40. ______ got on the train when it started to move.
A. I rarely had
B. Scarcely had I
C. No sooner I had
D. No sooner had I
解析:
该题考查的是固定搭配。
“scarcely…when (before)…”这个结构表达“一……就……”之意,scarecely引出的是主句,when / before引导的是从句,主句的动作与从句的动作一前一后紧接着发生。一般,从句用一般过去式,主句用过去完成时,当scarecely这一表达否定意义的词置于句首时,要用部分倒装,所以had提前,选B。
参考译文:
我刚上火车它就启动了。
拓展:
scarecely也可换作hardly,即,“scarcely…when (before)…” = “hardly…when (before)…”
该结构在含义上与as soon as及no sooner…than相近