請問一題英文文法挑錯關於until

Question

題目是文法挑錯

We had been in the city not more than two days until we found that we
needed a guide.

A) had been in
B) not more than
C) until
D) needed

答案是C選項有錯

可是我不知道為什麼

可以麻煩大家幫我解答一下嗎 感恩

Answer 1

版主您好:

在閱讀時, 最重要的是"語意"的了解.

原句要傳達的意思是:
(我們)到這個城市頂多兩天, (我們)就覺得我們需要一個嚮導.

答案[c]: until, 應該改為[before]or [when]:
We had been in the city not more than two days before/when we found that we needed a guide.

也可以這麼寫:
It was not more than two days later in the city when/before we found that we needed a guide.

這種句型[主要子句(完成式) before/when 副詞子句(簡單式)]在"時間"上的含意是:
在"副詞子句"所代表的"時點"出現之前, 主要子句的動作或狀態所持續的"時程".

另外, 本句的[not]並未明顯傳達"否定"的意味, 所以並不屬於[not... until...]的型態.

而[until]/[till]一般是用以傳達:
在"副詞子句"所代表的"時點"出現之後, 主要子句的動作或狀態"才"發生改變. 換句話說:
在"副詞子句"所代表的"時點"出現之前, 主要子句的動作或狀態"一直都沒有"發生改變.
所以才有:[not ... until ...]的句型. 其時態視語意的需要而定.

所以本句如果要用[until], 應該這麼寫:
We didn't find that we needed a guide until (it was) not more than two days later in the city.

Answer 2

until和till用法一樣

Answer 3

不是用until
應該是till

Answer 4

C選項有錯
正確應該是:
We had been in the city not more than two days then (or and) we found that we needed a guide.
Until是用在:　直到...........才........
如果要用until在這句子裡 應該是:
We didn't hire a guide until we had been in the city for two days.