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。

目前，不少人在写作与交流中喜欢使用网络语言， 有时讲汉语时还夹杂着英语，如PK等。就此现象，你班最近举行了一场讨论。请根据下表的提示，客观的介绍讨论情况及你的观点。

40%的同学认为	60%的同学认为	你的观点
有点荒诞，有时让人无法理解； 违背了汉语的语法规则，对学英语毫无帮助。	幽默，活泼，语言更具多样性； 有助于表达思想。	？

注意：1．文章的起始句已给出。
2．词数：120左右（不包括已给的起始句）。
3. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
4. 参考词汇：荒诞 ridiculous
Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, there came a kind of language called Web Language.______________________________________________________________________
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Japan will hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga (国际漫画奖)” for artists in the comic book field abroad. This is another step in Japan’s efforts to show the power of pop culture diplomacy.
The International Manga Award, which was compared by manga lover Foreign Minister Taro Aso to a “Nobel Prize” when he first proposed it, will be given to an artist working abroad whose work best contributes to the spread of the manga form worldwide.
Manga, a name used for Japanese style comic books, often combines stories with drawing styles that differ from the overseas superhero comics and cartoon, particularly in their frequent emphasis on cuteness.
The winner will receive a certificate and a cup at an award ceremony, and will spend 10 days in Japan meeting with local comic book artists and publishers.
“Manga has been spreading overseas and are selling quite well,” Aso said when announcing the award to the public. “I want to further improve the communicative power of these so-called ‘pieces of pop culture’.”
Aso has argued that warm feelings for Japanese comics and cartoon can translate into warm feelings for Japanese foreign policy.
He has proposed sending cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors and the government has named some officials to advise ways to promote Japanese cartoon and culture to foreign audiences.
The award committee, consisting of manga artists and publishers, is expected to make its selections quite soon.
According to a ministry official Nobuyuki Watanabe, the prize carries no money reward. The cup’s design has yet to be finished, but it will be something “appropriate”.
【小题1】 The International Manga Award will be presented to ____________.

A．a Japanese who has achieved a lot in creating new methods of drawing

B．an artist who makes contributions to introducing manga to the other foreign countries

C．the person who is expert at comics and cartoon

D．a foreign artist who has contributed to the development of manga

【小题2】 Which statement is NOT true about manga?

A．Manga is different from the overseas comic books.

B．Manga is popular not only in Japan but also overseas.

C．Manga refers to international comics and cartoon.

D．There are stories and pictures in manga.[来源:学_科_网]

【小题3】What has the Japanese government done to show its support?

A．To propose “Nobel Prize of Manga”.

B．To name officials to advise ways of spreading manga overseas.

C．To hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga”.

D．To send cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors.

【小题4】The passage is mainly about ____________.

A．Nobel Prize of Manga	B．the characteristics of manga
C．a brief introduction of manga	D．the development of manga

书面表达（满分30分）学完高中英语课本第八册第二单元后，我班就克隆是否为人类造福进行了讨论。请你就下面的讨论结论写一篇120字左右的作文。（要求：行文应连贯，内容应完整； 开头语已为你写好。）

1. 支持者占57℅

理由：培养大量优良品种；挽救濒危动物；研究开发新的物种；帮助找到治疗疾病的办法。

2. 反对者占43℅

   理由：动物易患病；寿命短；可能被坏人利用；存在道德问题。

    3. 你自己的观点  

 

 

After learning unit 2 “cloning”, our class had a heated discussion about whether cloning could be beneficial to human beings.

                                                                                                                  

                                                                     

                                                                              

Best wishes

                                                    Minghua

 

 

请你根据下面的提示写一篇短文。商业广告和公益广告是当今世界上广告的两大主要形式。根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇题为商业广告和公益广告的英语短文。

	商业广告	公益广告
相似点	在报纸，杂志，网络，广播，电视上出现；睿智的语言，有吸引力的画面。
不同点	为了促销一种商品或服务	就健康，安全或其它影响公众福利的问题对人们进行教育
	并不是完全的事实	很有帮助，我们通过采纳公益广告中的建议可以学到很多
	例如：“亮齿牌牙膏挑战口臭”	例如：“知识改变生活”
结论	当涉及到广告，我们必须使用我们的智慧，不能沦为广告的奴隶。
在我看来… …

注意：
1. 词数：120词左右。
2. 文章中必须包括表中的全部内容，可适当发挥。