38. Why do companies remain silent about energy consumption?
(A) To focus public concern on environmental impact.
(B) To refuse grants on energy consumption.
(C) To concentrate attention on their energy usage.
(D) To avoid raising public awareness of environmental costs.

答案是：(D) To avoid raising public awareness of environmental costs. ✅

? 文章定位（關鍵句）

第二段提到：

“companies that produce such models have stayed remarkably quiet about the amount of energy they consume – probably because they don’t want to spark our caution.”

? 句意解析

• stayed quiet = 保持沉默
• don’t want to spark our caution = 不想引起大眾警覺

? 核心意思：
公司不公開能源消耗，是因為不想讓大眾注意到環境代價

❌ 選項分析

(A) To focus public concern on environmental impact.

錯 ❌

• 完全相反（應該是要引起關注）

(B) To refuse grants on energy consumption.

錯 ❌

• 文中沒提補助或拒絕補助

(C) To concentrate attention on their energy usage.

錯 ❌

• 公司不是要「強調」能源使用，而是避免談論

(D) To avoid raising public awareness of environmental costs.

✔️ 正確

• = 不想提高公眾對環境成本的認知
• 與 “don’t want to spark our caution” 完全一致

? 正確答案

(D) To avoid raising public awareness of environmental costs.

? 重點整理

? 公司沉默的原因：

• 避免引起環境成本的關注
• 避免讓消費者「警覺」