试题题干
Unfortunately, he( )the truth that he hated formal dinners just as his hostess walked in.
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试题解析
本题考查短语辨析。
blurted out:开始说话,脱口而出;held back:隐瞒,阻止;approved of:赞成;shrugged off:摆脱,不屑理睬。由题干his hostess walked in女主人走了进来以及修饰词unfortunately,可知他说出来了,所以A项符合题意。
句意:不幸的是,当女主人走进来时,他就脱口而出他讨厌正式晚宴的事实。