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.

39. 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.

40. 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

41. 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.

42. 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

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1-3）	McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London	新闻案件的简介：57岁的McCormick上月被起诉诈骗并于周三在伦敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。
第二部分（Para. 4）	cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people	法官宣判：罪犯的欺骗行为增强了人们虚假的安全感并促使导致给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害。
第三部分（Para. 5-7）	But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results	案件细节及当事人的反诉：假冒炸弹探测器被销往世界各地，但它根本没有科学依据，也毫无用处。罪犯狡辩假冒产品没有给用户带来任何不良后果。

【解析】

39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。

40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。

41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。

解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句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。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。

解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。

本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。

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第一节  （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15    B.￡9.15  C. ￡9.18

答案是B。

1.What do the speakers need to buy?

A. A. fridge        B. A. dinner table                      C. A. few chairs

2.Where are the speakers?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In a hotel

C. In a school.

3.What does the woman mean?

A. Cathy will be at the party.

B. Cathy is too busy to come.

C. Cathy is going to be invited

4.Why does the woman plan to go to town?

A. To pay her bills in the bank.

B. To buy books in a bookstore.

C. To get some money from the bank

5.What is the woman trying to do?

A. Finish some writing.

B. Print an article.

C. Find a newspaper.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What is the man doing?

A. Changing seats on the plane

B. Asking for a window seat

C. Trying to find his seat

7.What is the woman’s seat number?

A. 6A.              B. 7A.              C. 8A

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt?

A. It’s too small

B. It’s too dark

C. It’s to expensive

9.What does the woman buy in the end?

A. A. yellow T-shirt

B. A. blue T-shirt

C. A. pink T-shirt

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How long has the man been in London?

A. One year.

B. A. few years

C. A. couple of months

11.Why did the woman leave her hometown?

A. To lend a city life.

B. To open a restaurant.

C. To find a job

12.Where did the woman come from?

A. London.

B. Arnside

C. Lancaster.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What is a daypack?

A. A. box

B. A. bag

C. A. lock

14.What surprise the girl at school?

A. A. lot of discussions in class

B. Teachers giving little homework

C. Few students asking questions in class.

15.At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?

A. At the end of it.

B. In the middle of it

C. At the beginning of it

16.What do we know about the girl?

A. She is new to the school

B. She writes for the school newspaper.

C. She seldom asks questions in class.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Where does Mr Henry Stone do?

A. A. bank clerk

B. A. teacher

C. A. writer

18.What does Henry like doing at airport?

A. Watching people

B. Telling stories

C. Reading magazines.

19.What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day?

A. A. valuable suitcase was missing

B. A. man stole money from a bank

C. A. woman ran away from home

20.Why was the woman at the airport?

A. She was traveling on business

B. She was seeing the man off.

C. She was leaving for Greece

 

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第1段材料，回答第1和第2题。

1. What do the two speakers both want to do in the coming new year?

   A. To save some money.   苑B. To work harder.        C. To lose weight.

2. What did Henry do last year?

   A. He joined a health club.  B. He stopped smoking.   C. He got a good job.

听第2段材料，回答第3至第5题。

3. Why did the man talk to the woman?

A. He wanted to buy a house. B. He wanted to get a job. C. He wanted to rent a flat.

4. What is the flat the man is interested in?

A. It has a bathroom and one bedroom.  

B. It has two bedrooms and a sitting room.

C. It has a kitchen but it hasn't a bathroom.

5. How much will the man pay for the biggest one each year?

A. 3,600 dollars.           B. 2,400 dollars.       C. 3,000 dollars.

听第3段材料，回答第6至第8题。

6. Where are they planning to go in the morning?

A. To a park.            B. To an art museum.         C. To a shopping center.

7. Why does the man want to visit the zoo in the afternoon?

A. The zoo will be closed the rest of the week.

B. The zoo is free to visitors that day only.

C. There are unusual animals on display.

8. Why does the woman want to go shopping instead?

A. She wants to buy souvenirs of their visit.

B. She saw some nice clothes at a shopping center.

C. She wants to buy a gift for her friend.

听第4段材料，回答第9至第11题。

9. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. At the airport.         B. In a railway英才苑station.     C. In a restaurant.

10. What's the woman's baggage number?

A. 703-9962.           B. 703-9926.               C. 703-1926.

11. What time might it probably be when the dialogue took place?

A. In the morning.         B. At noon.                    C. In the afternoon.

听第5段材料，回答第12至第15题。

12. How did the speaker's friends feel about his change of interest?

A. They were very glad about it.

B. They were afraid he wasn't fully prepared.

C. They were puzzled by his decision.

13. Why did the speaker change his interest to underwater exploration?

A. It is much cheaper than space travel.

B. It is much safer than space travel.

C. It is more exciting than space travel.

14. In what way does the speaker think diving is similar to space travel?

A. They both attract scientists' attention.

B. They are both expensive.

C. They can both be quite challenging.

15. Why does the speaker give this talk?

A. To explain the danger of exploring space.

B. To explain why he took up underwater exploration.

C. To show how simple diving can be

 

第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

     听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

 

1.What did the man win in his dream?

A. A holiday.

B. A new car.

C. Some money.

2.Will the woman come to the party?

  A. Maybe.

  B. No

  C. Certainly

3.How long has the woman been an author?

  A. About 30 years.

  B. About 40 years.

  C. About 70 years.

4.What does the woman want?

  A. A radio.

  B. Some pens.

  C. Some batteries.

5.What is the woman doing?

  A. Asking for information.

  B. Asking for an apology.

  C. Asking for help.

第二节（共15 小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

     听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前后，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

6.How many coats does the woman want?

  A. 25.           B. 30.                C. 50.

7.What is the order number for gloves?

  A. P25G5.           B. P26T5.          C. P28D5.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Which city has the woman visited recently?

  A. New York.        B. London.            C. Paris.

9.What does the woman like about the city?

  A. City life.         B. Weather.            C. Environment.

听第8段材料，回答第10至11。

10.When will it rain?

   A. In the morning.

B. In the afternoon.

C. At night.

11.What will cause delays for traffic coming into town?

   A. Rain.

   B. A fog.

   C. Bridge repairs.

听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。

12.Why did the woman go to the bank?

   A. To buy a new house.

   B. To meet the manager.

   C. To make an appointment.

13.What happened in the parking lot?

   A. The woman quarreled with a stranger.

   B. The woman failed to get her car parked in time.

   C. The woman backed her car into the wrong place.

14.What did the woman think of the man when she first saw him?

   A. Selfish.

   B. Clever.

   C. Respectful.

听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。

15.How does the woman think about her work?

   A. It is very good.

   B. It is hard to say now.

   C. It keeps her very busy.

16.Where does the woman live now?

   A. In her workplace.

   B. In the city center.

   C. In a big apartment.

17.What are the two speakers talking about?

   A. The woman’s life in a new city.

   B. The woman’s travel experience.

   C. The woman’s co-workers.

听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.What is the woman’s view on smell?

   A. It is personal.

   B. It is concrete.

   C. It is strange.

19.What is special about smells?

   A. They are as pleasant as music.

   B. They can last about thirty days.

   C. They make things more memorable.

20.What is the woman’s most favorite smell?

   A. Smell of the sea.

   B. Smell of her garden.

   C. Smell of aircraft fuel.