Question 11 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

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W: I’ve made a new friend recently. Her name is Susan, and she’s from South Africa.

M: How did you meet her?

W:We met over WeChat. She has very cool photos on her social media. The photos of her hometown look amazing.

M: What’s her hometown called?

W: (8) [It’s called Cape Town.] It’s in the southwest of South Africa. She says it’s very green and windy. The city was built by European settlers, and there’s a big mountain that overlooks the city. (9) [The mountain is called Table Mountain, because it’s flat at the top.]

M: That sounds interesting. What are the people there like?

W: Well, Susan says South Africa is very mixed. There are black people and white people and Indian people. Susan is white. (10) [She says her ancestors were from Britain.] Many languages are spoken in South Africa, but she only speaks English.

M: Didn’t South Africa host the Football World Cup a few years ago? They must play football a lot then, right?

W: (11) [I think they play football, but it’s not as popular as rugby.]

M: Rugby? What’s rugby?

W: Rugby is a sport with two teams, and the players carry the ball in their arms and throw it at each other. The ball is not round, and the players push each other. I don’t really understand the rules. I think it’s very complicated.

M: That sounds like a very strange sport indeed. Is it only South Africa that plays it?

W: No. It’s also popular in Britain and in other former British colonies, like Australia and New Zealand.

11. What does the woman say about rugby in South Africa?

解析：D。录音中女士提到，足球在南非不像橄榄球那么受欢迎。D项符合题意，其中的more popular than football是对录音中they play football, but it’s not as popular as rugby的同义转述，故正确答案为D。 

错项排除：A项的violent和B项的national sport在录音中都无依据，故均可排除。录音中提到在英国和其他前英国殖民地，如澳大利亚和新西兰（New Zealand），橄榄球也很受欢迎，并不是说橄榄球起源于新西兰，故C项排除。