Itwastheculture，ratherthanthelanguage，

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It was the culture，rather than the language，________ made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad.

A．where B．why C．that D．what

解析考查强调句。句意为：是风俗文化而不是语言使他很难适应国外的新环境。去掉It was及空格处所填词此句成分仍完整，由此可断定本句是强调句型，所以空格处用that。