Clive Palmer the designer of Titanic II to answer questions about the project's cost.A. ab

问题补充：

Clive Palmer，the designer of Titanic II，to answer questions about the projects cost.

A. abandoned

B. declined

C. decreased

D. regretted

答案：

A. abandoned

(答案→)B. declined

C. decreased

D. regretted

解析：B考查动词辨析。abandon 放弃，中止；decline下降，谢绝；decrease下降，减少；regret后悔，遗憾。句意：莱夫·帕尔默，“泰坦尼克二号”的设计者，谢绝回答有关这个工程的成本问题。