2013高考英语必备 （句子+语法解析+真题练习）100句搞定高考7000词 第10期
【句子】
The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
膝盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处。
【解析】
1. where
1)where引导定语从句时是作关系副词，在从句里代替先行词充当地点状语的成分，相当于介词（in / at / on / ...）+which。
① Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to the only planet _where_ life has developed gradually. （2010福建卷，24）
② The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training centre with her sister _where_ she would stay for an hour. （2010 江西卷，31）
2)在近年来高考英语对于where的考查中，先行词不仅仅是限于明显的表示具体地点
