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On the first January，new regulations were coming to a fact which eliminated an annual leave bonus for people who put off marriage until the age of 23 for women and 25 for men, the South China morning post reports. (3)The holiday bonus was to design to encourage young people to delay getting married, in lines with China's one-child policy, but with the policy now been abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary.
The government says. In shanghai, the young couple at the registration office told the paper that they decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy. Because an extra holiday was a big deal for them. In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced. Rather than the usual number, often between 70 and 80, (4)but one lawyer tell the paper the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and this procedures take time, so people who are rushing for a marriage can relax.
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预览两道题各选项,由选项中出现的 one-child policy和 marriage可以初步推测,新闻内容与婚育 有关。第3题各选项均为不定式短语,考查某婚育政策的实施目的;第4题各选项均为将来时,结合语 义推测,本题可能考查某婚育政策的推行情况或者影响。
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3. What was the purpose of the annual leave bonus of China?
(详解) B)。新闻中提到,1月1日要开始实施新的规定,不再为晚婚夫妻提供年假奖励。当初制 定假期奖励这一政策是为了配合中国的独生子女政策,鼓励年轻人晚婚。因此答案为B)。
4. What do we learn about the new regulations?
(详解) D)。新闻末尾提到,新规必须经过地方政府批准才能生效,而这一过程需要一些时间。也 就是说,新规不会立即生效答案为D)。