They believed umbrellas were 14 for women.
答案：(B) only
「雨傘只適合女性」，only（只、僅）符合排他語意。likely／possibly 都指「可能性」而非「限定範圍」，nearly（幾乎）語意不合。
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四個選項裡有三個都在講可能性或接近（likely、nearly、possibly），中文都能翻成「大概、幾乎」，如果沒讀清楚這一句要表達的是「限定」，很容易在那三個裡面挑。
四個選項都是副詞，可見這一格考的是語意。整句是 They believed umbrellas were ___ for women.（他們認為傘……適合女性。）前一句說希臘羅馬的男人不肯用傘，這一句要解釋原因——因為他們把傘歸成女人專用的東西。要表達「只、僅限」，用 only。再往回扣一次：正因為是「只給女人用的」，男人才會不肯用；only 與前一句的 wouldn’t 互相解釋，整段才連得起來。
likely（可能的）、possibly（可能地）：兩個都在講機率，而這一句要說的是範圍限定，不是可能性；而且它們意思相近，依「同義的選項不可能只有一個對」也可以一起砍掉。nearly（幾乎）：表接近某個程度，nearly for women 不成說法。
only for（只供……使用）、not only … but also …（不但……而且……）、be meant for（是給……用的）、be likely to V（可能會）、possibly（可能地）、nearly（幾乎）。
The umbrella is not a new invention. The Chinese 11 umbrellas in the eleventh century B.C. 12 China they traveled to India, Persia, and Egypt. But in Greece and Rome, men 13 use them. They believed umbrellas were 14 for women. When the Spanish explorers went to Mexico, they saw the Aztec kings 15 umbrellas. English explorers found out that Indian princes also carried umbrellas on the east coast of North America. It 16 that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at different times.
England was probably the first country in Europe 17 ordinary people used umbrellas 18 the rain. England has a rainy climate, and umbrellas are very useful there. The umbrella is now a very ordinary 19 . Everybody uses it today. It keeps the rain and the sun off people. Some umbrellas fold up, 20 it is easy to carry them.