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【原句】 I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre.

我幾乎不能相信我们在市中心。

【解析】句中的“hardly”译为“几乎不，几乎没”，是具有否定义的副词，通常放在实义动词之前，助动词或情态动词之后。如果用于反意问句时，其附加句要用肯定形式（此类否定意义的词还有never，little，few，no，nothing，seldom等）。例如：

1）You can hardly go，can you？

2）He is never late，is he？

【中考题链接】

1）— I could hear what you said just now. （2015·重庆）

— Could you please say it again？

A. sometimes B. always

C. hardly D. clearly

【答案】C

【易错点】hardly与hard的区别

hardly是副词“几乎不”，不是hard的副词;

hard本身既是形容词，也是副词。例如：

1）It is raining hard. 正在下大雨。（句中hard是副词）

2）English is so hard. 英语比较难学。（句中hard是形容词）

3）I hardly know the answer. 我几乎不知道这个答案。（句中hardly是否定意义的副词）

【中考真题演练】

1. They can hardly do it， they？

A. can’t B. can

C. do D. don’t

【答案】B

2. Tom hurt his back seriously and could

go out.

A. quickly B. nearly

C. hardly D. easily

【答案】C

3. — How is Mike？

— Oh， he has gone to England. I ever seen him.

A. hardly B. greatly

C. clearly D. nearly

【答案】A

4. —How often do your parents go to a

concert？

— ever. They have no interest in it.

A. Usually B. Almost

C. Nearly D. Hardly

【答案】D

5. It rained so that I could go out.

A. hardly;hardly B. hard;hardly

C. hard;hard D. hardly;hard

【答案】B