a. Only引出的状语放在句首时
1) Only then did he know that he was rejected by the boss.
2) Only in this way can you collect more stamps.
3) Only when her father came back was she able to go to school.
b.一些含有否定意义的副词或连词如hardly, never, not, not only, little, seldom, no sooner放在句首时,如:
1) Never have I been to the mountain village.
2) Not a single word did he write in the class.
3) Little did the boy know the rules of English grammar.
c. 用so作简单回答时表明前面说的情况也适用于另一个人,如:
1) He likes swimming in summer very much. So do I.
2) We saw the football match last week. So did they.
3) The girl can speak fluent English. So can the boy.
d. 用neither, nor放在句首, 表示前面的否定内容也同样适合另外一个人,如:
1) He has never been to Shanghai. Neither have I.
2) He didn’t find any useful material in the book. Nor did I.
倒装这种语法内容在高考时有所体现。下面就是近年来在高考中出现的倒装试题及其解析。
【考例1】 Never before in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.
A. has this city been
B. this city has been
C. was this city
D. this city was
【解析】 (上海2005年)因为否定副词never在句首,引出部分倒装,答案是A。
【考例2】 I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in my life so happy.
A. did I feel B. I felt
C. I had felt D. had I felt
【解析】(全国2000年)道理同上,答案是D,部分倒装。
【考例3】 You forgot your purse when you went out. Good heavens.
.
A. So did I B. So I did
C. I did so D. I so did
【解析】(上海2002年)答案是B。 so开头的倒装句只限于适合另外一个人的情况。如果是指同一个人,就不能用倒装。这句话的意思是:天哪, 我可不是忘了怎的。
【考例4】 Not only interested in football but beginning to show an interest in it.
A. the teacher himself is; all his
students are
B. the teacher himself is; are all his
students
C. is the teacher himself; are all his
students
D. is the teacher himself; all his
students are
【解析】(上海2002年春招)not only开头,故要用倒装。答案是D。
【考例5】 Only when the war was over to his home town.
A. did the young soldier return
B. the young soldier returned
C. returned the young soldier
D. the young soldier did return
【解析】(上海2001年春招)only修饰状语从句打头,要用倒装。答案是A。
【考例6】 The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once
with each other.
A. they had quarreled
B. they have quarreled
C. have they quarreled
D. had they quarreled
【解析】 (全国2003年)never在并列句的句首,要倒装,答案是C。
【考例7】 Only when your identity has been checked .
A. you are allowed in
B. you will be allowed in
C. will you allow in
D. will you be allowed in
【解析】 (上海2003年)与第五例同理,答案是D。
【考例8】 I failed in the final exam-
ination last term and only then
the importance of studies.
A. I realized
B. I had realized
C. had I realized
D. did I realize
【解析】(重庆2004年)因有副词only修饰表示时间的副词then,故要用部分倒装。答案是D。
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