A narrowing of your work interests is implied in almost any transition from a study environment to managerial or professional work. In the humanities and social sciences you will at best reuse only a fraction of the material (1) in three or four years’ study. In most career paths academic knowledge only (2) a background to much more applied decision-making. Even with a " training " form of degree, (3) a few of the procedures or methods (4) in your studies are likely to be continuously relevant in your work. Partly this (5) the greater specialization of most work tasks compared (6) studying. Many graduates are not (7) with the variety involved in (8) from degree study in at least four or five subjects a year to very standardized job (9) . Academic work values (10) inventiveness, originality, and the cultivation of self-realization and self-development. Emphasis is placed (11) generating new ideas and knowledge, assembling (12) information to make a " rational " decision, appreciating basic (13) and theories, and getting involved in fundamental controversies and debates. The humanistic values of higher (14) encourages the feeling of being (15) in a process with a self-developmental rhythm. (16) , even if your employers pursue enlightened personnel development (17) and invest heavily in " human capital " —for example, by rotating graduate trainees to (18) their work experiences—you are still likely to notice and feel (19) about some major restrictions of your (20) and activities compared with a study environment.
（3）（）
A.hardly
B.scarcely
C.evenly
D.only
参考答案：D
解析：
语意复现题。only意为“只有，仅”，根据上下文意思可得答案。上文谈到学校中学到的东西与工作的关系并不是很密切，工作中仅能用到学过的一小部分知识，此处意思与上文一致，故选项[D]正确。选项[A]hardly意为“几乎不”；选项[B]scarcely意为“简直不，决不”，例如：He would scarcely have said a thing like that. (I don’t believe he said that. )选项[C]evenly意为“平均地”，例如：beevenly distributed across the country。