高考英语中的语气详解

一、陈述语气

陈述语气: 表示动作或状态是现实的、确定的或符合事实的，用于陈述句、疑问句和某些感叹句。如：We are not ready.        What a fine day it is!

A. 感叹句

B. 强调句

强调句型的构成是：It is (was) + 被强调部分+ that (who) + 句子的其他成分。被强调的部分放在 It is (was) 之后，其它部分置于that之后。被强调部分可以是主语，宾语，表语或状语。强调的主语如果是人，可以由who代替that。

It was on March 1 that I had my hair cut. (强调句)

It was March 1 when I had my hair cut. (后面是定语从句)

It was my mother who finally called the police. →My mother finally called the police. 

请看下面一句，空白处是填that还是其他的什么词？

It was ten o’clock _______ he returned home.

此处不能填that，因为若填that把它视为强调句，那么就可以去掉it was...that...而使句子结构完整，意思不变，事实上并非如此，因为我们是不能说Ten o’clock he returned home的，除非改为At ten o’clock he returned home才是正确的。比较下面两句（第1句不是强调句，但第2句是强调句）：

It was ten o’clock when he returned home. 

It was at ten o’clock that he returned home. 

1. I just wonder _________ that makes him so excited.

A. why it does          B. what he does       C. how it is          D. what it is

【解析】答案选D。注意what it is that makes him so excited为宾语从句，用作动词wonder的宾语。如果去掉主句I just wonder将原句改为疑问句则是：What is it that makes him so excited?

2.— _________ that he managed to get the information?

—Oh, a friend of his helped him.

A. Where was it   B. What was it   C. How was it   D. Why was it

【解析】答案选C 。由答语的内容可知，空格处应填how。

三、考查not until句式的强调句形式

not...until用于强调句型时的基本形式为“It is (was) not until that...”。如：

1. It _________ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _________ I found we had a lot in common.

A. was until; when     B. was until; that     

C. wasn’t until; when     D. wasn’t until; that

【解析】答案选D。此题考查not until句式的强调形式。又如：It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a famous film star. 直到她取下墨镜，我才意识到她是一位著名影星。

2. It was not until she got home _________ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.

A. when     B. that         C. where          D. before

【解析】答案选B。考查not until...句式的强调形式。又如：It was not until I met you that I knew real happiness. 直到我遇到你以后，我才真正体会到幸福。

如何对not until...句式进行强调

对not until...句式的强调有固定的句型，即It is / was not until that...如：

It was not until yesterday that I noticed it. 直到昨天我才注意到此事。

It was not until I saw Mary that I felt happy. 直到见到玛丽我才高兴起来。

It was not until you had explained how that I managed to do it. 直到你给我解释了理由，我才会做的。

It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a famous film star. 直到她取下墨镜，我才意识到她是一位著名影星。

It was not until I met you that I knew real happiness. 直到我遇到你以后，我才真正体会到幸福。

It was not until you had explained how that I managed to do it. 直到你给我解释了理由，我才会做。

请看两道题：

(1) It _______ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _______ I found we had a lot in common.

A. was until; when         B. was until; that    C. wasn’t until; when    D. wasn’t until; that

答案为D。此题考查not until...句式的强调形式——It was not until that...的用法。注意不要想当然地将其中的that换成when。

(2) It was not until she got home _______ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.

A. When                B. that           C. where             D. before

答案为B。考查not until...的强调形式，其基本结构为it was not until that...形式。

四、考查强调句与非强调句的辨别

1. It will soon be five years _________ we came to live in Cairo.

A. that            B. when              C. since               D. as

【解析】答案选C。此题不是考查强调句型，而是考查since的用法，句意为“我们来到开罗居住快五年了”。又如：It is two years since he left the country. 他离开这个国家已经两年了。/ It’s quite some time since we wrote to each other. 我们互相通信已有不少时间了。

2. “Was it here _________ you were away talking to a friend?” “Sure. But when I got back there,

it was gone.”

A. that             B. while             C. which              D. where

【解析】答案选B。此题不是考查强调句型，而是考查while的用法，while在此表示“在??期间”，句意为：当你离开去跟朋友说话的时候它在这儿吗？

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2. It is _______ he often fails in exams ______ makes his parents worried about him. 

A. what; that          B. that; what         C. that; that            D. / ; that

3. It is the protection for the trees _______ really matters, rather than how many trees are planted.

A. What     B. that        C. 不填        D. which