选D.
1.nearly比较客观,而almost感情色彩较浓
The road is nearly 80 feet wide. 近80英尺宽
The road is almost 80 feet wide. 差一点就80英尺宽了
2.要表示不可衡量的事,用almost
The new computer is almost human.
3. nearly多用于时间或数字方面,almost在修饰动词,形容词,副词和名词是,常和almost换用,但和no,none,nothing,never,连用时,只可用almost,不能用nearly.但不说not almost,要说not nearly.
另外,hardly ever ：很少,几乎从不