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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.

64.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.

65.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

66.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.

67.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

【要点综述】 这是一篇新闻报道。文章叙述了英国法官审判了一位商人,他有出售假冒炸弹探测器的犯罪行为。但这名犯罪嫌疑人根本没意识到他的行为给社会带来的危害。

64.D 细节理解题。根据第一段“A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in prison…”以及“McCormick, 57, was convicted of cheats last month…”可知,McCormick被判处欺诈罪。故可以判断选D。

65.B 推理判断题。根据第四段“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”可知选B。

66.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“But in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use.”可知,事实上它们“在科学上没有任何根据”,是没有用的。可以判断选D。

67.C 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“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.”及最后一段可知,麦考密克曾在法庭上说,他出售自己的探测器给肯尼亚警察、香港监狱、埃及的军队和泰国的边境管制处, 而且他从来没有从客户那里听到任何不好的结果。故可以推断出他根本没认识到他的罪行。故选C。

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