●热点句式1： It is 时间 since (before, when)...
　　请注意以下三个句式的区别和意思上的差异（其中的 is 根据情况可以有其他时态形式）：
　　It is 时间段 since... 的意思是“自从……以来有一段时间了”。
　　It is 时间点 when... 的意思是“当……的时候时间是……”。
　　It is 时间段 before... 的意思是“在……之前有一段时间”。
　　请看以下用例：
　　It’s ten years since they got married: 他们结婚到现在已经十年了。
　　It was past one o’clock when he came in: 他回来时已经一点多了。
　　It won’t be long before he becomes well: 过不了多久他就会好的。
　　有时翻译可以比较灵活：
　　It’s a long time since I met you last: 好久不见了。(直译：自上次见到你以来有很长一段时间了。)
　　It’s about three years since I last played basketball: 我差不多有三年没有打篮球了。(直译：自从我上次打篮球以来已差不多有三年了。)
　　请看有关高考题(答案依次为DDBCDC)：
　　1: That was really a splendid evening: It’s years ____________________ I enjoyed myself so much: (2005安徽卷)
　　A: when B: that C: before D: since
　　2: It was some time __________we realized the truth: (2005山东卷)
　　A: when B: until C: since D: before
　　3: —Did Jack come back early last night?
　　—Yes: It was not yet eight o’clock ____________________he arrived home: (2005福建卷)
　　A: before B: when C: that D: until
　　4: Scientists say it may be five or six years ____________________it is possible to test this medicine on human patients: (2004福建卷)
　　A: since B: after C: before D: when
　　5: It was evening ____________________we reached the little town of Winchester: (2004天津卷)
　　A: that B: until C:since D: before
　　6:It ____________________ long before we ____________________ the result of the experiment: (2002上海卷)
　　A: will not be; will know B: is; will know
　　C: will not be; know__________ D: is; know
　　
　　【全真模拟训练】
　　
　　1: It was about midnight __________ we found the lost child, crying under a tree:
　　A: that B: until C: when D: where
　　2: It’s some time __________I have spoken to you about this matter:
　　A: that B: unless C: since D: until
　　3: It was ten __________ he stood at aunt’s door and rang the bell:
　　A: when B: until C. since D: that
　　4: I think it won’t be long __________ they understand each other:
　　A: when B: until C: since D: before
　　5: How pleased I am tonight! It’s years __________ we had so great a time together:
　　A: when B: that C: before D: since
　　6: It was some time ____________________ we realized how important the matter is:
　　A: when B: until C: since D: before
　　7: —Did you come home very late last night?
　　—No: It was just half past seven __________ I appeared before my parents:
　　A: that B: when C: until D: since
　　8: How time files! It seems like years __________ I last saw you:
　　A: when B: that C: since D: before
　　9: It’s more than half a century __________ the People’s Republic of China was liberated:
　　A: when B: that C: since D: after
　　答案：1—5 CCADD__________6—9 DBCC
　　
　　●热点句式2： “句首否定状语 倒装”结构
　　在高考英语涉及倒装的考题中，约有一半是考查否定状语置于句首时的倒装。这里所说的否定状语主要是指 never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等表示否定意义的副词以及by no means(决不), in no case (决不), on no accounts (决不), on no condition(决不), in ［under］ no circumstances (决不)等。这种倒装与一般疑问句的形式相同，通常被称为部分倒装。如：
　　Never shall I forgive him: 我永远不会宽恕他。
　　Seldom does he go out for dinner: 他很少出去吃饭。
　　Hardly does she have time to listen to music:她几乎没时间听音乐。
　　I haven’t been to New York before and neither has my sister: 我以前没去过纽约, 我妹妹也没去过:
　　In no case should you give up: 你绝不能放弃。
　　On no condition should we tell her about it: 我们绝不能把此事告诉她。
　　Not until he came back did he realize how serious the matter is: 直到回来后，他才意识到问题有多严重。
　　请看以下高考真题(答案依次为ADBCADC)：
　　1: Never before __________in greater need of modern public transport than it is today: (2005上海卷)
　　A: has this city beenB: this city has been C: was this city D: this city was
　　2: They have a good knowledge of English but little ____________________they know about German. (2005天津卷)
　　A: have B: did C: had D: do
　　3: —I would never come to this restaurant again: The food is terrible!
　　—__________: (2004广西卷)
　　A: Nor am I B: Neither would I C: Same with meD: So do I
　　4: Of the making of good books there is no end; neither ____________________ any end to their influence man’s lives: (2004广东卷)
　　A: there is B: there are C: is there D: are there
　　5: Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else ____________________such a beautiful place: (2004辽宁卷)
　　A: can you find B: you could find C: you can find D: could you find
　　6: I finally got the job I dreamed about: Never in all my life ____________________ so happy!(2000北京卷)
　　A: did I feel B: I felt C: I had felt D: had I felt
　　7: Not a single song ____________________ at yesterday’s party: (2000上海卷)
　　A: she sang B: sang she C: did she sing D: she did sing
　　
　　【全真模拟训练】
　　
　　1: He was absent from the meeting:Little __________ how important this meeting was:
　　A: did he realize B: had he realized C: he realized D: he had realized
　　2: ____________________ had we reached the airport than the plane took off:
　　A: No sooner__________ B: No wonder C: No time D: No case
　　3: “On no accounts __________,”he said to us seriously:
　　A: must this switch be touched
　　B: this switch must be touched
　　C: be this switch touched
　　D: this switch be touched
　　4: He only wanted us to work longer; ____________________ whether we could bear:
　　A: he cared B: cared he
　　C: did he care D: he did care
　　5:—Do you know which floor does Mr Green live?
