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[听力原文] 6-10
IRAN
Iran's
Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, formally gave his blessing to incumbent
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term on Monday. The ceremony comes
two days before his formal inauguration, but many opposition figures and two
former presidents boycotted the event.
The start of
inauguration festivities for Mr. Ahmadinejad comes in the midst of the trials of
top reformist leaders and activists by a revolutionary court in Tehran. Charges
against them include violence, fomenting strife, and attempting to overthrow the
government.
ICELAND
Icelandic
MPs are meant to be enjoying a lengthy Christmas break—instead they've been
summoned back to Parliament to discuss the fallout of President Olafur
Grimsson's refusal to sign a bill allowing more than $ 5bn to be paid to the
British and Dutch governments.
A quarter of the population had
signed a petition calling for him to withhold his signature. The money was meant
to compensate the two governments after they bailed out savers put at risk when
the online Icesave bank collapsed in 2008. Now a public referendum will be held,
possibly next month.
Meanwhile, frantic diplomatic efforts have
been made to try and build bridges with both the British and Dutch governments
and other Nordic countries, who had made an agreement on refunding the
compensation on condition of further aid payments.
AUSTRALIA
Australia is revising
controversial citizenship tests, to make sure applicants are more aware of their
rights and responsibilities rather than examine their general knowledge about
sports and culture.
In the new version of the test, to be
rolled out on October 19, there will be more questions about gender equality,
compulsory voting and the Australian legal system.
The tests
were introduced in 2007 and were intended to enhance social cohesion. Recent
studies have found that some prospective citizens had been deterred from
applying for citizenship, wrongly fearing they would be deported if they failed
the test.
CHINA
About 113,000
Internet bars in China attract more than 40 million visits a day, making about 3
billion US dollars a year. Chinese official statistics shows that the country's
Internet bars attract more than 40 million visits a day, with annual revenue
topping 25.68 billion Yuan or about 3 billion US dollars. An official from the
Ministry of Culture, Liang Gang, told the Beijing News recently that China has
registered 113,000 Internet bars by April 2005. More than 8 million computers
have been purchased for Internet bars, which employ more than one million people
in the country. He added that the Internet bars could have contributed more than
128 billion Yuan to related peripheral industries based on a calculating method
set by the National Bureau of Statistics.
SRI
LANKA
Sri Lanka's government is ordering the spokesman
for the U. N. Children's Fund to leave the country. Our correspondent reports
the expulsion stems from comments by the official that appeared in the
international media in recent months.
The visa for James Elder,
an Australian, has been canceled effective Monday (Sept.7), but officials say
after an appeal from the United Nations he will be allowed to stay there under
September 21.
The government also harshly criticized
correspondents, international organizations and aid workers who it perceived of
having a bias against it and sympathy for the rebels.
Four
months ago Elder spoke about what he called the "unimaginable hell" suffered by
Tamil children caught in the conflict.
6. Which of the following is NOT the
charge against top reformist leaders and activists?