Discussion
In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.
Prof. P ___(i)___ merely a man who narrated funny stories. ___(ii)___ in his blackest moments he was capable of self-deprecating humor.
Prof. Q ___(iii)___ a man who hardly narrated funny stories. ___(iv)___ in his blackest moments was he able to find humor.
Answer: B
The best match is (i) wasn't (ii) Even (iii) was (iv) Only.
Prof. P 'wasn't merely a man who narrated funny stories': he was more than a joke-teller. 'Even in his blackest moments he was capable of self-deprecating humor' supports that, since 'even' marks the extreme case of his humour.
Prof. Q 'was a man who hardly narrated funny stories'. 'Only in his blackest moments was he able to find humor' fits a man who rarely joked; 'only' at the start of the clause also explains the inverted word order 'was he able'.
Swapping 'Only' and 'Even' breaks both sentences: 'Only in his blackest moments he was capable ...' would need inversion, and 'Even ... was he able' is ungrammatical. 'Was merely' for P contradicts the praise that follows.
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