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。

第II卷 （共55分）

知识运用

I. 单词拼写。根据句意和首字母写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到答案卷中的相应位置。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

1.Wait with a little more p__________________, and he'll be here soon.

2.The custom of arranged marriage (包办婚姻) still e_______ in many countries at present.

3.He left as a poor boy but returned a successful and w______________ man.

4.The old lady asked the young man talking with his mouth full to mind his table m______________.

5.U_____________ most people in my office, I prefer walking to driving.

6.It is a t___________ for Chinese children to receive some lucky money in a red envelope.

7.He is so tall that he can easily be s_______________ in the crowd. 

8.On my a__________________ at the airport, I’ll telephone him to pick me up. 

9.How dared you use my computer without my p_______________?  

10.Today’s festivals have many origins, some r_____________, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.   

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答卡上的相应题号后。
31. Another colleague who is known to have stolen things in the past ____(怀疑) having stolen the camera. (suspect)

32. _______(无论怎么努力) you try, working towards a career for which you are  not suitable is not going to get you there. (matter)

33. ―Professor Crown, I attended your lecture on ecology at Berlin University last year. It was wonderful!

―Thank you. But it ________(一定是) more than two years ago, I think. (must)

34. _________(据报到) 99% of school-age children in China attended primary school  by 2004. (report, that)

35. In areas _________(农业起着重要作用), people do not attach importance to  education. (play)

36. Ebbinghaus carried out one of the earliest studies of human memory, _______ (导致)  the “Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve”. (result)

37. Many detective stories are set in a situation _______(在此情况下偷盗行为一定是某人干的) by one of the people around. (theft, commit)

38. It was evident that the ___________(现行体制) of using small groups of detectives and calling on the army for bigger problems was no longer working. (exist)

39. The old couple set up a fund ___________(旨在于) helping those who canafford to go to college only for lacking of money. (aim)

40. _______ (练完了) her violin, the girl began to help her mother to set up a blog  on Internet. (finish, practice )

阅读下列各小题，根据每句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1．Only after they had discussed the matter for several hours ______ a decision, （reach）

       只有在讨论这个问题几个小时后他们才做出一个决定。

2．Although he has got a doctor's degree, ______ whether he is equal to the job．（remain）

       尽管他获得了博士学位，但他是否胜任这个工作还有待去看。

3．It was______ this morning that made the boss so angry, （come）

       是因为他今天早上来晚了才使老板如此生气。

4．Alex was listening attentively to the lecture by professor Smith, all his attention ______．（fix）

       亚历克斯在专心致志听史密斯教授的演讲，他所有的注意力都集中在上面。

5．The products produced by Apple, especially iphone 4, ______ in the US and have a good market internationally, （sell）

       苹果公司生产的产品尤其是iphone 4在美国很畅销，在国际上有良好的市场。

6．_______ is that China is playing more and more important role in the world, （know）

       众所周知，中国在世界上正扮演着越来越重要的角色。

7．Had it not been for the fact ______, I wouldn't have won the first prize in the English Writing Competition, （help）

       要不是我的老师帮我，我就不会再在英语作文竞赛中获一等奖。

8．The 30th Olympic Games will be held in London, from July 27 to August 12,2012, ______all athletes will compete for medals, （during）

       第三十届奥运会将于2012年7月27日至8月12日在伦敦举行，在此期间所有的运动员将为奖牌而战。

9．Frank insisted that ______ although I had great difficulty in waking him up．（fall）

       尽管我很费力才把他弄醒，弗兰克坚持说没睡着。

10．More and more highways have been built, ______ for people to travel from one place to another, （make）

       越来越多的高速公路已经建成，使得人们从一地去另一地更加容易。