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 off C. fell out D. fell flat

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“重建城市中心计划，由于市政会拒批它所需的资金而失败了”。 fell flat意为“(完全)失败，达不到预期效果”。如：The jokes fell flat．(玩笑毫无效果。)“fall down跌倒，在……方面失败；fall off跌落；fall out起纠纷，争吵”都不符合句意，因此正确答案只有D。