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LONDON --- A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors - which were based on a kind of golf ball finder - to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people," Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. "you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt."

The detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

"I never had any bad results from customers," he said.

1.Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.               B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.            D. He cheated in business

2.According to the judge, what McCormick had done _______.

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people's guard against danger

C. changed people's idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

3.Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _______.

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了商人McCormick出售假炸弹探测器被判刑的新闻。

1.D考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison,可知，一位英国商人出售假冒炸弹探测器被判处10年监禁。故选D。

2.B考查推理判断。根据文章第三段中的Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people可以推知，给人们提供错误的安全意识，从而导致无辜的人死亡或受伤。故选B。

3.D考查细节理解。根据文章倒数第二段中的he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya可知A错误；根据文章最后一段中的I never had any bad results from customers可知与B意思相反；根据文章倒数第三段中的The detectors were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.可知C错误；根据文章倒数第三段中的But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.可知D正确。

4.C考查推理判断。根据文章的最后一句"I never had any bad results from customers," he said.可知，他认为他没导致严重的后果，所以，他不应该被治罪。故选C。

考点：考查新闻体裁的阅读。