位置27的问题 The student ____ finishes first wins a prize. thatwhichwho

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The question presents a fill-in-the-blank sentence: 'The student ____ finishes first wins a prize. that which who'.
First, consider option 1: that. In a relative clause, 'that' can be used for people or things when the clause is restrictive, but after a relative pronoun we normally need it to introduce a non-defining or defining clause about a person. 'The student that finishes first' sounds off because 'that finishes first' is a defining relative clause, yet 'that' is less common for people with a human subject in this context, and it would still be grammatically acceptable in some varieties, but it doesn’t fit the standard: we typically use 'who' for people.
Next, option 2: which. 'Which' is used for non-human things or for non-restrictive clauses. It would be unusual to refer to a person with 'which' in a defining clause, and the structure 'The student which finishes first' is ungrammatical in standard English because 'which' is not used for people in restrictive clauses.
Option 3: who. 'Who' is the correct relative pronoun for people in a defining (restrictive) clause. The intended meaning is that you are talking about the student who finishes first; that student wins a prize. This usage is standard and smoothly integrates into the sentence: 'The student who finishes first wins a prize.'
Examining the overall sentence construction: the clause 'finishes first' describes the student, so we need a subject-related relative pronoun to introduce that specifying clause. Among the options, only 'who' appropriately refers to a person and introduces a defining clause about which student.
In terms of common grammar rules: relative pronouns for people are 'who' (subject) and 'whom' (object); 'that' can sometimes substitute for 'who' in restrictive clauses in informal usage, but the most widely accepted and formal choice for a person is 'who'.
Regarding the remaining options: using 'that' would create a somewhat awkward phrasing here, and 'which' is reserved for things or for non-restrictive contexts; combining it with a person leads to grammatical awkwardness or error in standard usage.
So, option 1 ('that') misapplies a pronoun for a person in a restrictive clause, option 2 ('which') misuses a pronoun for a person and mislabels the clause type, and option 3 ('who') aligns with standard grammar for referring to a person in a defining relative clause.
Overall, option 3 is the one that fits native-like syntax and the intended meaning, given the sentence structure and the target meaning of identifying the student who finishes first.

位置27的问题 The student ____ finishes first wins a prize. thatwhichwho

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