[13:09.37]Section C NEWS BROADCAST

[13:12.76]In this section, you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.

[13:16.37]Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

[13:20.32]Questions 6 is based on the following news.

[13:24.90]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

[13:30.26]Now listen to the news.

[13:32.67]Nearly 75 percent of U.S. doctors believe miracles can occur, a new survey says.

[13:40.00]The survey also found that 72 percent of the 1,100 doctors polled

[13:45.91]believe that religion provides a reliable and necessary guide to life.

[13:51.27]Non-Orthodox Jewish doctors are less likely to believe that

[13:55.21]miracle stories in the Bible are literally true,

[13:58.27]while more than 53 percent of Orthodox Jewish doctors

[14:02.64]and 60 percent of Protestant doctors surveyed believe them.

[14:07.34]The survey of doctors from across the religious spectrum,

[14:11.50]including Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist doctors,

[14:15.44]was conducted by HCD Research and the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious

[14:22.00]and Social Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

[14:35.87]Question 7 is based on the following news.

[14:38.93]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

[14:44.07]Now listen to the news.

[14:46.27]In Finland, peace talks between the Indonesian government and Aceh rebels have ended in the capital Helsinki.

[14:54.14]They’ve agreed to meet for a third round of negotiations from April 12 to 17.

[14:59.82]Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who presided over the three days of discussions,

[15:06.50]said the use of UN peacekeepers had been ruled out,

[15:10.77]though regional forces could be used.

[15:13.17]He added there would be no plebiscite on any peace agreement.

[15:17.22]Ahtisaari called on both sides to refrain from fighting.

[15:21.92]He cautioned that there was an enormous amount of work to be done

[15:25.53]before a complete agreement can be reached.

[15:28.48]On Tuesday, GAM members dropped their demand for total independence for the separatist province,

[15:35.38]a move that brought cautious optimism.

[15:48.25]Question 8 is based on the following news.

[15:50.77]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

[15:55.58]Now listen to the news.

[15:57.77]Italy will start to pull its troops out of Iraq as planned in September

[16:03.02]and will not hasten the withdrawal because of fresh terror threats.

[16:06.63]Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says Italy plans to begin withdrawing some of its troops from Iraq in September.

[16:14.07]Berlusconi, who was a strong supporter of President Bush on Iraq,

[16:18.98]sent 3,000 troops to the country.

[16:21.06]Berlusconi said at the G-8 summit in Gleneagles

[16:24.46]that Italy will begin withdrawing 300 men in the month of September.

[16:28.39]But, he noted that he would not speed up the withdrawal

[16:31.78]because of fresh terrorist attacks after London bombs on Thursday.

[16:35.50]Berlusconi added because of its troop deployment in Iraq,

[16:39.55]Italy was a prime target for Islamist extremists.

[16:53.88]Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news.

[16:57.39]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.

[17:02.85]Now listen to the news.

[17:05.15]As Chinese telecom market steps up the pace of opening to the outside world,

[17:11.28]China’s four major operators of basic telecom service have introduced accumulative foreign funds

[17:17.95]amounting to US$25.25 billion.

[17:22.32]The four telecom operators, namely, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile and China Unicom,

[17:30.19]have all been listed overseas, indicating a substantial opening in the capital market.

[17:35.66]When Chinese telecom market accelerates opening to foreign investment,

[17:40.36]going abroad is a key way for Chinese enterprise to be integrated with world economy,

[17:45.61]said an official in charge of the Telecom Administration Department

[17:49.33]of the Ministry of Information Industry on a senior forum on development of China’s telecom industry

[17:55.57]held in Beijing on July 7.In addition to providing users of roaming service,

[18:01.04]transnational operation, international business,

[18:04.10]these basic telecom service operators are exploring new area

[18:08.58]in cooperation with neighboring countries in telecom operation,

[18:12.74]or setting up branches overseas, and teaming up with telecom equipment suppliers

[18:18.10]in expanding overseas market.

[18:20.29]Statistics show that by the end of May,

[18:23.35]China has registered a total of 692 million phone users

[18:27.94]including 330 million fixed phone users and 358 million mobile phone users.