Question

2．LONDON-A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake（假冒的） bomb detectors（探測器） to 10years in prison，saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences．
  It is believed that James McCormick got about 77.8millionfromthesalesofhisdetectors-whichwerebasedonakindofgolfballfinder-tocountriesincludingIraq，BelgiumandSaudiArabia．McCormick，57，wasconvicted（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 hugepr of itpromoted a false 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，norshame，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 had results from customers，"he said．
39．Why was McCormick sentenced to prison？D
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 doneB．
A．increased the cost of safeguarding  B．lowered people's guard against danger
C．changed people's idea of social securityD．caused innocent people to commit crimes
41．Which of the following is true of the detectors？D
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 McCormickC．
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．

Answer 1

分析 本文報道了以為售賣假冒的炸彈探測器的商人，這種行為會傷害那些無辜的人，降低人們的安全防護，但這位商人仍不認為自己有罪．

解答 39．答案D．細節理解題．根據文章第一段"a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors"可知，這個商人由于賣假冒的炸彈探測器而判刑．可見他欺騙了其他商人．故選D．
40．答案B．細節理解題．根據文章第二段"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for hugepr of itpromoted a false of  security and  in  all  probability  materially  contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people"可知，法官批判他這種假冒的探測器有一種虛假的安全，會傷及無辜•的人們，讓人們無法防備．故選B．
41．答案D．細節理解題．根據文章第二段"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"可知，真正的探測器沒有科學基礎，對科學研究無任何用處．故選D．
42．答案C．推理預測題．根據文章第二段法官的話"you have neither regret，norshame，nor any sense of guilt．"可知，法官批判商人不后悔，沒有負罪感．而且文章最后一段"I never had any had results from customers"可知他沒有在顧客那里收到不好的結果．可推測McCormick不認為自己有罪．

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