Five firemen escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.
A. hardly
B. nearly
C. narrowly
D. almost
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A. hardly
B. nearly
(答案→)C. narrowly
D. almost
解析：考查固定搭配。题意：五名消防员死里逃生。narrowly escape意为“险些逃脱不出来”。再如：narrowly miss the car from the opposite direction: 险些撞上对面来的车。narrowly表示“虽然动作成功的机会很小，但成功了”。选择C项。