Question 3 is based on the news report you have just heard.

News Report Two

听力原文

       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?

解析：B。根据录音可知，年假福利的目的是鼓励年轻人推迟结婚，B项中的encourage为原词复现，late marriage是原文中delay getting married的同义替换，故正确答案为B。A项利用one-child policy和end作干扰，但原文指出，设立年假福利的目的是鼓励年轻人推迟结婚，以响应中国的独生子女政策。但随着独生子女政策的取消，这种假期奖励也没有必要保留，根据录音并不能得出年假福利的目的是为了取消独生子女政策，故A项错误。