Hardly _______ to speak when the audience interrupted him.
A.he began
B.he had begun
C.had he begun
D.did he begin
C
题目分析:考查部分倒装句:Hardly+过去完成时的倒装+when…,“一…就…”,hardly是否定词,放在句首,后面用部分倒装,助动词had放在主语前面。句意:他一开始说话,观众就打断了他。选C。
点评:以否定副词开头并加状语放在句首的句子要求部分倒装。这些否定副词有barely, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely…… when, never, no sooner…… than, rarely, no more, not nearly, not only等以及only。