LONDON --- A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探測器) 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.
小題1: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
小題2: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
小題3: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.
小題4: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

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章講述了商人McCormick出售假炸彈探測器被判刑的新聞。
小題1:D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第一段中的A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探測器) to 10 years in prison,可知，一位英國商人出售假冒炸彈探測器被判處10年監(jiān)禁。故選D。
小題2:B考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第三段中的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可以推知，給人們提供錯(cuò)誤的安全意識，從而導(dǎo)致無辜的人死亡或受傷。故選B。
小題3:D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段中的he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya可知A錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文章最后一段中的I never had any bad results from customers可知與B意思相反；根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段中的The detectors 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C錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段中的But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.可知D正確。
小題4:C考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章的最后一句"I never had any bad results from customers," he said.可知，他認(rèn)為他沒導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的后果，所以，他不應(yīng)該被治罪。故選C。
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