Question 7 is based on the news report you have just heard.

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    (5) [A Philippine fisherman was feeling down on his luck when a house fire forced him to clear out his possessions and change locations.]Then, (6) [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 10 years ago.

    (6) [When he was forced to sell it, ](7) [the shocked tourist agent at Puerto Princesca told him that the 77-pound giant pearl that he had kept hidden in his run-down 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 5 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.

7. What did the fisherman learn from the tourist agent?

解析：C。四个选项中都出现了pearl，可推测出题目有可能询问和珍珠有关的信息，听音时需要留意对pearl的细节描述。录音中间部分提到，震惊不已的普林塞萨港的旅行社告诉这名渔民，他藏在自己破旧木屋里的这颗重达77磅的巨型珍珠是世界上最大的珍珠，价值7600万英镑。也就是说，渔夫的这颗巨型珍珠价值连城。C项与此表述一致，其中monstrous pearl是对录音中77-pound giant pearl的同义替换，extremely valuable是对录音中was valued at £76 million的同义替换，故正确答案为C。

错项排除：录音中提到了the biggest pearl in the world和a New York museum，但录音中提到biggest pearl时说的是渔民从海里捞出的珍珠是世界上最大的珍珠，重达77磅。而提到纽约的一家博物馆时说的是，目前在纽约一家博物馆展出的安拉珍珠只有14磅重，比渔民的那颗珍珠要小。由此可知，纽约博物馆里的珍珠并不是世界上最大的珍珠，故A项错误。所以目前世界上最大的珍珠应该是重达77磅，并非14磅，故B项错误。录音最后提到，渔民的珍珠在经过鉴定之后有望进行展示，以吸引更多的游客到小镇来参观，并没有说明是在博物馆里展出，故D项错误。