It was the middle of the night_____ my father woke me up and told me to watch the football game.
A. that B. as C. which D. when.
答案选D.
有人提出疑问:the middle of the night可以不能直接当时间状语,等于in the middle of the night省略掉in, 然后把这个句子当强调句而选A呢?
the middle of the night不能直接作状语。若加上介词in,则答案可选A。
这也并非说名词短语作状语需要加介词。《牛津英语使用方法指南》指出:在以 next, last, this, that(有时), one, every, each, some, any(在非正式文体中), all等词开头的一些表示时间的常用表达方法前面,不需要介词。比如:
See you next Monday. 下星期一见。(不可以说 … on next Monday)
The meeting’s this Thursday. 会议定在这个星期四开。
We met one Tuesday in August. 8月份的某个星期二大家见了面。
I’ll never forget meeting you that afternoon. 我从来不会忘记那天下午我见到你的情形。
Come any day you like. 你喜欢那天来就哪天来。
The party lasted all night. 聚会持续了整整一夜。
▲ tomorrow morning, yesterday afternoon, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, the night before last, the other day 等常见的时间状语,其前也都不需要介词。