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。

【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。

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1. 这不是一下子就能回答的问题。
2. 起初，美国和英国的语言是相同的。1776年，美国独立，语言也开始有了变化。
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阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上。

71．With students       too much homework, some educators appealed to the public to pay more attention to their physical health. (burden)

由于学生背负着沉重的家庭作业的担子，一些教育家呼吁公众多关注他们的身体健康。

72．The British government made very complete tax laws,             .(round)

英国政府制定了不能绕开的完备的税制。

73．Although my original idea doesn’t think, it’s           to decide the plan. (up)

虽然我的本意是不想的，但这个计划不由我来决定。

74．It was because he experienced the unusual turns and twists of his career         .( resolve )

    正是他经历了职业生涯的起起伏伏后，他才决定退休的。

75．Only if you have stayed with Mr. Smith for a period of time            . (see)

只有你与史密斯先生呆了段时间后，你才能看透他。

76．Obama won his reelection on November 7,2012,           his dream.(live)

    奥巴马在2012年11月7日赢得了总统连任，实现了他的梦想。

77．You          tell the truth, we will have faith in you.（swear）

如果你发誓说实话，我们就会相信你。

78．I failed my driving test. If only I          the chance. (seize)

我考驾照失败了，要是我抓住了这次机会多好啊！

79．          the builder several times, he signed the contract at length. （negotiate）

与建筑商协商了几次后，他最终签了这个合同。

80．Besides defeating China in trade, the presidential candidate, Romney, ensured the smooth employment of graduates in his speech, but more than one citizen           his claims then. (sceptical)

除了在贸易上击败中国外，总统后选人罗姆尼在他的演说中还确保毕业生的顺利就业，不止一个市民当时就对他的说法表示怀疑。

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上。

71．With students       too much homework, some educators appealed to the public to pay more attention to their physical health. (burden)

由于学生背负着沉重的家庭作业的担子，一些教育家呼吁公众多关注他们的身体健康。

72．The British government made very complete tax laws,             .(round)

英国政府制定了不能绕开的完备的税制。

73．Although my original idea doesn’t think, it’s           to decide the plan. (up)

虽然我的本意是不想的，但这个计划不由我来决定。

74．It was because he experienced the unusual turns and twists of his career         .( resolve )

    正是他经历了职业生涯的起起伏伏后，他才决定退休的。

75．Only if you have stayed with Mr. Smith for a period of time            . (see)

只有你与史密斯先生呆了段时间后，你才能看透他。

76．Obama won his reelection on November 7,2012,           his dream.(live)

    奥巴马在2012年11月7日赢得了总统连任，实现了他的梦想。

77．You          tell the truth, we will have faith in you.（swear）

如果你发誓说实话，我们就会相信你。

78．I failed my driving test. If only I          the chance. (seize)

我考驾照失败了，要是我抓住了这次机会多好啊！

79．          the builder several times, he signed the contract at length. （negotiate）

与建筑商协商了几次后，他最终签了这个合同。

80．Besides defeating China in trade, the presidential candidate, Romney, ensured the smooth employment of graduates in his speech, but more than one citizen           his claims then. (sceptical)

除了在贸易上击败中国外，总统后选人罗姆尼在他的演说中还确保毕业生的顺利就业，不止一个市民当时就对他的说法表示怀疑。

（本题12分）某鲜花店每天以每束2.5元购入新鲜玫瑰花并以每束5元的价格销售，店主根据以往的销售统计得到每天能以此价格售出的玫瑰花数的分布列如表所示。若某天所购进的玫瑰花未售完，则当天未售出的玫瑰花将以每束1.5元的价格降价处理完毕。

（1）若某天店主购入玫瑰花40束，试求该天从玫瑰花销售中所获利润的期望；

（2）店主每天玫瑰花的进货量，单位：束为多少时，其有望从玫瑰花销售中获得最大利润？