单选题 Not until you promise not to be tardy again ______ consider transferring you to the newly established branch office.
  • (A) I will
  • (B) will l
  • (C) I am
  • (D) am I


【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[理由] 本句测试否定副词从句置句首时,主句中的主语和动词应使用问句式倒装结构,
常用的否定副词:never(从不)、hardly(几乎不)、scarcely(几乎不)、seldom(很少)、rarely(很少)、little(一点也不)
常用的否定副词短语:by no means(绝对不)、in no way(绝对不)、on no account(绝对不)、in no situation(绝对不)、under no circumstances(绝对不)
常用的否定副词从句:not until…(直到……才)、only when…(只有当……时)、only after…(只有到……之后)
上述否定副词、否定副词短语置句首时,其后主语和动词须使用问句式倒装;若为否定副词从句时,则主句的主语及动词使用问句式倒装。原则如下:
1)主语之后有be动词,be动词与主语倒装。
[例] He is never happy.
=Never is he happy.
(他从不快乐。)
I was not aware of it until he came
=Not until he came was I aware of it.
(直到他来,我才发觉这件事。)
2) 主语之后有助动词(如can、will、may或完成时助动词have等)时,助动词与主语要倒装。
[例] He has never done it before.
=Never has he done it before.
(他从来没做过这件事。)
I won't know the truth until you come.
=Not until you come will I know the truth.
(你来之后我才会知道真相。)
3) 主语之后有一般动词时,先在主语之前按时态及主语人称之不同,分别置助动词do、does、did,再将动词改为动词原形。
[例] He seldom walks to school.
=Seldom do es he walk to school.
(他很少走路上学。)
He little knew that Mary's English could be so good.(罕见)
=Little did he know that Mary's English could be so good.
(他一点也没想到玛丽的英文会那么好。)
原句句首有“Not until...”引导的否定副词从句,故空格内的主句应使用问句式倒装句型。选项中仅(B)及(D)为倒装句型,但空格后有动词原形consider(考虑),故仅(B)为正选。