Hardly had we gathered in the square when it (begin) _______ to rain.
Hardly had we gathered in the square when it (begin) _______ to rain.
Hardly had we gathered in the square when it (begin) _______ to rain.
() to the railway station when it began to rain.
A.We got hardly
B.We hardly had got
C.Hardly we had got
D.We had hardly got
______ had we sat down than the telephone rang.
A. Almost
B. No sooner
C. Hardly
D. Just
Hardly ______ when the door suddenly closed.
A. they had arrived
B. they arrived
C. did they arrive
D. had they arrived
Hardly ______ down ______ the phone rang.
A. had she sat; when
B. she sat; when
C. had she sat; than
D. she had sat; than
(78)Obviously, there would be no point in investing(投入) in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
What is the main purpose of this passage?
A.To look back to the early days of computers.
B.To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.
C.To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.
D.To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computers.
Last year, some poor people had hardly ______ the severe winter.
A.remained
B.lived
C.endured
D.survived
Hardly ______when they ran toward it.
A. had the plane landed
B. did the plane land
C. the plane had landed
D. the plane landed
Hardly ______ when it began to rain.
A.had he arrived
B.arrived he
C.he had arrived
D.did he arrive
______had he arrived home than it began to rain.
A. Not until
B. No sooner
C. Scarcely
D. hardly