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。

通知
假设有一批澳大利亚学生到广东香城游学，你是项目的负责人，在出发前你简要向学生们介绍这次安排。请写一个简要的发言稿，主要内容如下：

假如你是王平，你作为交换生，已经在美国加州留学六个月了。你的朋友李华来信询问你在美国学习生活的情况，请你根据以下内容给李华写一封回信。

[写作内容]

[写作要求]  1. 必须使用5个句子表达全部内容。

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总句数内。

3. 预科课程：the preparation course

Dear Li Hua,

Thanks for your letter. I am very glad to tell you about my life and study here as an exchange student in California, the USA. Six months ago, … …

…

Hope to see you again soon.

Best wishes.

Love,

Wang Ping

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，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.Finally he reached a lonely island_______________________ from the outside world. (cut)

最后，他来到了一个与外界隔绝的孤岛。

2.It has been proved that ___________________________ helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life. (eat)

已经得到证实童年时吃蔬菜有助于你在以后生活中抵御重病。

3.The reform of College Entrance Examination will begin with English, whose result is not ____________. (expect)

高考改革将从英语学科开始，其结果也不像预期那样令人满意。

4.I’m so sorry _____________ at such an awkward time, but I really had something urgent to tell you. (call)

我真的很抱歉在这么不合适的时间给你打电话，但我真的有急事告诉你。

5.How can you ask again? I think ____________ at all when I presented the answer to you. (listen)

你怎能还要问？我认为当时我在讲解答案时你根本没听。

6.Never before in his life ______________________ such a great loss, so he almost lost the hope of life. (suffer)

他一生从来没有遭受过如此重大的损失，所以他几乎失去了生活的希望。

小题7】It was ___________________ that he moved out of the remote village and settled down in the big city. (feel)

就是因为他觉得孤单，他才搬出那个偏僻的村庄，在大城市定居下来。

7.Had the natural disaster happened at midnight, it ______________________ much greater damage. (cause)

如果这场自然灾害发生在半夜，它可能会造成更大的灾害。

8.TV can not only keep us_______  throughout the world but also bring us various forms of entertainment. (inform)

电视不仅能让我们了解世界上正在发生的事情，还能给我们带来各种各样的娱乐。

9.If you don't insist on _______________________, you'll never have it.  (go)

如果不坚持去追逐你的梦想，你将永远不会实现梦想。

书面表达（15分）
根据中文提示写一篇短文，简单介绍阿根廷共和国。
阿根廷共和国(The Republic of Argentina)
1. 为南美洲第二大国，位于南美州南部，首都是布宜诺斯艾利斯(Buenos Aires)。
2. 1810阿根廷从西班牙统治下获得独立。官方语言是西班牙语。
3. 西部是安第斯山脉(the Andes)，占总面积30%，东部是平原。自然资源丰富, 矿产种类繁多, 多达80余种。
4. 国家名片: 一张是世界文明的阿根廷探戈舞(tango)，另一张就是足球，它是这个国家最流行的运动。现在由马拉多纳(Maradona)率领的国家队正在南非为大力神杯而拼搏。
参考词汇：西班牙语          Spanish
矿产              minerals
大力神杯 / 世界杯  “FIFA Would Cup”
注意：字数：120左右。