单选题
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单选题 How long is the Northern European Pipeline?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] 29-30 Beneath the Baltic Sea, a pipeline is being built between Russia and Germany. [29] Slated for completion by 2012, the 1,200-kilometer Northern European Pipeline is a $5 billion project that will pump billions of cubic meters of natural gas from Western Siberia to Germany and the rest of Europe. The project has come to symbolize Europe's growing reliance on Moscow for its energy needs. [30]The European Union buys 25 percent of its gas and 30 percent of its oil from Russia. Several E.U. members, including Slovakia and Finland, are totally dependent on Russian oil. The E.U. estimates that by 2020, three-quarters of its natural gas will be imported. The bulk will come from Russia, which has the biggest natural gas reserves in the world and a pipeline network enabling it to supply both the Far East and the West. Russia is also the world's second-largest oil producer. The Kremlin wants to build Russia's economic and political future around its energy. Through its Gazprom, Transneft and Rosneft oil and gas state-controlled monopolies and pipeline operators, Russia already commands nearly all of Central Asia's energy exports. [解析] 新闻提到,横跨西伯利亚的天然气管道为1200公里长。故答案为C。 [点睛] 数字细节题。听音时注意与表示年份的数字加以区分。
单选题 Which of the following details is INCORRECT?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 新闻提到,欧盟25%的天然气和30%的石油依赖于俄罗斯。选项B调换了这两个百分比的位置,故不正确。 [点睛] 根据常识俄罗斯拥有世界最丰富的天然气储备,且它是世界第二大石油生产国,故可排除选项A和 C。选项B、D中都有数字出现,应特别予以注意。