Question

【题目】To make the earth greener, people should plant more trees instead of ______ them.

A. cutting outB. cutting inC. cutting offD. cutting down

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】

句意：为了使地球更绿，人们应该种植更多的树木而不是砍伐它们。

考查动词短语辨析。A. 裁剪，取代；B. 插嘴，打断；C. 停止，中断；D. 削减/砍倒（树木）。instead of 而不是……，根据“people should plant more trees”可知A、B、C三项意思都不合句意，故选D。