问题
选择题
Only when the European countries' financial system broke down _____to take measures to deal with those problems.
A.did they decide
B.they decided
C.they had decided
D.had they decided
答案
答案:A
考察倒装句,当only放句首时,后面的主句要用部分倒装句,即提前助动词或者情态动词,根据句子结构可知,主句的时态应当和when引导的时间状语从句的时间保持一致,所以选择A
句意为,只有当欧洲国家的经济体系崩溃的时候,他们才会决定采取措施处理这些问题。