whatdidhewant变强调句

Question

几道高中英语单选题,详解.
1.-What did he want to know?
-__ I could finish writing the report.
Awhen was it BIt was when that CIt was when DWhen it was that
老师说了一句强调句什么的,求详解.
2.It is known to us all that the old scientist,for__ life was hard in the past,still works hard in his eighties.
答案whom,为什么不是whose
第一题答案D

Answer 1

1.你知道,下句是陈述句,是上句的答句.其实省略了“He wanted to know ”.完整句子为"He wanted to know when it was that I could finish writing the report".,你看看,是不是这样的?那就是D了.
2.for__ life was hard in the past是修饰scientist的,是吧?
如果按照你的想法,就是“scientist,for whose life was hard in the past”.
但是你看,在for whose life was hard in the past句子里面,for whose life是不是某种程度上,有点状语从句的作用?既然是状语从句,那把他拿掉,剩下was hard in the past,是不是里面缺少了主语了?就算读起来是不是也很别扭?不管是语法还是语感上说,是不是该加上it?按照你原来的理解的话,完整的整个句子应该是It is known to us all that the old scientist,for whose life it was hard in the past,still works hard in his eighties.