Passage Two
Around the year 1000 A.D,some people from northwest India began to travel westwards.
Nobody knows why.
After leaving their homes,they did not settle down again,
but spent their lives moving from one place to another.
Their later generations are called the Romany people,or Gypsies.
There are Gypsies all over the world,and many of them are still travelling with no fixed homes.
There are about 8 million of them,including 3 million in eastern Europe.
Gypsies sometimes have a hard time in the countries where they travel,because they are different.
People may be afraid of them,look down on them,or think that they are criminals.
The Nazies treated the Gypsies cruelly,like the Jews,and nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler's death camps.
Gypsies have their own language,Romany.
They liked music and dancing.
And they often work in fairs and travelling shows.
Travelling is very important to them,and many Gypsies are unhappy if they have to stay in one place.
Because of this,it is difficult for Gypsy children to go to school,and Gypsies are often unable to read and write.
In some places, the education authorities try to arrange special travelling schools for Gypsy children,
so that they can get the same education as other children.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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