2020年下半年英語四級聽力真題原文及答案：短篇新聞（三）

全國大學英語四級聽力理解部分由短篇新聞、長對話和聽力篇章構成。試題采用選擇題（單選題）題型。聽力理解部分的分值比例為35%，其中短篇新聞占7%，長對話占8%，聽力篇章占20%。考試時間約25分鐘。以下是希賽網英語四六級頻道為大家搜集整理的2020年12月英語四級聽力真題及參考答案。

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A Philippine fisherman was feeling down on his luck when a house fire forced him to clear out his possessions and change locations. Then, a good luck charm that he had kept under his bed changed his life.

The unidentified man had fished out a giant pearl from the ocean when his anchor got stuck on the rock while sailing off a coastal island in the Philippines ten years ago.

When he was forced to sell it, the shocked tourist agent at Puerto Princesca told him that the 77-pound giant pearl that he had kept hidden in his rundown wooden house was the biggest pearl in the world, which was valued at ￡76 million.

The pearl of Allah, which is currently on display in a New York museum, only weighs 14 pounds. That is five times smaller than the pearl that the fisherman just handed in.

The monstrous pearl, measured at 1 foot wide and 2.2 feet long, is going to be verified by local experts and international authorities before hopefully going on display to attract more tourists in the little town.

Q5: What happened to the Philippine fisherman one day?

【答案】B His house was burnt down in a fire.

Q6: What was the fisherman forced to do?

【答案】D Sell the pearl he had kept for years.

Q7: What did the fisherman learn from the tourist agent?

【答案】B His monstrous pearl was extremely valuable.