【题目】What surprised me was not what he said but ________he said it.
A．in the way
B．in the way that
C．the way
D．the way which
在线课程【答案】C
【解析】not...but...连接的前后两部分应是并列成分，not后面所接的what引导的名词性从句决定了but后面应该是名词，所以排除A项和B项；the way作先行词。后面的连接词可以是that或in which或省略连接词，故C项正确。