Question

–Have you heard of the big fire last night?
--Yes. The firemen struggled against it for about 35 minutes and _______ the fire at last.

A．gave up

B．gave out

C．put out

D．put up

Answer 1

C

考查詞組辨析。give up放棄；give out發出；put out 撲滅；put up搭建。根據句意選C。