Hardly _______ to speak when the audience interrupted him. A．he began B．he had begun C．had

Hardly _______ to speak when the audience interrupted him. A．he began B．he had begun C．had he begun D．did he begin

C



试题分析：考查部分倒装句：Hardly+过去完成时的倒装+when…，“一…就…”，hardly是否定词，放在句首，后面用部分倒装，助动词had放在主语前面。句意：他一开始说话，观众就打断了他。选C。
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等以及only。