Question

Affected by the financial crisis, Jack's business is not as good as before, so he has to ________ the expenses of his company.

A．cut off

B．cut away

C．cut up

D．cut down

Answer 1

D

试题分析：A. cut off   切断B. cut away 砍掉    C. cut up切碎     D. cut down砍倒，削减；句意：由于经融危机的影响，杰克的生意没有以前那么好了，所以他不得不削减他公司的开支，故选D
点评：词义辨析考的是学生的基础词汇知识，了解每个选项的含义是做好此类题型的关键，解答此类习题，首先要求学生有一定的词汇量，句意理解后便可作答，所以平时的基础知识记忆，词汇积累是解答好这种题的关键，同时要注意这些动词加副词的短语，如果后面接代词作宾语时要放在动词和副词之间。