Listen to the following short passages and then choose one of the answers
that best fits the meaning of each passage by blackening the corresponding
letter on the Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. Each passage will be read only once.
There are 10 passages in this part of the test, each with 1 question, which
carries 2 points.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about Harbin according to
the speaker
A. It has a population of 2.16 million and borders Russia.
B. Its culture is a combination of Asian ethnic minorities and other
neighboring countries.
C. It is the home of many Russian refugees who fled the 1917
Revolution.
D. The Chinese Eastern Railway plays an important role in the city’s
industrialization.
