Question

The problem is not ____ so easy as you think. It’s far from being settled.

A．hardly

B．almost

C．nearly

D．scarcely

Answer 1

C

hardly和scarcely 意思均為"幾乎不"，與題干中的not 構成雙重否定，不符合句子意思；almost與not連用時，almost 常置于not前面，意思為"幾乎不"；只有 not nearly為正確結構，意思為"相差很遠"。答案為C。