--- What on earth did the manager want to know, Jim?
--- that we could finish the project.
A. What it was
B. What was it
C. When was it
D. When it was
网友回答
A. What it was
B. What was it
C. When was it
(答案→)D. When it was
解析：考查强调句的特殊疑问句做宾语从句：句意：经理究竟想知道什么？--（他想知道）我们什么时候完成计划。这是省略句，完整的句子是：The manager wanted to know when it was that we could finish the project.因为是做的宾语从句，所以语序应该是陈述句语序，排除BC，另外这题是强调句的特殊问句，结构是：特殊疑问词+is/was+it+that+其余部分，特殊疑问词的选择要看句子成分和句意，因为这句话不缺主宾表，缺少的是时间状语，选D。