详解5.________ was the damage to

这个句子里使用了 such.that.句型,这个句型只用来引导结果状语从句.
so that句型中,如果so和that分开,so后面必须接形容词,副词或分词,不能单独使用.因此在这道题里不能选.
如果选this或that,那么它不会和后面的that形成固定结构,后面跟的从句应为定语从句,那么
.that it would cost thousands of dollars to repair.中的 it 就应当不写.有了it,它就是一个完整的主谓结构,形成结果状语从句.
所以要选such

后对应限定的such，指的是后面将要提到的某一种类。通常使用such ... as/that ...的结构。
Such a disaster as this had never happened to her before.以前她从未遇到过这样的灾难。
The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossi...