例一Stand over there you’ll be able to see it better.
A. or B. while
C. but D. and
答案D。and表示递进。
例二 You have failed two tests. You’d better start working harder, ____you won’t pass the course.
A. and B. so
C. but D. or
答案D。or引出结果。
例三—— I think George doesn’t really care for TV plays.
——Right, he still watches the program.
A. and B. but
C. or D. so
答案B。but表示转折。
例四Unlike watching TV, reading is a highly active process ______ it requires attention as well as memory and imagination.
A. until B. but
C. unless D. for
答案D。for表示因果。
连词还有从属连词，即连接复合句中的主句及从句。其中：
(1) 引导名词性从句的连词有：
①连接陈述句，表示事实的连词that；
例 A story goes ______ Elizabeth I of England liked nothing more than being surrounded by clever and qualified noblemen at court.
A. when B. where
C. what D. that
答案D。
②连接一般疑问句，表示是否的if或whether；
例 ________ we will build a new power plant hasn’t been decided yet.
A. If B. what
C. whether D. that
答案C。whether引导主语从句，表达是否之意，使用whether，不能用if。特别提醒：在名词从句中，只有及物动词的宾语从句可以同时使用if来引导，其他情况都要用whether来引导。
③连接特殊疑问句，表示“5W1H”的who, whose, what, how, where, when, why等。
例一 After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, ___ our astronauts desire to do is walk in space.
A. where B. what
C. that D. how
例二 You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is ______I disagree.
A. why B. where
C. what D. how
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