单选题 .  Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
   W: Hello! Can you introduce yourself please?
   M: Sure, my name is Steven Patterson and I'm from a small town called Brentwood in Essex which is in England.
   W: OK, Essex. Which part of England is that?
   M: That's in the southeast.
   W: Southeast.
   M: Yeah, yeah. It's attached to London, just next to London.
   W: Oh, OK, but you said it's a small town.
   M: It's relatively small. The population is about 50 000.
   W: OK, well, what kind of place is your town where you grew up?
   M: It's actually a very nice and prosperous town. People often travel out from Brentwood into London and they work in the city, because it's a pleasant place to live in.
   W: Oh, it sounds nice. Well, now if you live in a little town near London, will it be really expensive?
   M: Yes, because it's a desirable place to live in Brentwood and the closeness to London also makes the housing quite expensive.
   W: Oh, really. When I think of a small British village, you know, I think of really old houses, and nothing's changed, so do you have modern stuff, like a health club, a movie theatre or things like that?
   M: The cinema in Brentwood actually closed down, but it does have a very nice health centre and as I said lots of parks to play in. There are lots of opportunities to exercise and various forms of recreational activities.
   W: Wow, sounds like a nice place to live in.
   Where does the man come from?