Question

7.1 had hardly got to the office        to go back home at once. (phone)

我刚到办公室，妻子就给我打电话让我立刻回家。

Answer 1

7. when my wife phoned me考查hardly...when…结构的用法。hardly / scarcely...when..., no sooner... than…这两个短语都表示"刚……就……",可以互换，主句通常用过去完成时，而than和when引导的句子的谓语动词应用一般过去时。注意：当hardly (=scarcely) , no sooner位于句子的开头时，主句须用倒装语序。