英语句型精华

前言
(一)初阶句型
1．
(A)He had hardly[scarcely]closed his eyes before[when]the telephone rang
(B)He had no sooner closed his eyes than the telephone rang
(C)As soon as he closed his eyes．the telephone rang
刚就；一就
2．
(A)I had waited three days before he came back
(B)I had not waited long before he came back没多久就
3．
(A)Stir with a metal spoon until the sugar has issolved
(B)The traffic laws don't take elfect until the end of the year
(A)直到时(B)直到(才)
4．Unless you．pay by credit card，please pay in cash；
除非
5．
(A)1 will come only if nothing is said to the press
(B)These snakes only attack if they feel fright-ened or threatened
只有(才)
6．
(A)Only when all attempts at negotiation had failcd．did the men decide to go on strike
(B)Not until all attempts at negotiation had falCd，did the men decide to go on strike
待之时，才(倒装)
7．
(A)You shall want for nothing as Iong as I live
(B)Any book will do，SO long as it is interesting
只要；唯有
8．
(A)He is not Co much a scholar as a businessman
(B)The strength of knowledge consists not SO much in its wide spectrum as in its wide ap-plication
与其说不如说
9．(A)I don’t know him；indeed I have not so much as heard his namc
(B)He left the room without so much as saying a goodbye to me
甚至不
10．
(A)Poor as he was，he was above selling his honor at any price
(B)Fool as he is，he can see through the trick
(C)Little as!like the invitation，I cannot but accept it
(D)Wy as you will，you can’t solve the problem
尽管
11．
(A)Used，as they are，to all sorts ofdangers，they are not to be daunted by anything
(B)Living，as I do，SO remote from towns，I rarely have visitors
因为
12．
(A)This watch is as expensive as that one
(B)John writes as neatly as Mary
(C)I haven’t got SO much money as I thought
(D)Try to get as many opinions as you can
和一样
13．
(A)His new book is more interesting than his earher ones
(B)Some people think much more about their rights than(they do)about their duties
(C)the new edition is less expensive than the old one
(D)He visits US less frequently than he used to
比更(多／少)
14．
(A)He is as brave as、any man alive
(B)He is as brave a man as ever breathed：
(C)He is the bravest man that ever lived
最
15．
(A)The more learnes a man is the more modest he usually is
(B)The later you arrive，the better the food is
越就越
16．
(A)It is too cold to go in the sea yet
(B)I am only too delighted to accept your kind invitation
太以致于不能
17．
(A)Credit has been arranged SO as to spread the paYments over a 10-month period
(B)These politicians made promises simply in 0rder to win more votes
以便；为了一．
18．
(A)He was so fat that he couldn’t get through the door
(B)His statement was so ambiguous as to be t0 tally meaningless
(C)Many contestants later failed drug tests，SO that the race had to be rerun
太以致于
19．
(A)the nature of the job wag such that he felt
obliged to tell no one about it
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