单选题 So sudden ______ that most residents at the foot of the mountain had no time to escape.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意:火山爆发太突然,山脚大多数居民都没时间逃脱。so...that...句型中,如果so...放在句首,主句需要部分倒装。由had no time可知,本句应用一般过去时,因此用was。