Question

What surprised me was not what he said but ______ he said it.

A. the way        B. in way that

C. in the way       D. in the way that

Answer

A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：令我吃惊的不是他说的话而是他说话的方式。这里What surprised me是主语从句，not...but连接的是并列的表语。what he said相当于名词的作用，所以but后不能用介词短语，故排除BCD；but后面应该用名词the way，he said it是定语从句来修饰the way，way后的定语从句可以不用任何关系词，故选A。

考点：考查连词的用法。