It was ______ the president's speech that the secretary spent the whole morning at home.

A. to prepareB. preparing C. prepared D. be prepared

 

B

【解析】

試題分析：本題中含有一個強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是句子的賓語preparing the president's speech；在英語中，通常動名詞可以在句中做賓語。本句中是一個固定搭配spend some time in doing stt花費(fèi)時間做某事；句義：秘書花了整個晚上在家里準(zhǔn)備的正是總統(tǒng)的演講。故B正確。

考點(diǎn)：考察動名詞用法

 

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