Question

Scarcely was he in his teens___his father died. A.than B.as C.while D.when

Answer 1

2Hardly . . . than versus hardly . . . when: the conjunction than is best left to work with comparative adjectives and adverbs (lovelier than; more quickly than). Consider a construction such as Sheila had hardly recovered from the flu when she lost her beloved beagle: in speech, one might tend to use than as the complement to hardly, but in careful writing, since time is the point, the word to use is when. In a more formal context, however, the idea would be better conveyed: No sooner had Sheila recovered from the flu than she lost her beloved beagle. In this sentence, than does belong because it is the natural conjunction after the comparative adjective sooner. 3 As synonyms, hardly, barely, and scarcely are almost indistinguishable.

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以一段牛津词典上的解释为开场白
hardly/scarely/barely ...when/than
用when 和than的区别在于。。。你想听吗？想听就请追问
好吧，than是比较性连词，前后相似才能比较。所以前后时态一致
when是个时间点，前面的部分早于when，所以用完成时。
本题只能选A，than

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scarcely was the work completed than it was abandoned.
作业刚一完成就被丢到一边了

Answer 2

D.when
这是scarely。。。when。。。句型，固定搭配，“当。。。就。。。”的意思。把scarely前置，要用倒装。本句正是用了倒装。

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Answer 3

B

Answer 4

D
固定短语搭配 scarely / hardly……when …… = no sooner than…… “一……就……”

Answer 5

D 他刚到十一二，他的父亲就去世了。结构 scarcely / hardly ...when... ； no sooner...than...; as soon as... 刚一...就...