单选题
Why has the shoe making industry shifted to East Asia? A. Because there is greater demand for shoes there. B. Because there is a large population there. C. Because people there are getting more and more prosperous. D. Because it is easy to find cheap labor there.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] Australia says its trade with Southeast Asia has grown faster than it has with any other region in the last five years. Australia's Trade Minister said Wednesday that exports to Southeast Asia had risen 70% since June of 1988, surpassing the increase in trade with the rest of Asia. North Asia still receives more than 40% of Australia's exports, with Southeast Asia now replacing Europe as the second biggest market for Australian goods, nearly 15%. Because shoe making is a labor intensive industry, footwear factories have been switching location in recent decades, from high-wage industrial nations to lower-wage nations in the developing world, especially in East Asia. As VOA's Linda Cashton reports, growing prosperity is causing new shifts in shoe production.
单选题
Which of the following is the biggest market for Australian goods? A. North Asia. B. East Asia. C. Europe. D. Southeast Asia.