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(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: are home to just under half of all people.

(B) is correct. Nina says most of the biggest cities are built by the sea.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: are expanding at double the rate of inland cities.

Associated Text:
Nina: Yeah, though that's all cities, not just coastal ones. But most of the biggest cities are actually built by the sea.

(A) is correct. Owen says pollutants from inland agriculture and industry travel down rivers to cities.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: can leave too little land for farming upstream.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: can cause factories to damage rural scenery.

Associated Text:
Owen: Well, as the city expands, agriculture and industry tend to spread further inland along the rivers. And so agriculture moves even further inland up the river. That's not necessarily a problem, except it means more and more pollutants are discharged into the rivers.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: The system did not include enough channels.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: The builders selected the wrong construction materials.

(C) is correct. Port Selby's drainage channels were built without allowing for global warming and rising sea levels.

Associated Text:
Nina: Yeah, they spent quite a lot of money on them. But what they didn't take into account was global warming.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: take measures to restore coastal ecosystems.

(B) is correct. Nina says they need money to replace the drainage channels for flood protection now.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: stop disposing of waste materials into the ocean.

Associated Text:
Nina: No, really, they just need to find the money for something to replace the drainage channels in order to protect against flooding now.

(A) is correct. They say coastal cities must act together internationally.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: more sharing of information.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: agreement on shared policies.

Associated Text:
Nina: Really though, coastal cities can't deal with their problems on their own, can they? I mean, they've got to start acting together at an international level instead of just doing their own thing.