强调时间: It was yesterday evening that my father
注意：
1. 强调句的一般疑问句句型： Is/Was +it +所强调的部分+that/who+其余部分?
Was it Tom that/who I saw yesterday here?
Was it at eight o’clock that you began to work?
3. What on earth do you want me to say? What __ is ___ it ____ that you want me to say? ______ 4. I didn’t receive the manager’s reply until nearly a month later. ___ ___ _____ It ____ was not until nearly a month later ______ that I received the manager’s reply.
5) It was Mike’s workmate, Mr. Smith, not Mike__ __ was made chairman, ___ C , of course made Mike a little upset. A.what ; which B. who; what C. that; which D. that; what 6) It was the farm___ we worked many years ago together ___ we visited yesterday. B A.that ; that B. where ; that C. which; where D. that; where
强调主语: It was my father who/that did the
experiment in the lab yesterday evening．
强调宾语: It was the experiment that my father
did in the lab yesterday evening． did the experiment in the lab．
7) It was not until I came back B ___ I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.（2012湖南) A. who B. that C. where D. before 8) It is not what we do once in a whileB ___ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. (2011湖南） A. which B. that C. how D. when

考点一 强调句的鉴别方法
1) It was last night ____ C I saw the film Star Wars． A. who B. when C. that D. which 2) ---I’ve read another book this week. ---Well, maybe___ D is not how much you read but what you read that counts.(2009浙江） A. that B. this C. there D. it
(时间状语从句)
2. It was not until 1920 ___ D American women had the chance to voice in national elections. A. where B. when C. which D. that 3. It was July 1, 1997 ___ A saw the return of Hong Kong to the motherland. A. that B. when C. which D. since
Grammar
强调句型

由it引导的强调句结构：

It is (was)+被强调部分+that (who) +
句子其他部分

注意: 此结构强调的成分仅限于主语,
宾语和状语。
原句: My father did the experiment
in the lab yesterday evening．

考点二 强调句和定语从句和名从的结合
1) It is ___ C he often breaks the school rules ___ makes his teacher unsatisfied with him. A. what; that B. that; what C. that; that D. what; what 2) ___ is the most important to parents perhaps is A that their children can enjoy good health. A. What B. That C. It D. This
1)
A 3) Was it on a lonely island ___ he was saved one month after the boat went down?(2011四川） A.that B. where C. what D. which 4) Why! I have nothing to confess. _____ A you want me to say? （2004上海） A. What is it that B. What it is that C. How is it that D. How it is that
分时, 要把否定形式放入被强调部分。如:
He didn’t leave until l returned that he left.
I didn’t realize she was a famous film star until she took off her dark glasses. → Not until she took off her dark glasses did I realize she was a famous film star. → It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a famous film star.
3) --- Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree? A ---- Of course, I have. It was in our village___ it was made. A.that B. where C. when D. which 4) ---Did you find your key? B we played ----Yes. It was on the playground ___ basketball the other day. A. that B. where C. when D. which
It is not who does it but why he does it that is of importance. 2) It is you not I who/that are to blame for it. 3) It is the ability to do the job that matters, not where you come from or what you are. 4) It is the prevention of disease rather than its successful treatment that led to the rapid increase of the world’s population.
4.It is/was not without…that… We can’t expect to succeed without an effort → It is not without an effort that we can expect to succeed.
1. My father didn’t return until 11 o’clock last night. ___ It ___ was____ not ______ until 11 o’clock ______ that my father returned last night. 2. David bought a walkman from a store yesterday. __ It ____ was David _________ that / who bought a walkman from a store yesterday.
考点 三 强调句与状语从句区分 that/when/since/ before的考查
1) It was in 1945 that World War II ended. (强调句) 2) It was 1945 when World War II ended. (定语从句) 3) It is a long time since I enjoyed myself. (时间状语从句) 4) It was not too long before we found the farm where my uncle lived.
5) It was ___ C back home after the experiment. (2004湖北) 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 6) I don’t know C ___ he had been. A. where was it B. it was where C. where it was that D. it was where that 在宾语从句中用陈述句语序