参考答案和解析
正确答案:
错
解析:
词汇理解。该段录音的首句便提出问题:在面临种种困难的情况下,航空业如何才能保持繁荣兴盛?紧接着录音中指出“One answer may come from the Department of Defense, which had sponsored development of an innovative new type of aircraft that doesn’t need a runway…”,可知为了保持航空业的繁荣,国防部已经投资研制一种新型飞机,而该种飞机不需要跑道,与题干表述内容相吻合。
【录音原文】
With major airports facing chronic traffic jams and nobody volunteering to have a new airport built in his backyard, how is the air-travel boom going to sustain itself? One answer may come from the Department of Defense, which had sponsored development of an innovative new type of aircraft that doesn’t need a runway; its engine pods point upward for vertical takeoff, then tilt horizontally for forward flight.