专四专八考试

【单选题】Question 10 is based on the following news. A．developing and utilizing new sources of energy.
B．reducing taxes on the working people of the US.
C．encouraging to design and create new types of vehicles.
D．cutting down US. oil imports from certain countries.

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[听力原文] President Bush says America needs to focus on research and developing in a renewable energy sector to decrease the nation’s addiction to foreign oil. Speaking at a federally funded research laboratory, in Colorado, (10) the President said American should embrace hybrid vehicles and aheruative fuel sources such as cornbased ethanol. The President also said the US needs to pursue nuclear, solar and wind energy. Mr. Bush blamed the conflicting messages on the appropriation’s process. He said US reliance on oil from nations with unstable governments or regimes that have fundamental differences with the United States, is a national security issue. "The demand for oil is rising faster than the supply of oil. And anytime that happens, it creates the conditions for what could be price disruption, and price spites at home are like hidden taxes on the working people of our country. "During his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, (10) the President called for measures to reduce US oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent during the next two decades. document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>