书上说是定语从句.it在不知道是谁的情况下可以表示人,然后that就是连接词

还是Who is it that won the first prize in the later National Maths Competation?这句话吧.再分析一下：1.Who is it ?为主句,that won the first prize in the later National Maths Competation为that引导的定语从句修饰it. 2.若看作强调句型把题中的is改为was,即Who was it that won the first prize in the later National Maths Competation? 把此句中的was it that （强调结构）去掉之后成为Who won the first prize in the later National Maths Competation? 句意完整.所以是强调句型.
总结,若句子用is是定语从句,若用was则是强调句型,即be动词的时态是关键.这是容易理解出错的地方,可能也是出题者的意图所在.
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