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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 had 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】

【文章大意】：一位商人因把高尔夫球探测器当作炸弹探测器而被伦敦法官判处10年的徒刑，其判决的理由是会造成极大的人员伤亡以及安全成本，但是这位商人却不认为他已经犯罪了。

1.根据文章第一段第一句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以及第三段第一句McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month可以得出本题答案。

2.根据第四段第一句"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,"（你以获取暴利贩卖大量无用器材这一欺骗行为会误导人们对安全的防范以及在很大程度上导致大量无辜人员的伤亡。）可以得出本题答案。

3.根据文章第五段最后一句But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.可以得出本题答案。

4.根据文章第四段最后一句you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.以及最后一段"I never had any had results from customers," he said.可以得出本题答案。