【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 98-100
CHN Incorporated, the well-known manufacturer of premium nuts products has announces that its aggressively looking for ways to cut energy use in its plants. At the company's annual meeting last week in Philadelphia, its Chief Executive Officer, Ben Parker outlined an ambitious set of steps that are expected to reduce energy consumption in the company's industrial kitchens up to 5% within two years. CHN Incorporated is also undertaking an initiative to cut the amount of solid waste it generates by asking all its suppliers to reduce the amount of packaging materials they use when shipping food ingredients to the company's plants.
初级问题
线索有两个，最开始的nuts products和最后的。food ingredients。需要注意的是，本段话并没有过多的谈到企业最基本的经营活动，而是用很大的篇幅谈减少能源使用和减少垃圾的话题，所以注意不要混淆。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】高级问题
题目中出现的人名是告诉我们应该集中注意文章的哪部分的最好线索。从文章的中间部分可以得知Ben Parker是这个公司的CEO，后面说的就是他所宣布的内容。内容的核心是reduce energy consumption，就是减少能源消费。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】中级问题
文章从CHN Incorporated is also undertaking(CHN公司也在着手……)开始把话题转向了减少垃圾。留意题目中出现的asking suppliers，会注意到录音中有一句话是by asking all its suppliers to…，当然正确答案就在to的后面。