Question

It was evening ________ we reached the little town of Winchester．

A. that
B. until
C. since
D. before

Answer 1

答案D
此句意为“我们到达温彻斯特(英格兰南部城市)之前就已经是晚上了”．句中的it表示的是时间，而非强调句型中的it．注意以下强调句型：It was in the evening that we reached the little town of Winchester．我们到达温彻斯特那个小镇时已经是晚上了．
It was not until in the evening that we reached the little town of Winchester．我们直到晚上才到达温彻斯特那个小镇．
而用since则意为“自从”．如：
It was quite long since we had reached the little town of Winchester．
我们到达温彻斯特那个小镇已经很久了．