Question 7 is based on the news report you have just heard.

News Report Three

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    (5) [Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle: tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorway.] 

    (6) [A truck carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned, blocking two lanes.] The cracked tank spilled a pool of rapidly-hardening chocolate, which quickly covered the width of the road. While the driver was taken to hospital with a broken arm, firefighters struggled to remove a reported 12 tons of solid chocolate from the road.

    (7) [A representative for the firefighters told the local TV that removing the chocolate was worse than dealing with snow.] After contacting the chocolate manufacturer, the firefighters resorted to spraying hot, pressurized water to get rid of the sticky substance. The local TV also noted that the clean-up spanned more than a mile because drivers simply drove through the chocolate after the crash, leaving a long chocolate trail. But despite the sticky situation, firefighters and police attending to the clean-up were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead. After all, who could be mad about 12 tons of chocolate?

7. What did the firefighters’ representative tell the local TV?

解析：B。根据选项中的fortunate、hard task、long time、difficult等词，推测题目可能和某一事件的具体情况相关。根据录音中间部分可知，消防队员代表告诉当地的电视台，清除巧克力比除雪还要麻烦。B项与此内容相符，其中a hard task对应录音中的worse，remove为原词复现，spilled substance指的是录音之前提到的chocolate，即洒在路面上的巧克力，故正确答案为B。

错项排除：录音中间虽然提到驾驶员因手臂骨折被送往医院，但并没有提到有关passenger（乘客）的任何信息，故A项排除。C项利用long和clean-up作干扰，但录音末尾部分说的是，参与清理工作的消防队员和警察对眼前这项漫长的工作感到愉快，也就是说清理工作并未结束，与C项矛盾，而且C项说清理工作花了很长时间，暗示清理工作已经是完成的状态，而且这一信息是当地电视台而非消防员代表透露的，故C项错误。D项利用manufacturer进行干扰，但录音中说的是已经与生产商取得了联系，并没有说联系生产商很困难，difficult to contact在录音中没有依据，故D项错误。