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。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1-3）	McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London	新闻案件的简介：57岁的McCormick上月被起诉诈骗并于周三在伦敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。
第二部分（Para. 4）	cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people	法官宣判：罪犯的欺骗行为增强了人们虚假的安全感并促使导致给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害。
第三部分（Para. 5-7）	But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results	案件细节及当事人的反诉：假冒炸弹探测器被销往世界各地，但它根本没有科学依据，也毫无用处。罪犯狡辩假冒产品没有给用户带来任何不良后果。

【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。

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　To understand why 1 from the laser (激光) is so intense (强烈的), you must know that light 2 in waves, like ripples (涟漪) on a pond. The 3 from the crest (浪峰) of one wave to the crest of the 4 is the wavelength. Ordinary white light is 5 many wavelights, 6 is the same as saying as many colors. Its 7 travel in every direction. Laser light, 8 , is one of wavelength and one color, with all the waves moving in one 9 . They stay together within a straight, narrow beam (细浪), 10 fanning out like a flashlight beam (光柱).

　　Laser will have a greater and greater 11 on our lives as more uses are 12 for them. The Western Electric Company, 13 , now uses a ruby (红宝石) laser to pierce (刺透) 14 in tiny diamonds. Since diamond is the world's hardest 15 , the piercing process 16 two days. 17 the laser can pierce a diamond 18 a few minutes. For telephone use, copper(铜) wire is made as 19 as human hair by being drawn 20 the diamond. In one year the company produces 30 million miles of this wire and finds out thousands of diamonds.

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There was a rich foreign merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife most and  36  her with best clothes and  37  her to delicious food.

  He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He’s very proud of her and always wanted to  38  his 3rd wife to his friends.

  He too, loved his 2nd wife. 39  the merchant faced some 40  , he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out.

  Now, the merchant’s first wife had made great  41  to his business. However, the merchant did not love her and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

  One day, the merchant fell ill. He knew that he was going to die  42  . He told himself, “ Now I have 4 wives with me. 43  when I die, I’ll be alone. How  44  I’ll be!”

  Thus, he asked the 4th wife, “ I  45 you most. Now that I’m dying will you 46  me and keep me company?” “No way!” replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word.

  The  47  merchant then asked the 3rd wife, “ I have loved you so much for all my life. Will you follow me and keep me company?” “ 48  !” replied the 3rd wife. “ Life is so good over here! I’m going to 49  when you die!”

  He then asked the 2nd  wife, “ I 50 turned to you for help. Now I need your help again. Will you follow me and keep me company?” “I’m sorry, I can’t  51  you out this time!” replied the 2nd wife.

  Then a 52 pulled out, “ I’ll leave with you. I’ll follow you no matter  53  you go.” Broken-hearted, the merchant said, “ I should have taken much better  54  of you while I could have.”

 Actually, we all have 4 wives in our life: our body, our possessions, our friends, and our 55  . We should take good care of our soul all our life.

36 A wore                          B bought            C dressed                D shared

37 A gave                      B treated           C provided           D sent

38 A show off            B turn off            C show out               D turn out

39 A Wherever             B However           C Whether                D Whenever

40 A requests          B exercises           C problems               D duties

41 A friends              B contributions    C differences           D attempts

42 A soon                  B fast              C easily                  D bitterly

43 A So                          B And                         C But                                   D For

44 A lonely                    B friendly                  C lovely                          D lively

45 A respected                 B missed                   C wanted                           D loved

46 A like                    B catch                 C take                                 D follow

47 A sad                                 B hopeless                C anxious                           D lucky

48 A Yes               B No                           C Sure                                 D OK

49 A work                     B leave                 C remarry                          D stay

50 A seldom            B always                   C sometimes               D never

51 A advise            B demand                 C suggest                           D help

52 A voice                B sound                C shout                          D laugh

53 A how                       B where               C when                          D why

54 A advantage       B pity                          C care                                 D control

55 A wealth            B health               C power                        D soul

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to find notes left in the collection basket of the church, beautiful notes about my homilies (讲道) and about the writer’s thoughts on the daily readings. The  41   attracted me .But it was a long time  42   I met the author of the notes.

One Sunday morning, I was 43   that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she  44   all the notes. When I saw her I was  45   , since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office. Her  46   was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could hardly  47   without pain. Her face was disfigured (畸形) , so smiling was very  48   for her.

We  49   for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.

As it  50   , we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our  51   . We spoke of authors we were both  52   , and it was easy to tell that  53   are a great love of hers.

She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look  54   . I know that her condition  55   her deeply. Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with her  56   . She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded  57   loving heart. She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only  58   in life was the loss of a friend.

The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the  59   for a glimpse (瞥) of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace,  60   befriended her and showed her what is real.

41. A. heading       B. paragraph                C. notes                      D. baskets

42. A. since           B. after                       C. when                    D. before

43. A. told            B. managed                  C. intended                    D. proved

44. A. lost            B. left                         C. dropped                         D. collected

45. A. shocked        B. satisfied                   C. frightened                D. disappointed

46. A. hand           B. arm                       C. head                   D. neck

47. A. cackle         B. smile                            C. speak                   D. bow

48. A. tense      B. unfair                      C. ugly                     D. difficult

49. A. chatted                B. discussed                 C. drank                   D. greeted

50. A. turned up       B. turned out                 C. came out                D. came up

51. A. families        B. beliefs                   C. hobbies                  D. lives

52. A. popular with     B. fond of                   C. familiar to                D. concerned in

53. A. friends          B. churches             C. writings                   D. books

54. A. bold        B. cheerful            C. attractive                       D. generous

55. A. hurt            B. impressed             C. prevented             D. defeated

56. A. fame            B. wealth              C. interest               D. appearance

57. A. and             B. or                  C. but                             D. also

58. A. fear             B. condition             C. focus                     D. anger

59. A. dream           B. surface             C. imagination             D. wisdom

60. A. it               B. they                C. which                   D. that

 

第三部分：阅读理解（共一节，满分32分）

第一节阅读理解（共16小题；每小题2分，满分32分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Nearly all the tourists who come to southeast France make a tour to Monaco（摩纳哥）, too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is not part of France, but a separate principality（公国）, though it is surrounded by its greatest neighbour.

Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians, however, soon came to “protect” it one after another, until 1861, when it became its own master again.

Facing the blue Mediterranean（地中海）, Monaco is mainly made up of two cities, Monaco, where the palace of the prince（王子） stands, and Monte Carlo（蒙特卡洛）, which is a wonderful place for tourists. Every year, around 500,000 people from all parts of the world come to Monaco, nearly 25 times as much as its population.

Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own. Law and order is kept by French police, and French stands for it in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is franc, too.

56. Monaco is ___________ .

A. another name for Monte Carlo                             B. mostly visited by French tourists

C. surrounded by France                                  D. more related to Italy than to France

57. Which is the right order that tells the history of Monaco?

a. became a principality                      b. controlled by the Italians

c. became a principality again                 d. under the protection of French

A. a c b d                    B. b a c d                     C. c d b a                     D. a b d c

58. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The national income of Monaco depends mainly on France.

B. Monaco is famous for having no soldiers or policemen of its own.

C. Monaco does not have a seat in the UN because it is too small a country.

D. Monte Carlo City seems more important for the existence of this principality.

59. The Head of Monaco is ___________ .

A. the King                                                     B. the President of France 

C. a member of the royal family（王室）          D. the Emperor