题目选项分析

Sparrow Airlines is planning to reduce its costs by cleaning its planes' engines once a month, rather than the industry standard of every six months. With cleaner engines, Sparrow can postpone engine overhauls, which take planes out of service for up to 18 months. Furthermore, cleaning an engine reduces its fuel consumption by roughly 1.2 percent.

The airline's plan assumes that

【选项】fuel prices are likely to rise in the near future and therefore cutting fuel consumption is an important goal