“That English fellow's songs are very poetic.”“____ the words to the songs, but he also composes the music.” A. He also writes B. Although he writes C. Not only does he write D. It is not all that he writes (TOEFL)
我知道应当选 C。但是我不清楚, not only 在什么情况下要求主谓语倒装。
not only 只有位于句首时才要求主谓语倒装。
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Not only did they break into his office and steal his books, but they also tore up his manuscripts. 他们不仅闯入他的办公室，偷走了他的书，而且还撕坏了他的手稿。
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Not only did they swerve to avoid it, but the companion who had slowed to save their unconscious friend had caught up. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 他们非但没有掉转头来躲避，刚才那个停下来救他同伴的食死徒还从黑暗中挣脱，追了上来。(《哈利·波特与死亡圣徒》)
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Not only is television boring, but it (also) wastes a lot of time. (Leech) 电视不仅乏味，而且还浪费许多时间。
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Not only did we lose our money, but we were also in danger of losing our lives. (BEU) 我们不仅丢了钱，而且曾处于丧命的危险之中。
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Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. (New Concept English Book 3, L. 5) 这个可怜的人不仅被逮捕，而且还被送进了监狱。
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Not only was she the woman to whom Jesus had assigned the task of founding the Church, but she also had physical proof that the Church's newly proclaimed deity had spawned a mortal bloodline. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 她不仅受命于耶稣建立罗马教廷，而且还有物证来证明教廷当时所宣称的神是有凡人后代的。（《达·芬奇密码》）
引起主语和谓语部分倒装的类似词语还有: not just, not merely, not simply。
请做下面的英语试题：
Not only ____ beautiful silver jewelry, but they also weave high-quality rugs of wool. A. make the Navaho Indians B. do the Navaho Indians make C. the Navaho Indians are making D. do make the Navaho Indians