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。
例14 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
解析:这是对时间状语about 600 years ago的强调,故选A
例15 It was after he got what he had desired ___he realized it was not so important.(辽宁06)
A. that B. when C. since D. as
解析:这是对时间状语从句after he got what he had desired的强调,故选A.
例16 It was only when I reread his poems recently ____ I began to appreciate their beauty. (NMET98)
A. until B. that C. then D. so
解析:本句强调时间状语从句 when I reread his poems recently,故选B。
例17 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
解析:本句强调原因状语because of bad weather, 故选D。在强调原因状语从句时,只能强调由because所引导的从句。
例18.It was where there had been a theatre ____ they built a new modern school.
A. where B. in which C. that D.so
解析:本句强调地点状语从句where there had been a theatre.故选C。
例19.It was only with the help of the local people ___ .(上海春04)
A. was the mountain climber rescued B. that the mountain climber was rescued
C. when the mountain climber was rescued D. then 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