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

A

  way表示：“方式”后面的定语从句由that / in which 引导或者省略关系代词，本句的定语从句he said it省略了关系代词。