　　—Mr Green? Oh, __________ live here:
　　A: no longer does heB: no longer has he
　　C:he does no longerD: he has no longer
　　6: I’ve always heard she’s an excellent player but ____________________ her in action:
　　A: never I have seenB: never have I seen C: never I had seen__________ D: never had I seen
　　7: Never __________ we agree, I think, so let’s just leave it at that:
　　A: shall B: are C: have D: did
　　8: Seldom __________ hotels when traveling; we usually just try our luck:
　　A: we book B: do we book C: we booked D: did we book
　　9: Not until recently ____________________ any idea what a guided missile was like:
　　A: I have B: do I have C: I had D: did I have
　　10: We meant to have arrived early, but hardly __________ when it began to rain:
　　A: we had startedB: had we started C: we started D: did we started
　　答案：1—5 AAACA__________6—10 BABDB
　　
　　●热点句式3： 强调句型
　　强调句是高考英语经常涉及的一个考点，这类考题主要涉及以下几个方面：一是考查强调句型的基本结构，即“It is 被强调成分 that / who 其他部分”；二是考查强调句的疑问句形式，如强调句的一般疑问句形式“Is it 被强调成分 that / who 其他部分”以及特殊疑问句形式“疑问词 is it that 其他部分”；三是考查not...until...的强调形式“It was not until...:that...:”。如：
　　It was from Betty that he first heard the news: 这消息他最早是从贝蒂那里听到的。
　　Was it you who broke the window? 窗子是你打破的吗?
　　It was not until the rain stopped that they started: 直到雨停他们才出发。
　　How long ago is it that you last saw her? 你上次看见她是多久以前的事?
　　请看有关高考真题(答案依次为DACCBCB)：
　　1: It wasn’t until nearly a month later ____________________ I received the manager’s reply: (2005全国卷I)
　　A: since B: when
　　C: as D: that
　　2: It is what you do rather than what you say __________matters. (2005天津卷)
　　A: that B: what__________
　　C: which D: this
　　3: — __________ that he manage to get the information?
　　—Oh, a friend of his helped him: (2005山东卷)
　　A: Where was it B: What was it
　　C: How was it D: Why was it
　　4: It was ____________________back home after the experiments: (2004湖北卷)
　　A: not until midnight did he go B: until midnight that he didn’t go
　　C: not until midnight that he went D: until midnight when he didn’t go
　　5: It is these poisonous products ____________________ can cause the symptoms of the flu, such as headache and aching muscles: (2003上海卷)
　　A: who B: that C: how D: what
　　6:It was for this reason __________ her uncle moved out of New York and settled down in a small village: (2001上海卷)
　　A :which B: why C: that D: how
　　7: It is the ability to do the work ____________________ matters not where you come from or what you are: (NMET 2000)
　　A: one B:that C: what D: it
　　
　　【全真模拟训练】
　　1: It was not until he came back ____________________ he knew the police were looking for him:
　　A: which B: since C: that D: before
　　2: It was what he meant rather than what he said ____________________ annoyed me:
　　A: which B: as C: what D: that
　　3: It was his nervousness in the interview ____________________ probably lost him the job:
　　A: which B: since C: that D: what
　　4: It is what you do____________________ matters not whose son you are or how clever you are:
　　A: one B: that C: what D: it
　　5: It was in the small house __________ was built with stones by his father __________ he spent his childhood:
　　A: which, that B: that, which C: which, which D: that, where
　　6: It was lack of money, not of effort, ____________________ defeated their plan:
　　A: which B: as C: that D: what
　　7: It might be I, who have caused the accident, ____________________ to answer for it:
　　A: which is B: what are C: that are D: that am
　　8:“How was ____________________ they discovered the entrance to the underground palace?”“Totally by chance:”
　　A: it that B: he that C: it when__________ D: he which
　　9: —Who are making so much noise in the garden?
　　—____________________ the children:
　　A: It is B: They are C: That is D: There are
　　10: It’s so long since it rained ____________________ the river bed is dry:
　　A: when B: before__________ C: that D: because
　　11: It was when she was about to go to bed ____________________ the telephone rang:
　　A: since B: as C: that D: then
　　12: It may have been at Christmas __________ John gave Mary a handbag:
　　A: before B: who__________ C: that D: when
　　13: Who was it __________ saved the drowning girl?
　　A: since B: as C: that D: he
　　答案：1—5 CDCBA__________6—10 CDAAC 11—13 CCC