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。

四、考查阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Florence,

We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I’m lucky to be alive!

The first part of the journey was terrible, because the ship hit bad weather almost as soon as we left Liverpool. But much, much worse was to come. Later, we were involved in a collision with another boat and we had to abandon ship!

We had been at sea for about two weeks and we were in the Mediterranean. There is now a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea called the Suez Canal, which opened last year. Our boat stopped at Port Said, the Egyptian port at the entrance to the canal. I remember looking through the porthole of my cabin and wishing that I could go ashore and visit this fascinating place, but mummy had ordered that I was to stay in the cabin because I was feeling ill. “you must stay here for at least another two days.” I remember her saying. How wrong she would turn out to be! The ship left the port and headed towards the canal . I was alone in the cabin and I watched the port disappear into the distance. Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by the most awful crunching（嘎吱的）sound, and the ship shook and turned slightly on its side.

There was an eerie silence for a moment, then people started shouting. Mummy came running into the cabin and told me that we had collided with another boat. She took my hand and we ran along the deck towards the lifeboats. There was a lot of shouting and people were running everywhere, but the crew were all acting calmly, helping people into the lifeboats and telling people not to panic.

Well, clearly we survived, as did all the passengers and crew of the ship. The other boat wasn’t so lucky. It sank and several lives were lost.

I will write about the rest of the journey soon. Please give my love to Aunt Claire and Uncle Eric.

Your loving cousin,

Jane

56．When was the letter written?

       A．Before the author went to India.     B．In the mid – 19th century.

       C．When the author arrived in Egypt.  D．Just after the author arrived in India.

57．Why was the journey to India such a bad experience for the author?

       A．She was sick when it started and nearly died in Egypt.

       B．Her ship left England in bad weather and crashed into another ship near the Suez Canal.

       C．She was seasick when her ship sank.

       D．She was alone when her ship hit another boat and she got sick.

58．The author’s mother didn’t allow her to go ashore and visit the port city, Said because       .

       A．she was homesick at that time B．she didn’t feel very well then

       C．she could meet some danger ashore D．she could see the city through the porthole on board

59．The underlined phrase “eerie silence” in the sixth paragraph means          .

      A．pleasant calm silence       B．long peaceful silence

       C．sudden long silence  D．strange uncomfortable silence

听力理解

第一节

听下面5段对话．每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置．听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话你将听一遍．

1．What colour is the woman speaker's dress?

[　　]

2．When did the man's daughter set the world record?

[　　]

3．What is the man most likely to be?

[　　]

4．What will the woman have to do?

[　　]

A．Borrow a tape next week.

B．Keep the tape for another week.

C．Return the tape to the man right now.

5．What is the man doing?

[　　]

A．Offering a suggestion.

B．Making a request.

C．Asking for permission.

第二节

听下面6段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置．听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白你将听两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题．

6．What is the relationship between the two speakers?

[　　]

A．Doctor and patient.

B．Teacher and student.

C．Husband and wife.

7．Why does Jimmy not come down for breakfast?

[　　]

A．He does not want to go to school.

B．He is likely to have caught a cold.

C．He is too sleepy to get up.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题．

8．What's wrong with the woman's bike?

[　　]

A．The wheels are loose.

B．The brake is loose.

C．The chain is loose.

9．Where does the conversation most probably take place?

[　　]

听第8段材料，回答第10至11题．

10．What's the speaker mainly talking about?

[　　]

A．Wednesday's programs on VOA.

B．Special English tonight on VOA.

C．The hosts of the programs on VOA.

11．When can you hear “The plans for a new factory in space”?

[　　]

A．At night.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the morning.

听第9段材料，回答第12至14题．

12．What is the main topic of the conversation?

[　　]

A．The suggestion for Susan.

B．The guitar lesson for Susan's son.

C．The guitar lesson for Mary Jackson.

13．On what day is the woman going to take her lessons?

[　　]

14．How much will the woman have to pay for her lessons each time?

[　　]

听第10段材料，回答第15至17题．

15．What is the man going to do this afternoon?

[　　]

A．Have a business talk in Hilton Hotel.

B．Prepare tonight's reception for Mr Tanaka.

C．Meet a group of Japanese guests at the airport.

16．What does the woman think of the Hilton's manager?

[　　]

A．He is experienced in managing a hotel.

B．He is the person to be depended upon.

C．He is the person hard to deal with.

17．Why does the man want to make a good impression?

[　　]

A．To get invited back to Tokyo.

B．To make friends with the Japanese.

C．To repay Mr Tanaka's kindness to him.

听第11段材料，回答第18至20题．

18．What is the speaker doing?

[　　]

A．Delivering a speech.

B．Giving a training course.

C．Advertising on TV.

19．What has the center been doing in the last 2 or 3 years?

[　　]

A．Helping 60% or even 70% of jobless young people.

B．Giving many young people a lot of help and advice.

C．Providing young people with jobs after they left school.

20．Why does the speaker believe that the center is very important to young people?

[　　]

A．It can offer them information about jobs.

B．It can offer them suitable jobs.

C．It can offer a free hot-line service.