Question

______ I had done it I knew I had made a mistake.

A. Hardly
B. Directly
C. Mostly
D. Nearly

Answer 1

答案B
第一眼看四个词从形式上看都是以-ly结尾的形容词，但从句子结构看，空白处需要填连词。但不少学生受hardly…when…影响，可能很容易选A。其实，directly/immediately等少数副词具有连词的功能用来连接两个句子，意思是“一…….就…..”，相当于as soon as, the moment等用法。