Which of the following statement is closest in meaning to the passage you have just heard().
A. China has never hidden its desire to become a major force in the aviation in airspace industries.
B. China made an announcement that plans to make its own passenger jet.
C. China can develop its own aircraft in a short time due to its great economic power.
D. It would take possibly several decades for China to make its own aircraft that make dent in the market.
参考答案：D
解析：
[听力原文] China has never hidden its desire to become a major force in the aviation in airspace industries. And Sunday’s announcement that plans to challenge Airbus and Boeing’s current duopoly by building big passenger jets isn’t it exactly a shock. I don’t think there is any surprise that the Chinese are saying that they are good to build their own aircraft in due course. But I think it would at least a couple of decades before they have an aircraft that makes any meaningful dent in the market: and quite possibly several decades. [难点] 文章信息量较大，而且是涉及中国的航空事业，可能对于一部分考生来说很陌生，问题的设置也属于归纳全篇中心的类型，这就要求译员对全文都要有一个全部的理解和把握。