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。

Father Christmas is at risk of serious illness because of his bulging waistline and needs to cut down on the mince pies, doctors warned.

A survey of shopping centre Santas in Scotland revealed an average waist size of 47 inches - seven inches more than is considered safe.

Dr Miles Fisher, consultant physician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary said: "The image of Santa is of a round, jolly person but if you have obesity around your tummy, then it is very bad for you.

"Before, we thought it was just not good to be overweight but now we know that having fat around your middle is particularly bad.

"That fat produces hormones, which have been associated with heart disease and other conditions."

According to health guidelines, having a waist circumference of more than 40 inches for men or 35 inches for women is a key indicator of abdominal obesity.

It is associated with a greater risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes. And people who have rounder stomachs, known as "central obesity", are more at risk than people who are merely overweight.

Perhaps Santa should consider cutting back on the sherry as well.

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Doctors order Santa to go on a diet

B. Overweight Causes Many Diseases

C. A Survey on Father Christmas

D. Father Christmas should be Jolly

2.Generally speaking, if a man’s waist size is about _____ inches, he is likely to be healthy.

A. 54                   B.25                 C. 47                D. 37

3. What does the underlined word probably mean in the first paragraph?

A. 强壮的          B. 鼓起的          C.扁细的           D. 修长的

4. According to the passage, Father Christmas should be _______.

A. funny and strong.                B. amusing and a little fat

C. quick and handsome              D. healthy and serious

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有1 0秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What are the man and the woman talking about?

   A．Buildings.           B．University.          C．New laboratories.

2．What do you know about the man's son?

   A．The son is not doing well.                               

   B．The son is as smart as his father.

   C．The son is very poor.

3．What does the man mean?

   A．It's too far away to walk to.                        

   B．It's within walking distance.

   C．It's not far, but too far to walk to.

4．Where does this conversation most probably take place?

   A．At home．            B．At a restaurant．    C．At a party.

5．How did the man move the desk?

   A．He moved the desk alone.                                 

   B．He had some classmates move the desk.

   C．His classmates helped him.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒种；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．Whose mother was ill?

   A．Jeff’s.             B．Jack’s.             C．Richard’s.

7．With whom did the man go traveling?

   A．Maria.               B．His dog.             C．Jeff and Richard.

8．What kind of food will the man and the woman eat?

   A．American food．      B．Indian food．        C．Chinese food.

9．Where is the restaurant?

   A．On Queen Street．    B．On Main Street．     C．On Rain Street.

10．How does the woman know that the Easten Palace is a good Chinese restaurant?

   A．She has been there several times.                

   B．She has tried it once.

   C．She has been told about it.

11．What time will they most likely meet?

A．7：05 pm．          B．7：1 5 pm．          C．6:50pm

听第8段材料，回答第l 2至l 4题。

12．Where does this conversation take place?

A．At a restaurant.    B．In a hospital.        C．In the Once.

13．When does the woman get a pain in her stomach?

   A．About an hour after she has eaten.               

   B．About an hour before she has eaten.

   C．As soon as she begins to eat.

14．What can you conclude about the woman’s husband from this conversation?

   A．He eats very quickly.                                        

   B．He doesn’t eat as quickly as his wife.

   C．He sometimes eats more slowly than his wife.

听第9段材料，回答第1 5、1 6题。

15．What do we learn about Dave?

   A．He enjoyed the movie and the company.

   B．He enjoyed the movie but not the company.

   C．He didn’t enjoy the movie or the company.

16．Why did Dave say his roommate was a real fool?

   A．His roommate thought the Titanic was a Japanese boat during World War II.

   B．His roommate believed that the Japanese sank a boat called the Titanic.

   C．His roommate said that the Japanese won the war using a boat called the Titanic.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What did the 19th century scientists think?

   A．Different part of the brain functions differently.

   B．It is not easy to say exactly what every part of the brain does.

   C．The way the brain works is not as simple as people may think.

18．How many chemical changes take place in the brain?

   A．10，000 every second.                                    

   B．6，000，000 every minute.

   C．100，000 every hour.

19．How can the brain keep its power?

   A．To increase the amount of research done on the brain.

   B．To say exactly what each part of the brain does.

   C．To give the brain plenty of exercise.

20．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A．We can remember everything that happens to us.

   B．The power of one’s brain gets weaker as one grows older.

    C．We should use our brain less so that it can work better.

 

    做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt ?

A．£19.15.              B．£9.15.               C．£9.18.

答案是B.

1.How much will the woman pay if she buys two skirts ?

    A．$18.                 B．$19.                 C．$20.

2.What will the speakers discuss ?

