Question

I had hardly got to the office________my wife phoned me to go back home at once.(2012·大纲全国Ⅱ

I had hardly got to the office________my wife phoned me to go back home at once.(2012·大纲全国Ⅱ，11) A．when B．than C．until D．after

Answer 1

A 解析　句意为：我刚到办公室，我妻子就打电话让我立刻回家。“hardly...when...”是固定句型，意为“刚……就……”。类似的结构还有scarcely...when...，no sooner...than...。以上结构中当no sooner，hardly，scarcely放在句首时句子要用倒装语序。