问题详情：
![Thepeopleurgedtheirgovernmenttotakemeasuresto]( "Thepeopleurgedtheirgovernmenttotakemeasuresto")
The people urged their government to take measures to ________ their carbon emission to reduce greenhouse effect.
A．cut off B．cut up
C．cut out D．cut down
【回答】
D [考查动词短语辨析。由句意“人们敦促*采取措施减少二氧化碳排放以降低温室效应”可知，应用cut down“降低，削减”。cut off“切断”；cut up“切碎”；cut out“裁剪，(马达或发动机)突然熄火，停止运转”。]
知识点：动词
题型：选择题
