【知识精要】
当句子中的主语、宾语、状语、主语补足语、宾语补足语、从句需要强调时,就要使用强调句。强调句句型可以分为以下三类:
1.陈述句的强调句型
It is/ was + 被强调部分(通常是主语、宾语或状语)+ that(which, who,whom)+其他部分。被强调的指人时,要用who或that;被强调的指物时,要用which或that;被强调部分是状语时,只能用that。此外,如果被强调的是主语,使用主格;如果强调的是宾语,使用宾格。
例:①It is you who are to blame.
该被责怪的人是你。
②It is Professor Wang whom we called on at hisoffice yesterday.
昨天我们在他的办公室拜访的是王教授。
③It is yourintelligence that cuts the Gordian knot which we cannot untie.
是你的智慧一举解开了我们无法解开的难题。
④It is this book that (which) ranked first on thesales list.
在销售榜上排行第一的就是这本书。
2.一般疑问句的强调句型
Is/ Was it+ 被强调部分(通常是主语、宾语或状语)+ that/ who(当强调主语且主语指人)+ 其他部分。
例:Was it you thattalked to Professor Li yesterday? 昨天是你和李教授谈话吗?
3.特殊疑问句的强调句型
被强调部分(特殊疑问词)+ is/ was+ it + that/ who +其他部分。
例:Why is it that youput off the meeting? 你为什么延期举行会议?
【专项训练】
1.It was not until she had arrived home ______(她记起了和医生的约会).
2.It was not until the exam results were known ______(男孩开始后悔在电脑游戏上浪费了许多时间).
3.David said that ______(是因为他对文学的强烈兴趣)that he chose the course.
4.It was only when I reread his poems recently ______(我才开始欣赏它们的美).
5.______(直到她摘下墨镜) that Irealized she was a famous film star.
6.It was not until he entered the classroom ______(他意识到自己忘记做作业了).
7.It is only when you nearly lose someone ______(你才能完全意识到你是多么的重视他).
8.It is he that is theonly one of the students in our class ______(去年被送到国外去学习).
9.It was not until she came to see us ______(我们才知道她妈妈病卧在床呢).
10.It was by his advice ______(把大部分财产拿去冒险做投机生意)that ruined him.
11.______(是因为她太没有经验)that shedoes not know how to deal with the serious situation.
12.It is ______(真正重要的是做那项工作的能力),not where you come from or what you are.
13.______(是在1989和1999年之间) that great changes took place in our hometown.
14.______(是因为他的生病)that hedidn’t go to see the film?
15.______(是因为缺钱), not ofeffort, that defeated their plan.
参考答案及解析
1.[答案] that she remembered her appointment with the doctor
[解析]强调句型it is…that ;“和某人的约会”常用appointment with sb.表示。
2.[答案] that the boy began to regret wasting a lot of time on computer games
[解析]考查强调句型和非谓语动词的用法。①从题干看,这是一个强调not until引导的状语从句的强调句,句子用陈述句语序;②“后悔做了某事”用regret doing / having done sth表示。
3.[答案] it was because of his strong interest in literature
[解析]考查强调句型和宾语从句。①“是因为”一般译作 it is because +从句/ because of + 名词;②“对…的强烈兴趣”为 strong interest in sth.。
4.[答案] that I began to appreciate their beauty
[解析]考查强调句型it is… that的用法;“欣赏它的美”可译为appreciate their beauty。
5.[答案] It was not until she took off her dark glasses
[解析]考查not until在强调句中的应用,“摘下墨镜”takeoff the dark glasses。
6.[答案] that he realized that he had forgotten to do the homework
[解析] 考查强调句型。①“意识到…”可以处理成一个realize +that的宾语从句;②“忘记做作业”这一动作发生在主句动作之前,所以应使用过去完成时,“忘记做某事”为forget to do sth.。
7.[答案] that you become fully conscious of how much you value him
[解析]强调句型由it is…that引导。①“意识到”的表达可以为become consciousof/realize;②“你是多么的重视他”用how引导的宾语从句表示。
8.[答案] that was sent to study abroad last year
[解析] ①在It is he that is the only one…中,that引导的是强调句型;②在答案中that引导的是定语从句,因为先行词有the only修饰,故只能用that,而不用who。
9.[答案] that we knew her mother was ill in bed
[解析]“病卧在床”可译为ill in bed。
10.[答案] that my father riskedmost of his property in the speculation
[解析] 考查强调句型;“拿…冒险”可直接用risk sth.表示;名词“投机”是speculation;“财产”常用property表示。
11.[答案] It is because she istoo inexperienced
[解析] ①强调原因状语从句用because;②“没有经验”用inexperience的过去分词做形容词表示。
12.[答案] the ability to do thejob that matters
[解析] ①“重要的”用matter表示;②“做…的能力”常用the ability to do表示。
13.[答案] It was between 1989 and1999
[解析] 强调时间状语从句;“在…和…之间”用between...and...表示。
14.[答案] Was it because of hisillness
[解析] ①强调句型的疑问句应将was/is 提前;②“因为”用because of表示;“生病”是illness。
15.[答案] It was lack of money
[解析] ①整个句子为it was…that…结构,即强调句,被强调成分为两部分:“缺钱”和“effort”; ②由“not of effort”可知“缺少”为一of词组,常用lack of或short of表示。