最近14年(含2008年)高考英语语法题详解·强调句

1. It was about 600 years ago __________ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made. (NMET 1997)   

A. that                                         B. until

C. before                                     D. when

2. It was only when I reread his poems recently __________ I began to appreciate their beauty. (NMET 1998)

A. until                                        B. that

C. then                                        D. so

3. It is the ability to do the work __________ matters not where you come from or what you are. (NMET 2000)

A. one                                          B. that

C. what                                        D. it

4. —Wasn’t it Dr. Wang who spoke to you just now?

—__________. (1996上海卷)

A. I didn’t know he was                 B. Yes, it was

C. No, he wasn’t                           D. Yes, he did

5. Was __________ that I saw last night at the concert? (1997上海卷)

A. it you                                       B. not you

C. you                                          D. that yourself

6. It was __________ he said __________ disappointed me. (1999上海卷)

A. what; that                                 B. that; that

C. what; what                               D. that; what

7. It is these poisonous products __________ can cause the symptoms of the flu, such as headache and aching muscles. (2003上海卷)

A. who                                        B. that

C. how                                        D. what

8. It was how the young man had learned five foreign languages __________ attracted the audience’s interest. (2000上海春)

A. so that                                      B. that

C. what                                        D. in which

9. It was for this reason __________ her uncle moved out of New York and settled down in a small village. (2001上海春)  

A. which                                       B. why

C. that                                          D. how

10. It was __________back home after the experiments. (2004湖北卷)

A. not until midnight did he go         B. until midnight that he didn’t go

C. not until midnight that he went     D. until midnight when he didn’t go

11. Why! I have nothing to confess. __________you want me to say? (2004上海卷)

A. What is it that                             B. What it is that

C. How is it that                              D. How it is that

12. It wasn’t until nearly a month later __________ I received the manager’s reply. (2005全国卷I)

A. since                                          B. when

C. as                                              D. that

13. It is what you do rather than what you way __________matters (2005天津卷)

A. that                                            B. what

C. which                                         D. this

14.— __________ that he manage to get the information.

—Oh, a friend of his helped him. (2005山东卷)

A. Where was it                               B. What was it

C. How was it                                  D. Why was it