People think turkeys are very dumb because they don't know enough to come in out of the rain. In fact, they've been
known to hold their mouths open during rainstorms and drown! But that's __(43)__ true of the domesticated turkey. The
wild turkey is one of nature's most cunning creatures. Wild turkeys are very wary, __(44)__ mothers with chicks. They
are rarely seen by humans. They hide in the bushes where their natural coloring makes them just about __(45)__ their
natural enemies. Unlike the domesticated turkey, the wild bird is a powerful flyer. When it is frightened, the wild turkey
spreads its five-to six-foot wings and flies away at up to 50 miles per hour. Even on the ground the bird is __(46)__ and
can run as fast as 25 miles per hour.
only(只,僅)填入後:「But that's only true of the domesticated turkey.」意為「但這只對家養火雞成立。」完美呼應後文:野生火雞是自然界最狡猾的生物之一(cunning),非常警覺、善於飛行(up to 50 mph)且奔跑快速(25 mph),與家養火雞形成鮮明對比,only 精準限定範圍。
completely(完全地)填入後變成「完全只對家養火雞成立」,語意雖部分可通,但後文立刻說 'The wild turkey is one of nature's most cunning creatures',顯示問題不在『程度完全』,而在『範圍限定(只有家養)』,completely 無法傳達此對比。
only(只,僅)填入後:「But that's only true of the domesticated turkey.」意為「但這只對家養火雞成立。」完美呼應後文:野生火雞是自然界最狡猾的生物之一(cunning),非常警覺、善於飛行(up to 50 mph)且奔跑快速(25 mph),與家養火雞形成鮮明對比,only 精準限定範圍。
四個副詞的核心語意比較
副詞
核心語意
填入本句是否通順
理由
only
僅限於、只有
✅ 正確
限定範圍:家養才如此,野生截然相反
completely
完全地、徹底
❌
強調程度,無法表達「僅家養」的範圍對比
partly
部分地
❌
暗示野生也有一部分如此,與後文矛盾
hardly
幾乎不
❌
否定家養火雞的愚蠢,與前文事實矛盾
陷阱提醒
考生容易被 completely 或 hardly 誤導:看到「But」以為是大幅否定(選 hardly),或認為語氣要強烈(選 completely)。關鍵是辨認轉折的方向:文章不是否定家養火雞愚蠢的事實,而是「把這個特性的適用範圍縮限到家養火雞」,需要表達「範圍限定」的 only 才正確。