Question

--- What on earth did the manager want to know, Jim?
--- ____ that we could finish the project.

A．What it was

B．What was it

C．When was it

D．When it was

Answer 1

D

解析试题分析：考查强调句的特殊疑问句做宾语从句：句意：经理究竟想知道什么？--（他想知道）我们什么时候完成计划。这是省略句，完整的句子是：The manager wanted to know when it was that we could finish the project.因为是做的宾语从句，所以语序应该是陈述句语序，排除BC，另外这题是强调句的特殊问句，结构是：特殊疑问词+is/was+it+that+其余部分，特殊疑问词的选择要看句子成分和句意，因为这句话不缺主宾表，缺少的是时间状语，选D。
考点：考查强调句的特殊疑问句做宾语从句