Part BListening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will be some short

Part B Listening Comprehension

Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

听力原文：W: Well, it seems quite common actually. A lot of people in Australia now are travelling and taking time off. And when I was actually travelling, I met so many people doing the same thing.

M: Yeah, yeah, so where did you start off？

W: Well, I went to New Zealand first. Eh, and got a job in a computer company as a secretary. And I worked there for 4 months.

M: Really？ You can do that, can you？ I mean it's possible for anyone to get a job in New Zealand, without being a New Zealander？

W: No, not everybody, only Australians and New Zealanders can exchange either. You know you can work in either country.

M: Right, yeah.

W: That was easy. I worked there for 4 months and raised enough money for the rest of travels really. So from there I went to Indonesia, and travelled around the different islands around Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Nepal and India.

M: What about Indonesia？ What did you do？ Did you fly mostly between the Islands？

W: Eh, I did a bit of that, and boats, mainly local boats between the Islands.

M: What about Singapore？ People said it's very very modern. But because it is so modern, it's rather boring. Did you find that？

W: Well, it's difficult to say really. It has different attractions. You know the Chinese, Malay, and Hindu communities are there. Each has his own culture and custom, very different from the others. And it's a great big shopping center and I really enjoy it from that point of view. And it was very clean.

M: And after, you said you went to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and then China？ That's a great country to travel in, isn't it？

W: Eh, it was. Yeah, it was fabulous. It really was. You have been there then？

M: No, I haven't. No, I mean it's very big. What did you do？

W: Yeah. Well, I had only one month to travel in China, and that was too short for such a vast country as China. I felt I didn't have enough time, so I sacrificed a lot of places and did the main tourist throughout really. I went to Beijing, the capital, Kaifeng, Yinchuan, and Tibet.

M: Well, how exciting! You said after Beijing, you went to？

W: That was Kaifeng in the central China's Henan province. It's a charming city, and has got a lot to look around, like temples and pagodas, very traditional.

M: Eh, eh.

W: What fascinated me when I was there was that some Jews went to live in Kaifeng many years ago. As early as 16th century, there were Jewish families there. They have their synagogue and five books of Moses. Even today several hundred descendants of the original Jews still live in Kaifeng.

M: Really, I've never heard of that. And where did you go after Kaifeng？

W: I went to northwest to Yinchuan, the provincial city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

M: Is this the place where there always is a shortage of water？

W: No, no, on the contrary, it has got abundant supply of water, because it is near the Yellow River. In this sense, Yinchuan has a favorable geographical position in otherwise harsh surroundings.

M: What did you see there then？

W: Ningxia was once the capital of Western Xia during the 11th century. So outside Yinchuan, you can still see the Western Xia mausoleum, where the Kings and their Kingdoms were buried. The tombs were scattered in a pretty big area at the foot of the Henan Mountain, and inside the city there are famous mosques in the architectural style. of Middle East. It's really a place worth visiting. You got to know something about Chinese Moslems.

M: And that sounds real

A．Because many Australians are taking time off to travel.

B．Because the woman worked for some time in New Zealand.

C．Because the woman raised enough money for travel.

D．Because Australians prefer to work in New Zealand.