Question

20.______ that caused him to serve dinner an hour later than usual.

A．It was we being late	B．It was our being late
C．It was we were too late	D．It was because we were late

Answer 1

B

此題容易認(rèn)為強調(diào)的是原因狀語從句 because we were late。但實際上，此題的答案為B，強調(diào)的是句子主語 our being late，此題若還原成非強調(diào)句，即為：Our being late caused him to serve dinner an hour later than usual. 注意，強調(diào)句的一個顯著特點是，若去掉強調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu) it is [was]… that…，句子仍然成立；換句話說，該結(jié)構(gòu)中的 it is [was]… that… that 不能充當(dāng)句子成分，而實際上句中的動詞cause需要有自己的主語。