（一）用于以下副詞或連接詞開頭的句子：

here, there, now, then, out, down, in, up, only, often, thus, so well, off, away, twice, many a time, not only… but also, etc.

Then came the results we had long hoped for.

Twice within my life have world war taken place.我一生中經(jīng)歷了兩次世界大戰(zhàn)。

（二）as引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句有以下句型：

1． 名（形、過去分詞）+ as + 主語+ be 或其他動詞

Child as he is, he knows a great deal.

Small as a drop of water is, it is a big world of atoms.

Hunted as the wild turkey is, it is no use doing so.

2. 副詞（動詞）+ as + 主語+動詞

Much as I like this book, I like others better.

Try as they may, they will never succeed.

（三）be用于讓步從句時(shí)，采用部分倒裝。

Be it late, I must finish this work.

All substances, be they gaseous, are made up of atoms.

（四）no matter how, however引導(dǎo)的狀語的語序?yàn)椋篘o matter how/However + adj./adv. + 主語+動詞。

However hard he tried, he still failed in the entrance exams.

However great our achievements are, we mustn’t be conceited.

（五）地點(diǎn)狀語后若有動詞lie, live, sit, stand等時(shí)，可采用倒裝，此時(shí)必須注意主謂一致。

Under a tree is standing an old man.

On each side of the high way were hundreds of billboards(露天大廣告牌) advertising everything from modern motels to roadside stands that sell fresh fruit and bedspreads(床罩).

（六）主語很長為了使句子平衡，常常采用倒裝。

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay.

（七）下列表示否定意義的介詞短語置于句首，應(yīng)倒裝：

on no consideration by no means in no case in no way

in vain at no time under no circumstances

on no account by no stretch of the imagination 怎么也想不到

On no account are you to touch those electric appliances.

By no means will I go with him.

（八）以only +狀語（副詞、介詞、從句）+句首的句子：

Only then only at that time only once only by only when

Only after only in this way only through only because, etc

Exercise 8.1

1. ______ with whom we are familiar. (Here you are.)

A. Here comes the clown B. Here the clown comes

C. The clown comes here D. Here the clown come

2. Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.

A. can you B. would you C. you will D. you can

3. Often ______ ask her not to be late for school.

A. we do B. do we C. we have D. have we

4. So badly ______ in the accident that he was detained in the hospital for treatment.

A. did he injure B. he did injure C. was he injured D. he was injured

5. Not only was she hard working, ______.

A. how beautiful she was B. was she helpful

C. but also she was very polite D. what a beautiful girl

6. ______ he would have been a rich man.

A. Was he to enter business B. were he entered business

C. Had he entered business D. Was he entered business

7. Hardly had he finished his speech ______ the audience started cheering.

A. and B. when C. than D. as

8. Nowhere else in the world ______ more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.

A. you can find B. can you find C. you have found D. have you found

9. ______ a certain doubt among the students as to the necessity of the work.

A. There existed B. There had C. They had D. It existed

10. To such degree ______ that he was often left out in the cold.

A. did he become disagreeable B. will he become disagreeable

C. disagreeable does he become D. he became disagreeable

11. Among those present ______ who eagerly responded to the Party’s call and went to work in the border regions.

A. were Teacher Wang B. was Teacher Wang

C. they were D. was that they

12. At the door ______ whose mother was a doctor.

A. a man stood B. stood a man

C. a man is standing D. were standing a man

13. On no account ______ when I have nothing to say.

A. shall I force myself write B. I shall force myself write

C. will force myself to write D. I will be forced to write

14.He hasn’t been to the Great Wall, ______ .

A. So haven’t I B. so do I C. Neither have I D. I haven’t too

15. Tom insists on our going over, ______.

A. it be late or early B. be it late or early

C. late it be or early D. it will be late or early

16. ______ that nobody wanted to play for them.

A. Because the flight tickets were so expensive

B. So expensive the flight tickets were

C. The expensive were the flight tickets

D. So expensive were the flight tickets

17. ______ , I could not detect the smallest alternation in its outline.

A. as I would scan it B. However I would scan it hard

C. Scan it although I would D. Scan it as I would

18. ______ his speech had made so deep an impression on his audience.

A. Little does he think B. He thinks little

C. Little did he think D. Little he thought

19. Then ______ an epoch of social revolution.

A. does open B. opens C. do open D. open

20. Many and many things ______ to do.

A. he has had B. has he had C. had he had D. he had had

Exercise 8.2(省略)

1. I don’t like hot weather, and _____.
A. she doesn’t too B. either doesn’t she
C. neither does she D. she doesn’t neither

2. Her husband lived in London before they got married, and so _____.
A. did she B. had she C. she had D. she did

3. “Will Tom come back to school tomorrow?”
“I Hope _____.”
A. that B. this C. so D. it

4. Mary never does any reading in the evening, _____.
A. so does George B. George is too
C. George doesn’t too D. nor does George

5. “Would you kindly lend me some money?”
“Yes, _____.”
A. I had to B. I like to C. I’d love to D. I would to

6. I can’t speak French. _____.
A. Either can’t my sister B. Neither can my sister
C. My sister can’t too D. Nor can my sister, too

7. I’ll face the danger _____ good or evil.
A. as B. since C. now that D. whether

8. _____ necessary, change the form of the verbs.
A. Though B. If C. What D. How

9. What _____ I can’t get there in time?
A. that B. it C. when D. if

10. She studies _____ John.
A. as hard as B. much harder C. as more as D. as better as