The meeting was _____ when the chairman fell ill.

A. put down      B. shut out      C. cut short      D. taken off

【解析】C. 考查短語的辨析。 cut short (=interrupt) 打斷, 中斷： shut off (=cut off, interrupt) 切斷, 中斷; 由指切斷供應(yīng)等, Shut out (=keep out; exclude; prevent form entering) 把......關(guān)在外面, 排除, 不讓入內(nèi)：take off 起飛，脫下。 

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