near to/close to

表示空间上接近的 near to 中的 to 可以省略,而 close to 中的 to 却是不可省略的。

1. She was sitting $\$left\{\begin{array}{l}\text {near (to) / nearer (to) / nearest (to) me. } \\ \text {close to / closer to / closest to me. }\end{array}\right. (CGEL) 她坐得离我很近。

2. His opinion is very near my own; it's nearer (to) my own than any other. (LDCE) 他的看法跟我的很相近；他与我的看法比其他人更接近。

3. He drew a chair near but not close to her, and sat on it in silence. (Shaw) 他把椅子挪近她，但不是离得很近，然后静静地坐下来。

请做下面的试题：

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is located nearby Central Park. (TOEFL)