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强调句是人们为了表达自己的意愿或情感而使用的一种句式。作为高考的重要考点之一，了解强调句的考查范围和出题特点，有助于我们在高考当中提高得分。

[强调句型的基本结构]

强调句型的基本结构是：it is/was+被强调部分+that/who+句子的其他成分。英语中许多句子常常可以通过强调句型对句子的不同成分进行强调。如：

It is they who/that will have a meeting tomorrow. （强调主语）

例1 In recent years， stress 33，， （regard） as a cause of a whole range of medical problems， from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things， it is only too much stress 34， does you harm. It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life， you would achieve a little.

解析 that。考查强调句型。强调句型的最大的特点就是去掉it is＼was ... that＼who句子仍然成立。强调句型能强调除谓语动词以外所有的句子成分。本句强调的是句子主语only too much stress.

2. It is a meeting that they will have tomorrow.（强调宾语）

3. It is tomorrow that they will have a meeting.（强调状语）

例2 （2016·天津卷） You are waiting at a wrong place. It is at the hotel ______ the coach picks up tourists.

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

解析 D。句意：你在一个错误的地方等待。大客车是在旅店接送游客的。这句话强调的是地点状语at the hotel。故选D。

除了强调句的陈述句，我们还需要掌握强调句的一般疑问句和特殊疑问词的结构，还有强调句做名词性从句的语序问题。

此外，针对not ... until ...的强调句型为it is/was not until ... that ...，如：

It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a film star.

It was not until 1920 that regular radio broadcasts began.

例3 （2015·重庆卷） Bach died in 1750， but ________ was not until the early 19th century that his musical gift was fully recognized.

解析 it。句意：巴赫死于1750年，但是直到19世纪初他的音乐天赋才得到完全认可。本题考查not ... until ...的强调句型it was not until ... that ...。

[强调句的要点]

1.强调句型可以用来强调主语、宾语（包括介词宾语）和状语。其中的it本身没有词义。

2.强调句中的连接词一般只用who（指人）或that（可指物，也可指人）。若被强调的是状语，也只能用that，而不能用when或者where。而且连接词不能省略。如：

It was in the park that he met an old friend yesterday.（虽然强调的是地点，但不能用where。）

3.强调句子的主语时，that或who之后的谓语动词的人称和数要与它前面被强调的名词或代词一致。如：

It is Mary and Tom who often do good deeds.

例4 （2014·湖南卷） Its not doing the things we like， but liking the things we have to do that make life happy.

解析 make→makes。句意：不是做我们喜欢的事情，而是去喜欢我们必须做的事情才能让人生幸福。……