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
要正确翻译这个句子并不是件容易的事,但并不影响解题:
首先,这是个"not"开头的句子,需要倒装;
第二,在A、A、C、D四个答案中,B是唯一不倒装的,肯定不对;
第三,尽管A、C、D都是倒装形式,但由于是"not since",要用现在完成时,故正确答案是C.
从以上例子可以看出,就语法考试而言,牢记基本规则,把握正确解题思路有时比多认识几个英语单词更重要。
其他需注意的倒装现象:
4) here, there, back, down, off, in, up等表示地点状语的词开头的句子,例如:
Here comes a taxi! (来了辆出租车!)
There goes the last bus!(末班公共汽车开走了!)
Down came the rain.(下雨了。)
但是:主语是代词时不倒装,例如:
Here it comes. (它来了。)
There she goes.(她走了。)
5) 主语 live, stand, lie, sit 等动词 (介词)地点状语 的结构中常采用倒装语序,例如:
正常语序:An old temple stands at the top of the hill.
倒装语序:At the top of the hill stands an old temple. (山顶上有座古庙。)
同样,如果主语是代词,也不能倒装,例如:
(The old temple was built 800 hundred years ago. ) It stands at the top of the hill.
6) although 让步从句用as或 though代替时,例如:
正常语序:Although he is young, he is quite expert in computer technology.
倒装语序:Young as he is, he is quite expert in computer technology.
(尽管他很年轻,但是他对计算机技术相当专业。)
4)、5)、6)类倒装只是简单的语序调整。