单选题 The scheme for rebuilding the city center ______, owing to the refusal of a Council to sanction the expenditure of the money it would have required.
A. fell down B. fell out C. fell off D. fell flat

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] D选项：fall flat的意思为“失败，达不到预期结果，跌倒”，如：The performance fell flat．(演出失败了。)句意：重建城市中心的计划失败了，因为该项计划所需的资金未获委员会的批准。故选D。
其他三项意思分别是：fell down落下，跌倒；fell out争吵，结果；fell off减少，跌落。