1. Only after the anesthetist gave the patient an anesthetic,

A. could be the operation conducted.

B. could the operation be conducted.

C. could be conducted the operation.

D. the operation conducted could be

2. Not until we have the approval from the authority concerned,——the job

A. we can start

B. can we start

C. start can we

D. can we not start

3.——he speaks English very well.

A.A child as he is

B. Ashe is a child

C. Child as is he

D. A lttle child as he is

4. No sooner——the railway station when the train had started.

A. did I reach

B. had I reached C. I reached

D. I had reached

5. How beautifully she sings! Seldom——such beautiful singing.

A. I have heard

B. have I heard

C. did I heard

D. I heard

6——the leading members of the departments concerned.

A. Present at the meeting were

B. were present at the meeting

C. Present were at the meeting

D. Are present at the meeting

[答案与解析]

1. B.以only所修饰的副词、介词短语或状语从句位于句首时要倒装。句意为“只有在麻醉师给病人施行麻醉以后;手术才能进行。”

2.A。Not until位于句首时需倒装。句意为“没有有关当局的批准我们不能开始这项工作。”他尽管是个孩子，但懂得很多。

3.D。as引导让步状语从句，意为“尽管，虽然”，从句常用倒装语序。如果表语部分是名词，提前时通常将冠词去掉。但若名词前有形容词修饰时，冠词常保留。句意为“尽管他是个小孩子，他英语说得很好。”

4. B。在Hardly 1/ Sarely..when... No sooner.. than.. 句型位于句首时，前面主句倒装，且用过去完成时态，后面从句不倒装。句意为“我们刚到火车站，火车就开动了。’

5. B。以never, lttle, seldom, hardly, rarely, nowhere等否定意义的词位于句首时要倒装。句意为“她唱得多好啊!我很少听到有如此美妙的歌声。

6.A。表语位于句首且主语较长或结构较复杂的句子，主谓通常全部倒装。句意为“出席会议的有各有关部门的负责人。”present意为“出席的;到场的”。又如: How many people were present at the meeting?会议有多少人出席?