LONDON---A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake（假冒的）bomb detectors（探測(cè)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 “l(fā)acked 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.
小題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.
小題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
小題3: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.
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick         .
A．solo 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

小題1:Ｄ
小題2:Ｂ
小題3:Ｄ
小題4:Ｃ

試題解析：本文是一篇記敘文。本文記敘了英國(guó)一位商人出售沒(méi)有安全保障有可能傷及無(wú)辜的炸彈探測(cè)儀，屬于假冒偽劣產(chǎn)品而被判處十年監(jiān)禁，商人和法官之間一段言辭的較量。
小題1:Ｄ細(xì)節(jié)理解題。McCormick被判坐牢的原因是在商業(yè)中進(jìn)行詐騙，注意不選B致人死亡，因?yàn)槲闹衜aterially contributed to causing death只是說(shuō)有造成他人死亡的隱患但沒(méi)有說(shuō)致人死亡，所以D正確。
小題2:Ｂ 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句話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可以推斷出他所做欺騙行為促進(jìn)了了人們錯(cuò)誤的安全意識(shí)，也就是降低了人們防范危險(xiǎn)的意識(shí)，所以B正確。
小題3:Ｄ細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在文中倒數(shù)第二段he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya賣(mài)到了Kenya肯尼亞當(dāng)然在非洲，B錯(cuò)在文中并沒(méi)有提到造成嚴(yán)重的后果，且McCormick說(shuō)了“I never had any bad results from customers。C選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在social security，文中沒(méi)有提到，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段in fact they “l(fā)acked any grounding in science” and were of no use.，D正確。
小題4:Ｃ推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.，即他說(shuō)的話可以知道他認(rèn)錯(cuò)態(tài)度不好，并不認(rèn)為自己的所作所為有多么的惡劣，所以C正確。
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About six months  3  it seemed that I had   4  a letter to her which had her street   5  on it but was addressed to another house with the   6  number on a different street in the neighborhood. She decided to   7  the letter at the correct house.
It turned out that the letter had been   8  for Johnson, who happened to be   9 . They talked for a little while, and later on he   10 . Then they started dating and had been going   11  together ever since.
I felt sorry for delivering the letter wrong, but I was   12  that I had brought these nice people together.
A few months later a(n)   13  sign went up in Christy’s yard, and then wedding   14  were sent out. Soon the house was sold, the wedding happened,   15  Christy, with her kids, moved into Johnson’s house.
A few months later, I saw a For Sale sign in   16  yard. I feared the   17  might be in trouble, so I made up a(n)   18  to go to their door and   19  on them.
Christy opened the door, smiled broadly, and pointed to her huge stomach “We’re having twins!” she said, “This house won’t be big enough, so we have to   20 .”
小題1:
A．telephoneB．mailboxC．schoolD．shop
小題2:
A．storyB．noticeC．factD．message
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．earlierC．laterD．a(chǎn)go
小題4:
A．sentB．writtenC．deliveredD．given
小題5:
A．markB．signC．boardD．number
小題6:
A．correctB．wrongC．sameD．different
小題7:
A．put down B．drop offC．hand outD．give away
小題8:
A．providedB．preparedC．inferredD．intended
小題9:
A．freeB．singleC．lonelyD．simple
小題10:
A．leftB．invitedC．calledD．introduced
小題11:
A．outB．inC．a(chǎn)wayD．off
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)mazedB．pleasedC．surprisedD．interested
小題13:
A．SaleB．SalesC．On SaleD．For Sale
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)rrangementsB．preparationsC．invitationsD．a(chǎn)nnouncements
小題15:
A．butB．a(chǎn)ndC．whileD．until
小題16:
A．herB．hisC．myD．their
小題17:
A．friendshipB．connectionC．marriageD．wedding
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)pologyB．troubleC．excuseD．regret
小題19:
A．checkB．examineC．testD．try
小題20:
A．changeB．settleC．separateD．move

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