    A．A report .           B．A computer .         C．A report on computer .

3.What are the speakers talking about ?

    A．A child .            B．A room .             C．A present .

4.What can we learn from this conversation ?

    A．The woman does not get along well with the man .

    B．The woman does not get along well with here roommate .

    C．The man will talk with the woman’s roommate .

5.Where are the two speakers now ?

    A．On the first floor . B．On the fourth floor .                    C．On the fifth floor.

第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What was the woman doing before she went home ?

    A．Typing a report .    B．Rewriting a report . C．Reviewing a report .

7.Where did the woman have her dinner ?

    A．In a restaurant .    B．In her office .      C．At home .

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Why does the man feel surprised ?

    A．The woman has found a new job .

    B．The woman doesn’t feel like leaving .

    C．The woman disagrees with him .

9.What does the woman say abut her department ?

    A．thee is a lack of trust .                   

    B．There are serious problems .                

    C．There is too much pressure .

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What are the speakers talking about ?

    A．Popular sports events .

    B．TV programs people like best .

    C．Things people do after work .

11.How did the woman do the research ?

    A．She talked to people .

    B．She sent letters to people .

    C．She collected information from newspapers .

12.What do most people do in their spare time ?

    A．Go to movies .       B．Read books .         C．Watch TV.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Where does this conversation take place ?

    A．At the airport . B．In a restaurant .    C．On the street .

14.Why does the woman like San Francisco ?

    A．It has less traffic .                       

    B．It has the best food and music .            

    C．People there are friendlier .

15.Where does the woman come from ?

    A．Pennsylvania .       B．San Francisco .      C．China .

16.What does the woman think of the man’s English ?

    A．Excellent .          B．Acceptable .         C．Strange .

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.How many people are there in the woman’s family ?

    A．Three .              B．Four .               C．Five .

18.What did the children think about having dinner together at home ?

    A．They thought it was funny .

    B．They disliked the idea at first .

    C．They preferred eating with friends .

19.How often did the family finally decide to have meals together ?

    A．Every Sunday .       B．Twice a week .       C．Three times a week .

20.Who finally set the time for these family dinners ?

    A．The children .       B．The father .         C．The woman speaker .

 

 

    做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt ?

A．£19.15.              B．£9.15.               C．£9.18.

答案是B.

1.How much will the woman pay if she buys two skirts ?

    A．$18.                 B．$19.                 C．$20.

2.What will the speakers discuss ?

    A．A report .           B．A computer .         C．A report on computer .

3.What are the speakers talking about ?

    A．A child .            B．A room .             C．A present .

4.What can we learn from this conversation ?

    A．The woman does not get along well with the man .

    B．The woman does not get along well with here roommate .

    C．The man will talk with the woman’s roommate .

5.Where are the two speakers now ?

    A．On the first floor . B．On the fourth floor .                    C．On the fifth floor.

第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What was the woman doing before she went home ?

    A．Typing a report .    B．Rewriting a report . C．Reviewing a report .

7.Where did the woman have her dinner ?

    A．In a restaurant .    B．In her office .      C．At home .

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Why does the man feel surprised ?

    A．The woman has found a new job .

    B．The woman doesn’t feel like leaving .

    C．The woman disagrees with him .

9.What does the woman say abut her department ?

    A．thee is a lack of trust .                   

    B．There are serious problems .                

    C．There is too much pressure .

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What are the speakers talking about ?

    A．Popular sports events .

    B．TV programs people like best .

    C．Things people do after work .

11.How did the woman do the research ?

    A．She talked to people .

    B．She sent letters to people .

    C．She collected information from newspapers .

12.What do most people do in their spare time ?

    A．Go to movies .       B．Read books .         C．Watch TV.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Where does this conversation take place ?

    A．At the airport . B．In a restaurant .    C．On the street .

14.Why does the woman like San Francisco ?

    A．It has less traffic .                       

    B．It has the best food and music .            

    C．People there are friendlier .

15.Where does the woman come from ?

    A．Pennsylvania .       B．San Francisco .      C．China .

16.What does the woman think of the man’s English ?

    A．Excellent .          B．Acceptable .         C．Strange .

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.How many people are there in the woman’s family ?

    A．Three .              B．Four .               C．Five .

18.What did the children think about having dinner together at home ?

    A．They thought it was funny .

    B．They disliked the idea at first .

    C．They preferred eating with friends .

19.How often did the family finally decide to have meals together ?

    A．Every Sunday .       B．Twice a week .       C．Three times a week .

20.Who finally set the time for these family dinners ?

    A．The children .       B．The father .         C．The woman speaker .