【答案解析】[听力原文] M: Hi, Diana. I'm surprised to see you on the city bus. Your car in the shop? W: No. I've just been thinking a lot about the environment lately. So I decided the air will be a lot cleaner if we all use public transport when we could. M: I'm sure you are right. The diesel bus isn't exactly pollution free. W: True. They'll be running a lot cleaner soon. We were just talking about that in my environmental engineering class. M: What could the city do? Install pollution filters in all their buses? W: They could, but those filters make the engines work harder and really cut down on the fuel efficiency. Instead, they found a way to make their engines more efficient. M: How? W: Well, there is a new insulator. And you spray a thick coat of it on the engine. M: An insulator? W: Yeah. What it does is reflect back the heat of burning fuel. So the fuel will burn much hotter and burn up more completely. M: So a lot less unburned fuel comes out to pollute the air. W: And the bus will need less fuel. So with the saving on fuel cost, they say this will all pay for itself in just six months. Why does Diana take a bus that day? 男士问Diana为什么乘坐公共汽车,是不是她的汽车在维修。女士回答说不是,她乘坐公交车是因为最近她在考虑环境问题。大家都使用公共交通的话,空气会干净一些。可见她关注环境,故A正确。B未提及,C、D内容与对话不符。
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【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] What is true about Diana? 女士说到:“在环境工程课上我们刚刚谈到过这一点。”可见她修了一门环境工程课,故C正确。四个选项都以Diana为主语,本题定然问她的情况。要根据选项关键词听对话,把涉及关键词的信息与选项对照,判断选项正误。
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【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文] What justifies the installation of a new insulator in the buses according to Diana? 对于安装新的绝热器,女士说:“它的作用在于它可以把燃料燃烧的热量反射回来,这样燃料燃烧时的温度就会更高,燃烧也就更彻底。”可见绝热器可以提高燃烧率,A正确。鉴于我们并不知道it指什么,听录音时,必须对有关事物予以重视。对话中,男士重复反问了一个词“An insulator?”表明它是对话中讨论的一个重点,问题it可能与它有关。紧接着女士的回答又用了“What it does is…”的强调结构,并用“So…”说明结果,相关内容即构成本题答案。
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【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] What is the major concern of the woman? 对话中女士有车不开,宁愿挤公交车;上环境工程课;对节能环保绝热器感兴趣,均表明她关注环境,有浓厚的环保意识。因此,D正确。实际上本题是问对话主题,选项D概括性最强,是答案。其余选项均是细节,或与对话无关。