[17:13.23]Section C NEWS BROADCAST
[17:16.39]In this section, you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.
[17:20.12]Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
[17:23.94]Questions 6 to 7 are based on the following news.
[17:28.87]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.
[17:34.33]Now listen to the news.
[17:36.74]MAINZ, Germany—At least 4,000 demonstrators vented their anger
[17:44.62]at the visit of US President George W. Bush to Germany
[17:48.01]but were kept well away from the security ring around him.
[17:51.29]The protesters brandished placards reading “Terrorist No. 1” and “Bush swim home”
[17:57.74]while police helicopters circled overhead.
[18:00.37]The organizers of the rallies,
[18:02.88]an alliance of pacifist groups under the motto “Not Welcome, Mr. Bush”,
[18:07.48]said they were expecting 10,000 people to attend,
[18:10.97]but police put the numbers at about 4,000.
[18:35.28]Question 8 is based on the following news.
[18:38.89]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[18:44.13]Now listen to the news.
[18:46.21]CHINA’S population will officially reach 1.3 billion by Thursday,
[18:52.67]according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
[18:55.84]Some experts have claimed the government’s family planning policies of the past 30 years
[19:01.53]delayed the arrival of that figure by four years.
[19:04.59]It is expected to increase by about 10 million people annually
[19:09.40]and to peak at 1.46 billion in the mid 2030s,
[19:14.43]Xinhua has quoted population experts as saying last year.
[19:29.06]Question 9 is based on the following news.
[19:31.79]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[19:36.50]Now listen to the news.
[19:38.90]Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will support any option
[19:44.81]of reforming the UN’s Security Council approved by consensus.
[19:48.75]Russian President Vladimir Putin says debate on the United Nations reform
[19:53.78]would not split the organization.
[19:56.08]Putin made the remarks after talks with French President Jacques Chirac
[20:01.44]and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
[20:03.73]Putin said that Russia will support any option
[20:06.69]of reforming the United Nations’ Security Council approved by consensus.
[20:10.52]Putin said Russia will continue supporting Germany as candidate
[20:15.11]to the seat of permanent member of the UN Security Council.
[20:18.50]Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder came to Kaliningrad at Putin’s invitation
[20:24.08]to mark the 750th anniversary of the exclave’s founding.
[20:37.53]Question 10 is based on the following news.
[20:41.69]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[20:46.83]Now listen to the news.
[20:48.48]The World Heritage Committee (WHC) overlooking conservation of global heritage sites
[20:56.24]will convene its annual meeting next week in Durban, South Africa,
[21:00.28]to review 42 proposed sites for inscription on the prestigious World Heritage List.
[21:06.41]Extensions for nine sites that have already been inscribed
[21:10.13]will also be proposed during the 29th session of the WHC under the United Nations Educational,
[21:16.91]Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
[21:19.43]according to the organization’s official website.
[21:23.15]The proposed sites include 28 cultural sites,
[21:27.19]10 natural sites and 4 mixed sites presented by 44 countries,
[21:32.44]including Albania, China and the host country South Africa.
