The boy avoided being run over by a speeding car when crossing the busy street the other

问题补充：

The boy avoided being run over by a speeding car when crossing the busy street the other day.

A. hardly

B. slightly

C. narrowly

D. gently

答案：

A. hardly

B. slightly

(答案→)C. narrowly

D. gently

解析：考查副词词义辨析。hardly “几乎不”；slightly“稍微”；narrowly“仅仅，勉强地”，含有“差点儿，险些”的意味；gently“轻轻地”。句意为：几天前，穿越繁忙的街道时，那男孩险些被一辆超速穿过的车辗过。根据句意，选C。