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。

【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。

此题要求改正每一句中的错误,并按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉;

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在符号下面写上该加的词；

该行错一个词：在错的词下加一个横线，在该词下面写上改正后的词。

注意：每句均有错误。

1.John told us that they are going to New York the next day. 

2.Mom always tells me not stay up at night .    

3. Believe it or not , there is no such a thing as standard English .   

4.On TV and the radio, you will hear differences in the way which people speak.

5.The USA is a large country which many different dialects are spoken.  

6.Ever since middle school , my sister and I dreamed about taking a great bike trip.

7.My sister doesn’t care for details .

8.Along the way, children dressed long wool coats stopped to look at us .

9.We saw many yaks and sheep eat green grass.

10.He was generous with his time , to which I was grateful.

此题要求改正所给句中的错误。每题只有一个错误，按下列情况改正：此句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该句右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(＼)划掉。此句缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该句右边横线上写出该加的词。此句错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该句右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：此题没有正确的题。
【小题1】She was boring with her present work.
【小题2】Although he failed again, he would not lose his heart.
【小题3】General speaking, more men smoke than women do.
【小题4】You are sure to have a fun in having a picnic at the weekend.
【小题5】Neither he nor I has finished the experiment.
【小题6】They suggest go out for a picnic on top of the hill.
【小题7】His grandpa died three years before.
【小题8】I think it is wrong for you to stare at others.
【小题9】He convinced me the difficulty of the work.
【小题10】He is very strict in his students.

此题要求改正所给句中的错误。每题只有一个错误，按下列情况改正：
此句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该句右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。  
此句缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该句右边横线上写出该加的词。
此句错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该句右边横线上写出改正后的词。
【小题1】His father has never been to Europe. He hasn’t been there, too.
【小题2】Although he failed again, he would not lose his heart.
【小题3】I’m sorry. I know only a few English.
【小题4】In a rainy night, he came back home alone.
【小题5】Australia, an European country, is famous for its music
【小题6】We’ll never forget the days when we spent on the beach.
【小题7】It mustn’t have rained just now, for the ground is dry.
【小题8】The story of his success was so inspired that we were all determined to work harder to achieve our goals.
【小题9】When he was in the twenties, he went to America for his further study.
【小题10】Only in this way you be able to solve the problem.

此题要求改正每一句中的错误,并按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉;

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在符号下面写上该加的词；

该行错一个词：在错的词下加一个横线，在该词下面写上改正后的词。

注意：每句均有错误。

John told us that they are going to New York the next day. 

Mom always tells me not stay up at night .    

Believe it or not , there is no such a thing as standard English .   

On TV and the radio, you will hear differences in the way which people speak.

The USA is a large country which many different dialects are spoken.  

Ever since middle school , my sister and I dreamed about taking a great bike trip.

My sister doesn’t care for details .

Along the way, children dressed long wool coats stopped to look at us .

We saw many yaks and sheep eat green grass.

He was generous with his time , to which I was grateful.