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On the 1st of January, new regulations will come into effect which eliminate an annual leave bonus for people who put off marrying until the age of 23 for women, and 25 for men, the South China Morning Post reports. (3) The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China’s one child policy. But with that policy now being abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary, the government says.

In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage 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 of between 70 and 80. (4) But one lawyer tells the paper that the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and these procedures take time, so people who are rushing to register for marriage can relax.

3: What was the purpose of the annual leave bonus in China?

[B] To encourage late marriage.

4: What do we learn about the new regulations?

[D] They will not come into immediate effect.

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解析：

這篇新聞主要講的是政府取消了對晚婚政策的鼓勵，這促使人們紛紛去注冊登記結(jié)婚，以免錯過婚假獎勵。本篇聽力主要考查了學(xué)生對晚婚假期獎勵以及最新法規(guī)的理解情況，做第4題可以使用答案提示詞but進行定位。