Question

The meeting was _____ when the chairman fell ill.

A．put down

B．shut out

C．cut short

D．taken off

Answer 1

C

考查动词短语的辨析。 cut short (="interrupt)" 打断, 中断： shut off (="cut" off, interrupt) 切断, 中断; 由指切断供应等, Shut out (="keep" out; exclude; prevent form entering) 把......关在外面, 排除, 不让入内：take dff 起飞，脱下。