Question

Hardly _______ to speak when the audience interrupted him.

A．he began

B．he had begun

C．had he begun

D．did he begin

Answer 1

C

試題分析：考查部分倒裝句：Hardly+過去完成時的倒裝+when…，“一…就…”，hardly是否定詞，放在句首，后面用部分倒裝，助動詞had放在主語前面。句意：他一開始說話，觀眾就打斷了他。選C。
點評：以否定副詞開頭并加狀語放在句首的句子要求部分倒裝。這些否定副詞有barely, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely…… when, never, no sooner…… than, rarely, no more, not nearly, not only等以及only。