(二)“only+状语”位于句首时引起的部分倒装
【考例】
Only with the greatest of luck _____ to escape from the rising flood waters. (2012上海)
A. managed she B. she managed
C. did she manage D. she did manage
解析：C。句意：她最终逃脱了上涨的洪水，只是因为运气极佳。
(三) 在so…that句型中，如果so引导的部分位于句首，则主句要使用部分倒装。
【考例】
So sudden _____ that the enemy had no time to escape.
A. did the attack B. the attack did
C. was the attack D. the attack was
解析：C。句意：这次袭击非常突然以至于敌人没有时间逃跑。sudden是形容词，在句中作表语，故动词应用was。
(四) as或though引导让步状语从句置于句首时引起的部分倒装(although不能引导倒装)。其倒装句型是：表语(形容词或单个名词)/ 状语 / 谓语中的行为动词(动词原形)+as / though+主语+…。
【考例】
Hot _____ the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey. (2012陕西)
A. although B. as
C. while D. however
解析：BHot as the night air was尽管夜晚的空气很热。
(五) so / neither / nor位于句首表示前面所说的情况也适用于另一个人或物， so 用于肯定情况，neither / nor用于否定情况。其句型是： so / neither / nor+ / 系动词 / 情态动词+
【考例】
Bill wasn’t happy about the delay of the report by Jason, and _____.
A. I was neither B. neither was I
C. I was either D. either was I
解析：B：
1】
The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _____ it a thought.
A. does he even give B. he even gives
C. will he even give D. he will even give
解析：C2】
This is not my story, nor _____ the whole story. My story plays out differently.
A. is there B. there is
C. is it D. it is
解析：C。句中it代指前面的This，nor在句中表示连续的否定。
(2) neither…nor…连接并列成分，且neither和nor放于句首，前后都倒装。连接并列主语时不倒装。
Neither does he work hard, nor is he interested in math.
Neither he nor I am a student.
(3) 表示对对方所说的话加以肯定或赞同时，不用倒装语序，意为“的确，真的”。如 ：
—John is very polite. 约翰很有礼貌。—So he is. 他确实如此。
(4) 当前面有两个(或两个以上)不同动作也适用于后者时，常用“so + it + be + with + sb”结构。
(六) hardly…when / no sooner…than / not until等连接复合句时，如果hardly, no sooner, not until放于句首，主句使用部分倒装，从句不倒装; not only…but also连接并列分句时，如果not only放于句首, 前一个分句使用部分倒装，后一个分句不倒装。
【考例1】
Not until he retired from teaching three years ago _____ having a holiday abroad.
A. he had considered B. had he considered
C. he considered D. did he consider
解析：DNot until位于句首时，2】
The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only _____, but students became more interested in the lessons.
A. saved was teachers’ energy
B. was teachers’ energy saved
C. teachers’ energy was saved
D. was saved teachers’ energy
解析：Bnot only…but also…连接并列分句，not only
【考例3】
—Did Linda see the traffic accident?
—No, no sooner _____ than it happened.
A. had she gone B. she had gone
C. has she gone D. she has gone
解析：Ano sooner…than句型，no sooner位于句首时，： Outside the doctor’s clinic were 20 patients.
