Question

Elbert Einstein, for ______ life had once been very hard, was successful later in science .

A. whom 　　　　 B. whose 　　　　　C. which 　　　　 D. his

 

Answer 1

A

第一眼看四个词从形式上看都是以-ly结尾的形容词，但从句子结构看，空白处需要填连词。但不少学生受hardly…when…影响，可能很容易选A。其实，directly/immediately等少数副词具有连词的功能用来连接两个句子，意思是“一…….就…..”，相当于as soon as, the moment等用法。