Question

16．水将对生命发展有关键作用在当时并不明显．（it was…that…； is to； fundamental）It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the develoment of life．．

Answer 1

分析 It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the develoment of life．

解答 It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the develoment of life．
本句提示了句式和短语，it was…that…属于强调句型，很容易联想到句式It was not immediately obvious that，…不明显；is to为简单句式，fundamental意为基本的，因此有关键作用可翻译为was to be fundamental．

点评 本句所给提示较多，考生由提示句型it was…that…，is to能够很轻松写出句子框架，然后根据汉语意思加以补充即可．