Question

【题目】The chairman asked me to __________ the report, because he didn’t want to speak for too long at this meeting.

A. cut offB. cut awayC. cut outD. cut down

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】

考查动词短语辨析。句意：主席要我把报告缩短，因为他在这次会议上不想讲太久。A. cut off切断，断绝，剥夺继承权；B. cut away切断；C. cut out切掉，裁剪出，取代，停止；D. cut down裁短；减少；把……砍倒[割掉]。根据语境分析，是缩减讲话内容，故选D项。