(单选题)

It was the news that his best friend passed away the failure in the exam, made it hard for him to accept.

A.would rather; what

B.or rather; which

C.rather than; that

D.rather than; when

参考答案：C

参考解析：

考查that引导的同位语从句和强调句的基本结构。句意：使他难以接受的是他最好的朋友去世的消息，而不是考试不及格。rather than意为“而不是；宁可……也不愿”，连接the news和the failure两个并列结构。the news后面的that在从句内部不充当成分，所以that his best friend passed away是一个同位语从句，名词the news连同这个同位语从句是强调句里面被强调的部分，逗号后面的内容是强调句的其他成分，所以要用that来引导，故选C。

知识点：

It was the news that his best friend passed away ______ the failure in the exam, ______ made it hard for him to accept.

It was the news that his best friend passed away the failure in the exam, made it hard for him to accept.