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

本题干含义为：很少有员工能待上三个多小时，这就是公司的工作状况。其实本句是个倒装结构，把本句还原即：Such is working conditions in that company that few clerks stay longer than three hours.由此可以看出，本句的真正主语为such，such在这里是代词；working conditions in that company是表语；而that引导同位语从句，解释说明working conditions的内容或具体状况。类似的例子如：Such is the problem in English learning that most Chinese students need to improve their oral English.(本句可以用倒装语序：The problem in English learning is such that most Chinese students need to improve their oral English.)。另外，such还可作限定修饰词，如：She is such a kind girl that we all love her.that引导结果状语从句；She is such a kind girl as we all love.As引导定语从句。如果选C项that，那么that则引导表语从句，该句的主语只能是working conditions，而谓语却是is，所以主谓不一致，前后矛盾。如果选D项，仍然会出现和C项类似的前后主谓不一致的矛盾，而且很明显，从句few clerks stay longer than three hours中不缺少任何成分。