Nevertheless, 17 people have even heard his name.
答案：(D) few
few 表示「很少」，帶有否定意味，呼應句首 Nevertheless（然而）所引導的語意轉折——儘管貢獻卓越，卻幾乎沒什麼人聽過他的名字；many／some 語氣偏肯定，與轉折語意不符；any 通常用於疑問句或否定句中，不能直接置於肯定直述句句首修飾主詞。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
看到 people have even heard his name，很容易先讀成「有人聽過他的名字」，覺得 some 或 many 都說得通；even（甚至）看起來像在加強語氣，更會把你往肯定的方向推。
四個選項都是數量詞，可見這一格考的是「多還是少」，而方向由句首的 Nevertheless 決定。Nevertheless（然而、儘管如此）是轉折語，它要求這一句與前面那一句方向相反：前面剛說他的解碼扭轉了二戰局勢、幫忙救了兩百萬條性命，這一句就只能往下掉，這麼大的貢獻，卻幾乎沒有人聽過他的名字。few 是「幾乎沒有」，本身帶著否定意味，正好接得住這個轉折。另一個線索是 even：have even heard his name（連他的名字都聽過）講的是最低限度的一件事，配上 few 才讀得通，連最起碼的「聽過名字」都很少有人做到。注意 few 與 a few 差一個冠詞就差很多：few 是幾乎沒有，a few 是有一些，little 與 a little 同理。同一篇的第 19 題也在做同一件事，先給一個很正面的事實，再整個翻過來，只是那一格用的是整組當一個介系詞用的 Instead of，這一格用的是轉承語 Nevertheless，兩題可以擺在一起看。另外一提：這一篇選文取自 105 年指考，同一格在那份卷子上是第 17 題，兩邊是同一題，不是網站重複。
many（許多）與 some（一些）方向都偏肯定，若真的很多人聽過，前一句的貢獻與這一句就沒有落差，Nevertheless 也就沒有存在的理由。any 不能這樣用：它的位置在否定句、疑問句與條件句裡（I don't have any money.、Do you have any questions?），或表示「任何一個」的泛指（Any child can learn it.，通常配情態助動詞或講通則），單獨擺在一個陳述事實的肯定句句首當主詞的修飾語並不成立。
few ＋ 可數複數名詞（幾乎沒有）、a few ＋ 可數複數名詞（有一些）、little ＋ 不可數名詞（幾乎沒有）、a little ＋ 不可數名詞（有一點）、nevertheless（然而、儘管如此）、even（連……也，用來加強最低限度的說法）
Alan Turing was one of the leading scientific geniuses of the 20th century. Many scholars consider him the father of modern computer science. He was also the man who cracked the 16 uncrackable Enigma code used by Nazi Germany. His code-breaking turned the tide of World War II and helped save two million lives. Nevertheless, 17 people have even heard his name.
Turing displayed signs of high intelligence in math and science at a young age. By the time he was 23, he had already come up with the idea of what 18 the modern computer—the Turing machine. Today, Turing machines are still used in theoretical computation. He also proposed the now famous Turing test, used to determine whether a computer exhibits intelligent behavior equivalent to that of a human.
The postwar era, however, was a disaster for Turing. He was gay, which was then a crime in Britain. 19 being hailed as one of the crucial figures in defeating the Nazis, Turing was convicted of "gross indecency." This 20 drove him to commit suicide in 1954, at the age of 41.
Nearly 60 years after his death, Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a formal pardon for his conviction, upon an online petition signed by prominent scientists and technology leaders around the world.