单选题 The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new one occurred.

A、 Hardly had the government taken
B、 The government had hardly taken
C、 Hardly the government had taken
D、 The government is hardly taking

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查倒装结构。含否定意义的词(如never, hardly, seldom, little, few, not until, not, not only, no sooner, no longer, nowhere, by no means等)置于句首时，其后用部分倒装。所以，答案是A。