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 “l(fā)acked 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

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是新聞報道。本文報道了一條賣假冒炸彈探測器的商人被判10年徒刑的新聞。

【解析】

39. D。細節(jié)理解題。難度：中等。問題是“為什么McCormick被判刑入獄”。根據(jù)問題中的關(guān)鍵詞sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段說到McCormick是一位商人，生產(chǎn)了假冒的炸彈探測器，這是一種商業(yè)欺騙。選項D和其對應，為正確答案。

40. B。細節(jié)理解題。難度：難。問題是“根據(jù)法官的說法，McCormick的所為導致了什么樣的結(jié)果”。根據(jù)問題中的關(guān)鍵詞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（你的欺騙行為提高了人們虛假的安全感并助推給無辜百姓帶來死亡和傷害）。由此可見，McCormick的行為讓人們有了安全感，但這種安全并不真實。B “降低了人們防范危險的安全意識”符合此意，為正確答案。

41. D。判斷題。難度：難。問題是“下面哪種說法對探測儀來說是正確的”。

解題思路：根據(jù)問題中的關(guān)鍵詞detectors，把四個選項具體對應到原文中一處。A對應文章倒數(shù)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。該句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亞，否定了A的說法。B對應第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只說罪犯沒有關(guān)注潛在的致命后果，而不是已經(jīng)導致嚴重的問題。C對應第五段的第一句話“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探測儀的功能只是據(jù)說，而不一定真的具備找到水中危險物品的功能。選項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，這種探測儀沒有科學根據(jù)，也毫無用途，和D“沒有科學根據(jù)的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。

解題思路：返回原文，將選項與原文一一進行比較。

本題主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低價銷售設備”與原文第四段第一句不符，因為該句提到法官指控McCormick通過賣一些無用的設備來巨額利潤。B“在大多數(shù)國家很有名”與文中提到的區(qū)區(qū)幾個國家和地區(qū)Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand購買他的探測儀不符。C“認為他沒有犯罪”和第七段對應，其中他所說的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正確答案。Ｄ“他沒有賺取文中提到的那么大利潤”在原文沒有語言根據(jù)。

第二部分：英語知識應用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）。

第一節(jié)，語法和詞匯知識（共15題，每小題1分，滿分15分）。

從A、B、C、D、四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。并在答題卡上將該項涂黑.

Do you think it is ____ good manners to hear others’ conversations in _____curious manner?    

A. the；a        B. /; /              C. /; a           D. the; the

第二節(jié):完形填空（共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從21-40各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。 

I started to win competitions. We had very little money. My father had to borrow＄5000 to pay for a 21 to the International Young Pianists Competition in Germany when I was 12. I realized later how 22 pressure (壓力)he was under as I looked at the invitation to the competition. Tears streamed 23 his face when it was announced that I ’d won—— earning enough money to pay  24  the money we borrowed .

It was soon clear that I couldn’t  25 in China forever. To become a world-class 26 , I had to play on the world’s big stages. So later, my father and I  27 to America, so I could attend a famous university to study  28 . the school paid for my apartment and even lent me a piano . At night, I would stay in the living room just to touch the keys.   

29 I was in America, I wanted to become famous, but my new teachers 30 me that I had a lot to learn, I spent two years practicing, and by 1999 , I had worked hard enough for opportunity to come, one morning later, I got a  31 .The great pianist Andre Watts, who was to 32 at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, had become ill. I was asked to  33 him. That performance was for me at the moment. After violinist Isaac Stern  34 me, I played Tchaikovsky’s (柴可夫斯基的)Piano Concerto No. 1. My father’s mouth hung  35 throughout the whole song.

Afterward, people celebrated—maybe they were a bit  36 –and asked me to play another one . I played until 3:30 a.m. I felt that something big was going to_37_. Sure enough, gigs(短期表演)started pouring in.

