一、考查对强调句型结构的识别
强调句型的基本结构形式为:It is/was+被强调部分+that/who/whom +句子的其余部分。如果原句中谓语动词使用的是现在范畴的时态(一般现在时、现在进行时、现在完成/现在完成进行时、一般将来时、将来进行时、将来完成时等),用It is...that...。例如:
1. It is the ability to do the job________matters not where you come from or what you are.
A. one B. that
C. what D. it
如果原句中谓语动词为过去范畴的时态(一般过去时、过去进行时、过去完成时、过去将来时等),则用It was...that...。例如:
2. It was between 1989 and 1999 GREat changes took place in our hometown.
A. when
B. that
C. which
D. because
有时,be前可使用表示推测的情态动词构成复合结构。例如:
It must be Peter who has let this secret out.一定是彼得将这个秘密泄露出去的。
It might be last night that they did their homework.他们也许是昨晚做完作业的。
Key: 1. B 2. B
二、考查强调句型的疑问句式
变换句型是增加试题难度的手段之一,强调句型结构本身就让学生“有些糊涂”,若再使用其疑问式就更有些让学生“头疼”了。但只要同学们从一开始学习时,就掌握得扎实、牢固,这些“纸老虎”就能一个个被你击溃!
一般疑问句式:Is/Was it+被强调部分+that/who+句子的其余部分?
特殊疑问句式:特殊疑问词+is/was it+被强调部分+that/who+句子的其余部分?
3. Was________his illness________he didn’t go to see the film?
A. necessary; when
B. that important of; why
C. even if; for
D. it because of; that
E. it although; then
4. Was________that I saw last night at the corner?
A. it you B. not you
C. you D. that yourself
Key: 3. D 4. A
三、考查强调句型的易错点
强调句型的学习、掌握中有很多难点,同时也是易错点,这些学生容易出错的地方,也是各种考试考查的重点和热点。这些易错点有:
1)强调时间、地点、原因状语时,通常只使用that,而不能使用when,where,why。
5. It was only when I reread his poems recently________I began to appreciate their beauty.
A. until B. that C. when D. so
6. It was in Qingdao________I saw the sea for the first time.
A. what B. that C. when D. which
7. It was because of bad weather________the football match had to be put off.
A. so B. so that C. why D. that
以上三题均为强调句型,分别强调时间状语(only when I reread his poems recently)、地点状语(in Qingdao)和原因状语(because of bad weather),均只能使用that。
2)当被强调的是not...until句型时,应将not置于until之前,主句由否定句改为肯定句。
8. It was not until 1920________regular radio broadcast began.
A. while B. which C. that D. since
Key: C
3)强调主语时,谓语动词应与之保持一致。
【误】 It is I who/ that is going to be sent there to help them.
【正】 It is I who/ that am going to be sent there to help them.
4) 强调主语或宾语且其为人称代词时,应注意其形式仍用主格或宾格形式。
【误】It was her that told me about it.
【正】It was she that told me about it.
【误】It is I who the teacher has punished.
【正】It is me whom the teacher has punished.
四、考查强调句型与相关句型的辨析
强调句型极易与定语从句、名词性从句、状语从句等相关句型混淆,故高考也常考查这方面的内容。例如:
A. 与定语从句的辨析
9. Was it during the Second World War________he died?
A. that B. while
C. in which D. then
B.与名词性从句的辨析
10. It was________he said________
disappointed me.
A. what; that B. that; that
C. what; what D. that; what
C. 与状语从句的辨析
11. It was about 600 years ago
the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made.
A. that B. until C. before D. when
D. 与there be句型的辨析
12. is no possibility________Bob can win the first prize in the match.
A. There; that B. It; that
C. There; whether D. It; whether A
答案与简析:
9. A。本题易错选C,以为是定语从句修饰the Second World War。
10. A。本题同时考查强调句型和名词性从句这两个知识点,学生易错选C,认为两处均为名词性从句。
11. A。本题易错选C和D,认为是时间状语从句或定语从句。判断是否强调句型的一个简易方法是“还原法”,即看其能否删除“It is/was...(that/who/whom)...”部分后还原为一个单句。能者则是,不能者则不是。如上述9-11题分别可还原为:
He died during the Second World War.
What he said disappointed me.
The first clock with a face and an hour hand was made about 600 years ago.
