Question

8. The workers will go on strike if the demands they        are turned down.

   A. put off   B. put forward

   C. put out   D. put away

Answer 1

8. B句意为："如果工人们提出的要求被拒绝，他们将继续罢工。"put forward是"提出，提议" 的意思，正合题意。 put off意为"推迟，延迟"； put out意为"出发;扑灭"；put away意为"放好,储存……备用；吃掉，喝掉"。