单选题 Curt Carlson, the wealthiest man in Minnesota, owned a hotel and travel company with sales reaching in the neighborhood of $ 9 billion.
A. precisely B. merely C. substantially D. approximately

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的in the neighborhood of意为“大约”。A项“精确地”；B项“只不过”；C项“本质上”；D项“大约”，只有D项与题干种划线单词意义相近。