在句子中起名词作用的各种从句，统称为名词性从句。根据它们在句中所起的语法作用，又

分为主语从句、宾语从句、同位语从句和表语从句。

Ⅲ．自测题

1．We do ______ our motherland asks us to do．

A) that     B) whichever     C) whatever    D) all over

2．It is strange ______ she did not come yesterday．

A) what    B) that     C) wherever     D) whenever

3．You should understand that our principle is ______ the Party commands the gun．

A) as if    B) what   C) how    D) that

4．The story is about ______ a nineyearold boy managed to save a fiveyearold girl in a traffic accident．

A)how   B)what    C)however    D)why

5．It is essential ______ everybody ______ what to do．

A) that;know       B) when;know

C) that;knows      D) when;knows

6．______ water is essential to life is common sense．

A) What    B) Which    C) That    D) Whether

7．It ______ I remembered the address．

A) happened when      B) will happen when

C) happened tha       D) happens that

8．______ the ship sank has been a mystery．

A) What     B) As    C)Why    D)Since

9．It doesn’t make any difference to me ______．

A) that you say        B) what you say

C) in that you say     D) for what you say

10．I can’t figure out ______ all of her information means．

A) what    B) nearly    C) that    D) those

11．He gave ______ came to the door a winning smile．

A) all    B) those    C) whom    D) whoever

12．The point ______ will go,but who will stay．

A) who         B) is not who

C) that is     D) to who

13．He paid no attention to the doctors recommendation ______ smoking．

A) that he stopped      B) why he would stop

C) how he had stopped   D) that he stop

14． We have to face the fact ______ most of us have been brought up to consume certain foods and we stick to them all our lives．

A) that           B) which

C) for what       D) for that

15． ______ some mammals came to live in the sea is not known．

A) As     B) Since     C) Although    D) When

16．Everybody is ______ all military adventures by the superpowers are doomed to failure．

A) conscious of the fact that     B) conscious of that

C) conscious of                   D) known that

17．He knew nothing about her journey ______ she was likely to be away for two months．

A) except for         B) except

C) except that        D) except this that

18．— I don’t like your attitude．  

— I don’t care ______．

A) if or not you like it       B) do you like it or not

C) whether you like it or not  D) you like it or not

19．Things are not always ______ they seem to be．

A) since    B) as    C) for   D) that

20．I consider ______ that I should do my best to help them．

A) my duty           B) what my duty

C) to be my duty     D) it my duty

21．______ doctors can save the man’s life．

A) It is unlikely whoever      B) It is unlikely that

C) It is unlikely whomever     D) That is unlikely that

22．I ______ they were not coming．

A) took it for granted that   B) took for granted how

C) took for granted that      D) taking to the fact that 

23．He got up too late with the result ______ he missed the morning train．

A) when B) how C) why D)that 

24．The reason I did not go to France was ______ a new job．

A) because I got   B) due to

C) because of getting   D) that I got 

25．There are many reasons ______ I can’t help you．

A) that     B) why     C) for      D) to 

26．It is a wonder to me ______ they survived the earthquake．

A) where    B) why    C) what    D) that 

27．When we are frightened and worried,our bodies produce certain chemicals

to help us fight ______ troubling us．

A) how is that     B) which is

C) what is       D) whichever 

28． My father was sure ______ I would overcome my fears．

A) that   B) what   C) as   D) which 

29． Are you certain that this is ______ in his speech?

A) Mr Lee stressed       B) what Mr Lee has stressed

C) Mr Lee has stressed   D) which Mr Lee has stressed 

30．The time for the general offensive was approaching．The commander’s order soon came ______ all civilians evacuate(撤离) the village．

A) that    B) when   C) before    D) as 

31． He wondered what _______．

A) will be his wife’s reaction

B) would be his wife’s reaction

C) would his wife’s reaction be

D) his wife’s reaction would be 

32． Has _______ been settled who will be sent to carry out the task?

A) it                   B) that

C) which                 D) what 

33． _______it will do us harm or good remains to be seen．

A) If                 B) Whether

C) That               D) Which 

34． The old lady told her sufferings to _______ she met．

A) whoever          B) whom that

C) whomever         D) whichever 

35． _______as much as onefourth of all timber harvested is not used．

A) They are estimated B) They estimating that

C) It is estimated that D) The estimation that 

36． _______ is related to illness is not a new discovery．

A) The food         B) That food

C) What food        D) Which food 

37． I’m fully confident _______ you can overcome those difficulties．

A) that               B) why

C) which              D) if 

38． It is the firm belief of astronomers _______ there are living creatures on other planets．

A) which             B) where

C) that              D) what 

39． _______ such a total wreck seems miraculous．

A) The driver could surviveB) That the driver survived

C) When the driver survivedD) Why the driver survived 

40． Many newspapers printed the governor’s statement _______ would support a tax cut．

A) and he                 B) which he

C) therefore he           D) that he