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3. You can see some ( abandon) temples dating from about 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.
3. abandoned
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 on 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, “and 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 about the detec tors?
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
Investing in yourself
Figuring out how to invest your money can be a difficult task. This is something that you will want to learn how to do.
1. Things that will improve your knowledge,skills or health are all great investments. However,before you start,you need to be clear about what you will gain out of doing all of these things.
You may think investing in yourself means investing in your education.2.________ There are some other things you can do as well as buying a gym membership or learning a new skill.
So what are some specific things you can do?3.________Reading books can really expand your mind and allow you to learn different skills and gain knowledge. I'm talking about the books where you will actually learn a new skill,not fiction books.
You can also take courses and attend seminars. These programmes are taught by people with a high level of knowledge or skill.4. Only in this way can you avoid be ing fooled by some sales presentation.
Moreover,investing in yourself is a safe way to keep your money. Although a savings account is seen as the most secure investment,that isn’t 100% safe. Even if you never experience your bank closing down,the return is little when inflation (通货膨胀) is taken into consideration.5. But over time,they will show up in terms of your happiness level as well as your level of success.
A. This is just one way.
B. The benefits will stay with you.
C. If you aren’t a reader,you should start with that.
D. The more you do this,the more valuable you will be.
E. Of course,you need to do some research before investing.
F. The best way to invest your money is to invest it in yourself.
G. When you invest in yourself,you may not see gains right away.
3. 你十年前居住的山村巳经发展成一座大的城镇了。
The mountain village has developed into a big town.
1. If we are bombed again,we will certainly (向.. 宣战) the enemy counter.
8. One way of preventing further flooding would be to (deep) the river bed.
5. Although she had been ill for a long time,it still came as a shock she eventually died.
2. Jack is a great talker. It's high time that he (do) something in- stead of just talking.
Every person uses his/ her own special word to show his/ her ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is "Where's the beef?". It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s, "Where's the beef?" was one of the most popular expressions in the U-nited States. It seemed as if everyone used it at the time.
Beef,of course,is the meat from a cow,and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold ham?burgers at a low price. Ray called this "McDonald's". Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called " Wendy's" said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else. The Wendy's Company began to use the expression "Where's the beef?" to make people know that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy's television advertisement showed three old women eating ham?burgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big,but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. "Where's the beef?" she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy's ham?burger restaurants was a success. As we said,it seemed everyone began using the expression "Where's the beef?".
1. started McDonalds resta'urant.
A. Ray B. McDonald
C. Wendy D. Three old women
2. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought .
A. they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B. hamburgers were easy to make
C. beef was very popular in America
D. they could make a lot of money
3. The Wendy's Company made the expression known to everybody .
A. with many old women eating hamburgers
B. by a television advertisement
C. while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D. at the McDonald's restaurant
4. We can learn from the passage that the expression "Where's the beef?" .
A. means the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B. means the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C. is used when something is not as good as it is said to be
D. means Wendy's is the biggest
