John was one of the top students in our class but believe it or not he passed the Englis

问题补充：

John was one of the top students in our class, but believe it or not, he passed the English exam last term.(西安市)

A. easily

B. actually

C. successfully

D. barely

答案：

A. easily

B. actually

C. successfully

(答案→)D. barely

解析：词义辨析。 A. 容易的 B. 实际上 C. 成功地 D. 仅仅；几乎不。句意：约翰是我们班的尖子生之一，但是信或不信，他上学期几乎不能通过英语考试。故选D。