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单选题The patient's progress was very encouraging as he could __________ get out of bed without help.

A.nearly 
B.hardly 
C.merely 
D.barely

参考答案:A进入在线模考
【译文】病人情况的好转令人鼓舞,他几乎不用别人帮忙也可以下床了。
【解析】副词的含义。B.hardly表示“几乎不”;C.merely表示“仅仅,只能”;D.barely表示“几乎不”,与hardly是近义词。从句意上来看,由于A nearly是肯定性副词,符合前文encouraging的语义,所以为最佳选项。

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