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正确答案：A
NewsItem4【听前预测】从各题干和选项获得关键词investmentbank,accuse，fraud，effect，据此推测，该篇新闻可能是关于某投资银行被指控欺诈以及其行为产生的影响的报道。[26A]FinancialregulatorsintheUnitedStateshaveaccusedtheinvestmentbankGoldmanSachsoffraudrelatedto[28D]thecollapseoftheAmericanhousingmarket.TheSecuritiesandExchangeCommissionistakingcivilactionagainstthebank.[27C]TheSecuritiesandExchangeCommissionallegesthebanksoldinvestorsafinancialproductbasedonsubprimemortgagesthatwasdesignedtolosevalue.GoldmanSachshasdeniedtheallegationsandsaysitwilldefendthefirmanditsreputation.[28D]ThisisthefirsttimethattheUSgovernmenthasexplicitlyaccusedoneofWallStreet'spremierinstitutionsoffraudrelatingtothecollapseoftheUShousingmarket.【解析】选[A]。信息辨认题。新闻首句提到美国金融监管部门指控投资银行高盛投资公司涉嫌诈骗，导致美国房地产市场的崩溃。最后一句又提到这是美国政府首次明确指控华尔街主要的投资机构涉嫌欺诈，因此答案为[A]。