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SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： India's industrial growth rate fell more than 3 percentage points in the nine months to December 1998 from the corresponding period the previous year, reports said yesterday. According to the Finance Ministry, industrial production growth fell to 3.5 per cent between April and December 1998, from 6.7 per cent during the previous year. Several infrastructure and core industries involving items such as electricity, coat, steel, crude oil, cement and fertilizer reported a growth rate of just 2 per cent, compared with 5 per cent during the same period the previous year.
What is the news about？
听力原文： Russian Defense Minister Igor Rodionov travels to China Sunday to strengthen military and technological ties between the two countries. Mr. Rodionov says such cooperation strengthens the security of both countries. During his 6-day visit, Mr. Rodionov plans to hold talks with Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian. NATO's plan to expand into Central and Eastern Europe concerns Russia. Russian officials arc seeking closer ties with India, Iran and China to balance expanding NATO.
The Russian official's visit to China aims at______.
听力原文： Those who had seen the film at previous sessions are divided into groups studying the elements of a petroleum-free community: food, water, shelter, health and medicine, and alternate energy sources. The energy group, which includes two solar equipment installers and a re- tired engineer/physicist, will study existing alternative energy sources and determine which are possible here. Also on the list are alternate-fuel transit systems, energy waste and conservation potential, and the offerings of at least two bio-diesel suppliers. The shelter group is considering such alternate building styles and how much of the needed material can be produced locally. Group members want to know how many people will need housing in the future and how to develop new housing without jeopardizing agricultural land. Opportunities for making existing housing more energy efficient and building shared-housing communities are also on the list. The health and medicine group is looking at incorporating alternative heating systems in the incoming hospital, social service networks, local cultivation of medicinal plants, and legal obstacles to alternative medical approaches.
The water group wants to know the amount needed for a family of four and the possibility of salvaging more of the rainy season's abundance.
What is the main topic of this passage？
听力原文： Planned peace talks between rebels and the Zairian government again have been postponed. Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko apparently requested the delay. South African Deputy Foreign Minister Azzi Pahad announced late Saturday that the talks now are to begin Sunday. He says Mr. Mobutu has told organizers of the talks that he will meet with rebel leader Laurent Kabila. The talks are to take place on a South African navy ship near the coast of Congo. President Mobutu has cancer and reportedly is weak. He has been waiting since Friday to meet with Mr. Kabila. The rebel leader did not arrive because of what he described 'as security concerns. The rebels have seized control of two-thirds of Zaire in less than 7 months.
The peace talks between rebels and the Zairian government______.
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