The problem is not so easy as you think. It’s far from being settled.
A. hardly
B. almost
C. nearly
D. scarcely
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A. hardly
B. almost
(答案→)C. nearly
D. scarcely
解析：hardly和scarcely 意思均为几乎不，与题干中的not 构成双重否定，不符合句子意思；almost与not连用时，almost 常置于not前面，意思为几乎不；只有 not nearly为正确结构，意思为相差很远。