Question

Working conditions in that company is       few clerks stay longer than three hours.

A．such that

B．so that

C．that

D．what

Answer 1

A

本題干含義為：很少有員工能待上三個(gè)多小時(shí)，這就是公司的工作狀況。其實(shí)本句是個(gè)倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)，把本句還原即：Such is working conditions in that company that few clerks stay longer than three hours.由此可以看出，本句的真正主語(yǔ)為such，such在這里是代詞；working conditions in that company是表語(yǔ)；而that引導(dǎo)同位語(yǔ)從句，解釋說(shuō)明working conditions的內(nèi)容或具體狀況。類似的例子如：Such is the problem in English learning that most Chinese students need to improve their oral English.(本句可以用倒裝語(yǔ)序：The problem in English learning is such that most Chinese students need to improve their oral English.)。另外，such還可作限定修飾詞，如：She is such a kind girl that we all love her.that引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句；She is such a kind girl as we all love.As引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。如果選C項(xiàng)that，那么that則引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句，該句的主語(yǔ)只能是working conditions，而謂語(yǔ)卻是is，所以主謂不一致，前后矛盾。如果選D項(xiàng)，仍然會(huì)出現(xiàn)和C項(xiàng)類似的前后主謂不一致的矛盾，而且很明顯，從句few clerks stay longer than three hours中不缺少任何成分。