1  在此段中It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change.这句中it is ...that...是强调句式吗？

解答：这不是强调句型。It指a good book, the same作表语，today是时间状语。that引导定语从句it always was修饰the same,并在从句中作表语。and后为并列分句。

例如：Tom is the same today that he was 3 years ago. 汤姆和三年前没有两样。that改为as更为常见：Tom is the same as he was 3 years ago.

2. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. 此句中amusing 、instructing、comforting.

consoling本都是形容词性，但是在这里作为动名词，我是否可以理解在这里直接视为名词词性？

解答：amusing，instructing，comforting，consoling这四个V-ing形式不是动名词，而是现在分词作谓语receives的结果状语。前两个由and并列是年轻时候的结果，后两个并列是老年时的结果。注意amusing前的分号应为逗号，分号应该是笔误或排版错误。因为分号相当于并列连词，而分号后显然不是主谓结构，没有并列关系。