English » Cloze Test
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The camel and the fox were very good friends and very good thieves. One day, the two friends (1) ______ to cross the river so that they could travel to a (2) ______ farm to steal food. The small fox (3) ______ swim, so the camel said to his friend, ‘Climb (4) ______ onto my back and I will swim across the (5) ______.’
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
nearby
nearly
nearest
near
option A nearby is the right answer here,
nearly means approximately and almost, which is irrelevant here.
now near and nearest are also used as preposition and do not fit here according to the context
nearby is the most appropriate adjective .