例如:
Not since the great growth years of the snowmobile ______ as much as the latest entry of all terrain vehicle.
A. did a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
B. a sport vehicle had caught the publics fancy
C.has a sport vehicle caught the publics fancy
D.will a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
要正確翻譯這個句子并不是件容易的事,但并不影響解題:
首先,這是個"not"開頭的句子,需要倒裝;
第二,在A、A、C、D四個答案中,B是唯一不倒裝的,肯定不對;
第三,盡管A、C、D都是倒裝形式,但由于是"not since",要用現在完成時,故正確答案是C.
從以上例子可以看出,就語法考試而言,牢記基本規則,把握正確解題思路有時比多認識幾個英語單詞更重要。
其他需注意的倒裝現象:
4) here, there, back, down, off, in, up等表示地點狀語的詞開頭的句子,例如:
Here comes a taxi! (來了輛出租車!)
There goes the last bus!(末班公共汽車開走了!)
Down came the rain.(下雨了。)
但是:主語是代詞時不倒裝,例如:
Here it comes. (它來了。)
There she goes.(她走了。)
5) 主語 live, stand, lie, sit 等動詞 (介詞)地點狀語 的結構中常采用倒裝語序,例如:
正常語序:An old temple stands at the top of the hill.
倒裝語序:At the top of the hill stands an old temple. (山頂上有座古廟。)
同樣,如果主語是代詞,也不能倒裝,例如:
(The old temple was built 800 hundred years ago. ) It stands at the top of the hill.
6) although 讓步從句用as或 though代替時,例如:
正常語序:Although he is young, he is quite expert in computer technology.
倒裝語序:Young as he is, he is quite expert in computer technology.
(盡管他很年輕,但是他對計算機技術相當專業。)
4)、5)、6)類倒裝只是簡單的語序調整。