一般【例题2】Charlie Chaplin, ___________ childhood was hard, began acting at the age of five.A. whoB. whomC. whoseD. his【答案】C【解析】句意：卓别林的孩童时代很苦，在五岁就开始表演了。

Charlie Chaplin是先行词，whose childhood was hard 是定语从句，故选C项。

考点：定语从句【难度】一般【例题3】During the holiday I bought a CD player, _____ was rather reasonable.A. its priceB. of which priceC. the prices of whichD. whose price【答案】D【解析】句意：在假期里我买了一个CD机，它的价格很合理。

先行词为a CD player，与从句中price为所属关系，即the CD play’s price，故用whose，或用the price of which / of which the price，综上D正确。

【难度】较难【例题4】Many Chinese like watching People Who Moved China, which honors those _____ contributions should be remembered and learned from.A. whoseB. whoC. thatD. Their【答案】A【解析】此处those和contributions之间是所属关系，所以用whose。

句意：许多中国人喜欢看感动中国人物节目，这个节目授予那些我们应该记住和学习他们贡献的人们以荣誉。

【难度】一般（精题精练）1.____ is known to us all is that the old worker, _____ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.A.As; whomB. What; whoseC. It; whoseD. What; whom【答案】B【解析】考查名词性从句和定语从句。

“____ is known to us all”在句中作主语，故应用what引导名词性从句。

“the old worker still works hard in his seventies”是句子主干，“_____ life was hard in the past”在句中作定语，其先行词为the old worker，关系词在从句中作定语，故应用whose。

【难度】困难2.Today APEC is playing a more important role in the world stage, ______ purpose is to promote economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific area.A. whereB. whoseC. whenD. Which【答案】B【解析】whose 是定语从句中一个常用的关系代词，它是关系代词who的所有格，在从句中作定语，也就是说当先行词与从句中某个名词有所属关系，表达“……的”意思。

该句意思为：如今，亚太经合组织在世界舞台上正起着更加重要的作用，它的目的在于促进亚洲-太平洋地区的区域经济合作。

选B。

考点：非限制性定语从句【难度】一般3.More and more people go jogging in the morning, ______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.A. whichB. thatC. whoseD. who【答案】C【解析】句意：越来越多的人早上去慢跑，早上对健康的好处来自富含氧气的空气。

先行词是morning，定语从句中缺少benefits的定语。