The performer was waving his stick in the street and it missed the child standing nearby.

问题补充：

The performer was waving his stick in the street and it missed the child standing nearby.

A. narrowly

B. nearly

C. hardly

D. closely

答案：

(答案→)A. narrowly

B. nearly

C. hardly

D. closely

解析：本题有些难度。miss本身是没打中的意思。既然是没打中，那么就不能选择c和d。因为c就成了双重否定了，d是打中了才能用。那么看b，意思是几乎的意思，本题并不是说几乎没打中而是说差点打中了. 所以选择A ，表示差点，险些的意思。