situation后接where定语从句的用法与考题

situation后接where定语从句的用法与考题

名词 situation 后有时可接where引导的定语从句，where大致相当于 in which。如：

He got into a situation where it is hard to decide what is right and wrong. 他陷入一种难以分辨是非的局面。

If you risk something important, you cause it to be in a dangerous situation where you might lose it. 你如果拿重要的东西去冒险，那你就是将它置于一种可能会失去它的危险境地。

请看以下典型考题：

1. If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation _________it might be lost.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

2. The bosom of the family means the situation _________ you feel safe because you are with people who love and protect you.

3. When you are told “conduct yourself”, it means you should behave in a particular way, especially in a situation _________ people judge you by the way you behave.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

4. “To leave something hanging in the air” is an idiom, which means “to leave something in a situation _________ it has not been explained, completed, or dealt with”.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

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