Question

By no means __________ to her parents.

A．this is the first time has she lied

B．this is the first time does she tell a lie

C．is this the first time she has lied

D．is this the first time she was lying

Answer 1

C

试题分析：考查部分倒装句：by no means 在开头句子应该用部分倒装，要注意：主句是倒装句，从句不用倒装，句意：这绝不是第一次她对父母撒谎。选C。
点评：以否定副词开头并加状语放在句首的句子要求部分倒装。这些否定副词有barely, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely…… when, never, no sooner…… than, rarely, no more, not nearly, not only等以及only。在部分倒装句中，只有助动词、情态动词或连系动词to be可以置于主语之前，其它部分都要置于主语之后。