My father and I had often practiced a piece of music called “Horses”, a fun piece for piano and erhu. One night in Carnegie Hall, after I played Chopin(肖邦), I brought Dad out on the stage , and we played our special music. People 38 crazy—they loved it. My father couldn’t sleep for days. He was too happy to sleep.

There have been lots of 39 in Carnegie Hall, but for me, playing there was especially sweet. Together, my father and I worked to 40 the lucky place where a good chance caught sight of me , and let me shine. At last I made it.

21.A. trip                 B. travel            C. tour              D. voyage

22.A. many         B. old              C. much          D. long 

23.A. on            B. down            C. across           D. through 

24.A .for            B. back            C .off            D .over

25.A. study        B. work            C. play           D. stay

26.A musician     B. physician          C. politician       D. singer

27.A. moved      B. removed         C. settled            D. fled

28.A. performance B. instruments       C. music               D. dance

29.A. Even if               B. Such as           C. Now that           D. Only if 

30.A. reminded     B. requested          C. asked              D. ordered

31.A. performance B. chance            C. visit                  D. ticket

32.A. perform    B. join               C. appear       D. attend 

33.A .act           B. take             C. replace       D. place

34.A.visited               B. told               C. asked             D. introduced

35.A .open           B. closed           C. covered       D. round

36.A .upset          B .drunk            C. confused       D. anxious

37.A. break         B. come             C .end             D .happen

38.A. grew                B. went              C. became          D. was

39.A. people       B. guests             C. concerts        D. dramas

40.A .arrive        B. get                C. win            D. reach

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下面短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該       項涂黑。
Reina  wrote in her blog (博客）；“a few months ago I took my cat to the vet(獸醫(yī)）because she was old and very sick . The vet injected her in the stomach and said she would die .She tried to stand but she couldn't .It took at least twenty minutes for her to die . I sat in the room with her and the vet came in a couple of times and finally he said she was gone . I will never forget how she died .Was she frightened ? What was wrong with the old way ?"
Dear Reina
My beloved cat Bugle was very sick with kidney (腎）failure and I took him to the vet . I stayed with him for 10 minutes , holding him in my arms and loving him as we always did ,and he look at me ,as if to say ,"It's ok ....I'm ready." After that the vet came in and injected him with the shot that would put him into a quiet sleep .All the while I held him and told him I loved him , then the vet said his heart stopped beating .They placed him in a little box and I took him home and buried him in the yard where we always run and played ,right under his favourite bush .I still cry myself to sleep ,even though I  am a grown man of 65 years of age ! That cat means everything to me .I have a little stone on his grave and it says ,"Bugle ,my beloved cat ,you were so smart and loving ,I shall miss you every   day for the rest of my life !"
I am sorry for your loss and I know you must feel.I hope this comforts you some .
Love COL Bright .
56  Why did Reina go to the vet ?
A To get some advice on pet care       B To give her cat some medical care
C TO have her cat's stomach examined  D To have her cat's life ended in Comfort
57.  It seemed that Bright treated his pet cat as ______
A a close neighbour B  a good helper  C a part of his family  D a new friend
58  According to the passage , we can learn that Reina and Bright ________
A both suffered pet loss B  both had an old sick pet cat
C are close friends    D have similar life experience
59  Bright replied to Reina in order to _______
A comfort her           B share his story 
C encourage her         D tell her to forget her past         

完形填空 (共20小題;每小題1分,滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36-55各題所給四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact   36  she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished   37  a driving offence (犯規(guī)，犯法).
Then one day she nearly   38  her record. A police car   39  her, and the policemen in it saw her   40  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed   41  that she would be punished.
42  Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was   43  old to drive a car, and that the   44  why she had not stopped at the red   45  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   46  old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was  47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was   48  and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she   49  a needle（針） with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had   50  done this, she took the thread（n.線） out of the needle again and handed   51  the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your   52  . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the   53  and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was   54  , and her record   55  unbroken.