Question

— Did you know any Chinese before you arrived in Beijing?
— Never ________ it, actually.

A．had I learned

B．have I learned

C．I have learned

D．I had learned

Answer 1

A

试题分析：考查部分倒装：否定词never放在句首的时候，句子用部分倒装，助动词提到主语前面，句意：--你到北京前了解中国吗？--事实上，我从来不了解它。从句意可知在到北京前不了解北京，是过去的过去，选A。
点评：以否定副词开头并加状语放在句首的句子要求部分倒装。这些否定副词有barely, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely…… when, never, no sooner…… than, rarely, no more, not nearly, not only等