单选题 Hardly ______ time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.
A. he had B. he had had C. had he had D. had he

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】hardly为表示否定意义的副词，放在句首时，所在句要求部分倒装，据此，排除A和B。C和D区别在于时态。在hardly…when…的结构中，主句谓语动词一般为过去完成时，从句谓语动词一般为简单过去时。题意为：他还没来得及安顿下来就又将房子卖了，并离开了这个国家。