一道英语选择题

Question

Father asked Tom ______.
A.what wrong was with him B.what wrong with him was
C.what the matter was D.what his trouble was

Answer 1

答案：D.

解释：
1. 此题考查宾语从句的句序问题。
2. 英语中的宾语从句，其句序都是“引导词 + 陈述句”。
属于如果一个疑问句做宾语从句的话，都是先保留疑问词（即宾语从句的引导词），然后后面把疑问句序改成陈述句序。
如：How old are you?
I don't know how old you are.
3. 但是以下四个句序属特殊情况：what's wrong with...，what's the matter with....，what's the trouble with...和what's the problem with....
它们做宾语从句时，句序和简单的疑问句句序相同，不用改变。
如：What's wrong with you? = What's the matter with you?
I want to know what's wrong with you. I want to know what's the matter with you.
由此可以排除ABC.
4. D不属于此特殊情况。
简单的疑问句为：What is his trouble?
但是如果该句做宾语从句时，则需要改成如：I don't know what his trouble is.
所以此题正确答案为D。

参考资料：英语牛人团

Answer 2

c

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

选C。
宾语从句应是陈述句。
A/B，应为what was wrong with him.
D,what was the trouble.

Answer 5

D
如果用matter的话，应该是what‘s the matter with him,这是固定的用法
但是是trouble的话，因为原句是宾语从句，所以用陈述语序，what his trouble was(一般情况下，宾语从句都用陈述语序，但是what's the matter with除外)

Answer 6

当what's the matter (with you)?= What's wrong (with you)? 时，一般认为主语是what, the matter=wrong 是表语，the matter并不表示“物质”，在句中作表语。所以原题句第二句大多数老师认为Mum asked me what was the matter this morning.是正确的。
但也有人认为the matter表示“麻烦事”，“问题”，在what's the matter? 中作主语，就象“What's your name?”一样，从句主谓语序正常。

总结：楼主这题，如果碰到，选C没错。
what was the matter, what the matter was两个选项一般不太会一起出现，如上面后两题，如真的出现，选前者比较有把握得分。