Section C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
Up to yesterday, China had raised an estimated US $ 65.3 million in government, charitable and public donations. The number will rise as more organizations report figures.
Premier Wen Jiabao flew to Indonesia to attend a summit organized by the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. More than 20 heads of state or government and representatives of international organizations will also be in attendance to discuss the aid efforts to help Asia's quake-tsunami-hit countries.
Question 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
A fire broke out in a Buenos Aires nightclub, which packed with young revelers celebrating the New Year holidays. It killed at least 175 people when a crowd was trapped by locked doors, officials said on Friday.
At least 619 people were injured in the blaze, after a flare fired into the club's ceiling during a rock concert.
The blaze may have claimed more victims because four of the club's six doors were inexplicably tied shut with wire.
Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
An official from the Philippines' Presidential palace says the government is still functional after the resignations of 10 cabinet ministers. The official told reporters Saturday that President Gloria Arroyo has not been found guilty of any wrongdoing and will continue to run the government according to the constitution.
He said forcing her to step down before she is declared innocent or guilty would be more damaging for the country than the current uncertainty. The Philippines' Army on Saturday lowered the high state of alert to normal level in the capital Manila.
On Friday, ten out of 24 cabinet members resigned from the government including the Finance Secretary, asking Arroyo to step down. The same day, the President reiterated that she wouldn't resign, adding that she would unveil a new cabinet in a couple of days.
Arroyo has been plunged into a political crisis by allegations that she conspired with election officials to fix last year's presidential elections.
Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
Luxembourg goes to the polls on Sunday in last referendum on the draft of EU constitution of 2005. Luxembourg's Prime Minster Jean Claude Juncker vows to resign if the country says "no" to the treaty, which is aimed at streamlining decision-making in Europe after the trading bloc enlarged from 15 to 25 member states.
French and Dutch voters have already sent a resounding "no" to European leaders that they do not want the 448-article treaty. Opinion polls taken in July last month indicate that the poll could go either way. Opinion polls are banned during the month prior to the election.
Luxembourg's parliament ratified the treaty in its first reading on June 28th, but a second reading will be axed if the voters say no.