正确答案应为D，C是错误的！原因：如果选择C则原文是：It waswhat was a waste landthat a modern city has been set up on. 如果按照that 是从句，应该译成：现代城市被建立在上面（的）曾经过去是什么是荒芜的地带。如果按照强调结构，那么把it was ......that.....去掉，句子也应完整，才是正确的英语。（这是判断强调句是否正确的最基本方法），但是，去掉后，译文是：什么过去是荒芜的地带，现代城市被建立在上面。上述两种语法结构都说不通。然而，选择D 原文是;It was where was a waste land that a modern city has be...
