5．I received his mother’s telephone call at eleven.Only then________that he was badly hurt in an accident yesterday.
A．I had known B．I knew
C．did I know D．had known I
解析：选C。“only+状语”位于句首时，句子用部分倒装语序。
4．Nancy didn’t come to the party last Saturday.________，she would have made the party more exciting.
A．If she came B．Will she come
C．Had she come D．Did she come
解析：选C。在虚拟条件句中，当从句谓语动词含有were，should，had时，可省略if，将were，should，had移到主语之前。
3．-We have to stop talking here outside.________！
-Hurry up or we’ll be late.
A．There goes the bell B．There does the bell go
C．There the bell goes D．Goes the bell there
解析：选A。here，there，now，then等副词位于句首，主语为名词，谓语动词是be，come，go等词，且为一般时态时，句子常用全部倒装语序。
2.(2010年九江地区联考)Hardly________the phone________I was told that the hotel had been booked full.
A．I had picked up；when B．had I picked up；then
C．had I picked up；when D．I had picked up；then
解析：选C。考查倒装句和固定句式。本句使用了“hardly...when...”句式，表示“刚一……就……”；当否定副词hardly放在句首时，主句要用倒装结构，因此选C。近年高考试题的单项填空部分有不少试题都呈现“复合型”，一个试题中考查两个或多个语法知识。
本单元语法--倒装句
1．(2010年江西上高二中月考)________he is，________he can do something that grownups do.
A．A boy as；but B．A boy though；yet
C．Boy as；yet D．Boy as；but
解析：选C。考查特殊句式。句意：虽然他只是一个孩子，但是他可以做一些成年人做的事情。前半句是as引导的让步状语从句，表语前置；此处表语为名词，其前不加冠词。此结构可以和yet，still等词连用，但不可与but连用。
4．(2009年辽宁重点中学协作体一模)-My friend Bill promised he’d help on this rush job，but he didn’t show up.
-________！He never keeps his word.
A．It’s hard to say B．What a friend
C．I couldn’t agree more D．What a shame
解析：选B。考查情景对话。根据句意：“我的朋友比尔答应要帮我赶这份工作，但他到现在也没露面”。“他就是这种人，从不遵守诺言”。A项“很难说”；C项“非常赞同”(通常回答别人的观点或提议)；D项“多可惜啊”。
3．(2009年厦门检测)-Could I use your computer，sir?
-Sure，________.
A．you could B．my pleasure
C．good idea D．go ahead
解析：选D。考查交际用语。根据句意：“我可以用一下你的电脑吗？”“当然，用吧”。go ahead(表示鼓励别人做某事)干吧，做吧，用吧等。
2．(2009年福州检测)-It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help.
-That’s right.________.
A．Many hands make light work
B．Something is better than nothing
C．The more the merrier
D．The sooner begun，the sooner done
解析：选A。考查英语谚语。Many hands make light work.意为“众人拾柴火焰高”。如果不知道这个谚语的话，根据对话上一句的内容也可以猜出答案来：如果大家都愿意帮忙打扫的话。
1．(2009年福州检测)-Excuse me，is the shop open around the clock?
-________.Only from 8∶00 a．m. to 4∶00 p．m..
A．I’m not sure B．Well，it depends
C．That’s right D．I’m afraid not
解析：选D。考查交际用语。从only可以看出下文的时间与上文的时间是不一致的，所以选择I’m afraid not，用以引出不同的观点。
4．We’re just trying to reach a point________both sides will sit down together and talk.
A．where B．that
C．when D．which
解析：选A。句意：我们正努力达到一个地步，双方愿意坐下来彼此交谈。