Question

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

A. the way
B. in the way that
C. in the way
D. the way which

Answer 1

选择A
意思就是 令我吃惊的不是他说的话而是他说话的方式
What surprised me是主语从句，not...but连接的是并列的表语 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

Answer 2

"答案A
not…but…，连接两个并列结构，意为“不是……而是……”what he said名词性从句，相当于一个名词的内容，but后也应是一个名词，名词性短语或名词性从句来与其并列。way后定语从句一般用in which来引导，可以用that代替in which, that可以省略。
参考：http://www.zuoyebao.com/q/10427"

Answer 3

答案A
the
way作was的表语，而且the
way后接从句，可由in
which,
that引导，也可省去引导词。选项B和C应该去掉in。选项D应改为the
way
in
which。