单选题 An old woman was badly hurt in ______the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题考查宾语从句的引导词。An old woman was badly hun为句子的主干,介词in后为宾语从句,明显宾语从句缺乏引导词,而且引导词需做动词describe的宾语,that在引导宾语从句时,不做任何成分,故排除;本句中未出现限定的范围,排除which;此处已指定了具体的attack,排除whatever,因此选what。本题也可以改写为:An old woman was badly hurt in an accident that the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.因此,能代替an accident that的只有what。句意为:一个老太太在一场在警方看来无明显动机的袭击中受重伤。