英语强调句型的用法

强调句型考点解读

强调句型是高中英语中一个重要的语法项目，是高考重要考点之一。其基本结构为：It + be+ 被强调部分＋that＋句子其余部分。本文拟结合高考试题对强调句型的用法作如下归纳。

一、基本用法

1．在强调句型中，能够被强调的句子成分通常为主语、宾语、状语等，不能用来强调谓语动词、表语等。当被强调部分为sb.，且在句中作主语时，可用who，也可用that，其它情况一律用that。强调主语时，that后的谓语动词必须与被强调的主语人称与数保持一致。如：

I am going to meet my friend at the airport tomorrow.→

It is I who am going to meet my friend at the airport tomorrow.(强调主语)

It is my friend that I’m going to meet at the airport tomorrow.(强调宾语)

It is at the airport that I’m going to meet my friend tomorrow.(强调地点状语)

It is tomorrow that I’m going to meet my friend at the airport.(强调时间状语)

2．在强调结构中，无论被强调的是人还是物，单数还是复数，be动词一律用单数is/was形式。如果原句的谓语动词时态是过去范畴，就用was; 如果原句的谓语动词时态是现在或将来范畴，就用is。例如：

It is Tom and Mary who will be fined.

It was yesterday that he arrived here.

二、考点解读

1．强调句型的一般疑问句结构为：“Is /Was it+ 被强调部分＋that＋句子其余部分”

例1．Was it during the Second World War ____ he died (MET88)

A. that

B. while

C. in which

D. then

例2．Was _____that I saw last night at the concert(上海97)

A. it you

B. not you

C. you

D. that yourself

例3．--- Wasn’t it Dr. Wang who spoke to you just now

--- ______. (上海96)

A. I didn’t know he was

B. Yes, it was

C. No, he wasn’t

D. Yes, he did

解析：此句为强调句的一般疑问句的否定形式。其回答有两种可能：“Yes, it was”或“No, it wasn’t”，故选B.

2．强调句的特殊疑问句结构为：特殊疑问词＋is/was it that...

例4．Why! I have nothing to confess. _____ you want me to say(上海04)

A. What is it that

B. What it is that

C. How is it that

D. How it is that

3．强调主语、宾语。

例6．It is these poisonous products ____ can cause the symptom s of the flu, such as headache and aching muscles. (NMET03)

A. who

B. that

C. how

D. what

例7．It was how the young man had learned five foreign languages ______ attract ed the audience’s interest. (上海2000 春)

A. so that

B. that

C. what

D. in which

例8．It was the ability to do the job ____ matter s not where you come from or what you are. (NMET2000)

A. one

B. that

C. what

D. it

4．强调状语

强调时间、地点、原因或方式状语时，要用that，不能用when, where, why或how。如：

例9．It was about 600 years ago ____ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made. (NMET97)

A. that

B. until

C. before

D. when

例10．It was after he got what he had desired ___he realize d it was not so important.(辽宁06)

D. as

例11．It was only when I reread his poems recently ____ I began to appreciate their beauty. (NMET98)

A. until

B. that

C. then

D. so

例12．It was because of bad weather ____ the football match had to be put off. (上海03春)

A. so

B. so that

C. why

D. that

例13．It was where there had been a theatre ____ they built a new modern school.

A. where

B. in which

C. that

解析：本句强调地点状语从句where there had been a theatre.故选C。

例14．It was only with the help of the local people ___ .（上海春04）

the mountain climber rescued

the mountain climber was rescue d

the mountain climber was rescued

mountain climber was rescued

解析：本句强调方式状语only with the help of the local People.故选B

例15．It was in the book store ____ I met your brother the other day.(上海90）

A．where which that

特别提示：对“not...until...”结构的强调，要用“It is/was not until...that...”这一固定句型。由于否定已经前移，that后只能用肯定形式。同时要注意不能使用倒装语序。如：

例16．It was not ____ she took off her dark glasses ____ I realized she was a famous film star. (NMET92)

A. when; that

B. until; that

C. until; when

D. when; then

解析：此题强调until引导的时间状语从句until she took off her dark glasses，要将not until放在一起置于It was/is之后。故选B.

例17．It was ______ back home after the experiment. (湖北04)

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

5.首先判断该题是否为强调句型。