一、一般強調結構

　　強調結構為: It is (was)…that…。

　　它可以用來強調句中的某些成分, 如主語(從句)、賓語(從句)、狀語(從句)等。

　　如強調主語或賓語, 則that可用who(指人), whom或which(指物)來代替;

　　如強調的是狀語, 則不能用when, where等代替, 只能用that。

　　注意, 強調結構不能用來強調謂語動詞和表語。

　　It was my uncle that (who) sent me the parcel.

　　It is the article that (which) they discussed last week.

　　It was because he was too careless that he broke all the glasses.

　　It is in this room that I was born 30 years ago.

　　二、謂語動詞用do, does, did表示強調

　　在肯定句中, 可以用do強調謂語部分, 可謂為:“務必”、“一定”、“真的”、“確實”等。這時動詞要用原形。

　　He does like to eat noodles.

　　She did send me a postcark as I expected.

　　Exercises 6 Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:

　　1. It was from the earlest time ___________ men began to study

　　the natural phenomena and heavenly bodies.

　　A. when                           B. where

　　C. that                            D. how

　　2. It ___________ his father ___________ made him a lawyer.

　　A. were…that                      B. was…that

　　C. was…which                      D. is…which

　　3. What ___________ are you looking for？

　　A. hell                            B. the hell

　　C. a hell                          D. hells

　　4. He is ___________ honest because he often tells lies.

　　A. anything but                    B. nothing but

　　C. something but                   D. but anything

　　5. It is ___________ that should be given priority to.

　　A. the government who decided

　　B. what has the government decided

　　C. only the government has decided

　　D. what the government has decided

　　6. ___________ , it is quite easy to drill a hole on it with laser.

　　A. Hard although the diamond is

　　B. Hard as the diamond is

　　C. As the diamond is hard

　　D. How hard is the diamond

[FS:PAGE]　　7. it was ___________ it raised many difficult questions that

　　the book took a long time to come out.

　　A. since                                 B. because

　　C. after                                        D. when

　　8. It was the color of the material ___________ he was surprised at.

　　A. who                             B. whom

　　C. which                           D. what

　　9. It is ___________ he is determined.

　　A. buying a new car that                 B. to buy a new car that

　　C. to buy a new car what                 D. buying a new car which

　　10. It was not until he arrived at the railway station _________ he realized he had forgotten his ticket.

　　A. before                        B. since

　　C. when                        D. that

　　11. It was with great joy ___________ he received the news that his long lost son would soon return home.

　　A. how                             B. because

　　C. as                              D. that

　　12. It was Einstein ___________ wrote and published his famous theory relativity in 1965.

　　A. which                           B. whom

　　C. what                            D. who

　　13. ___________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the sound barrier.

[FS:PAGE]　　A. It was shortly                  B. There was shortly

　　C. Was shortly                     D. Shortly

　　14. It ___________ only last year ___________ I made her acquaintance.

　　A. was…which                     B. was…that

　　C. was…whom                  D. is…that

　　15. ___________ that called this morning?

　　A. Who was                         B. Who it was

　　C. Who was him                     D. Who was it