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(bào)道。本文報(bào)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(xì)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(xiàng)D和其對應(yīng)，為正確答案。

40. B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：難。問題是“根據(jù)法官的說法，McCormick的所為導(dǎo)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(shí)。B “降低了人們防范危險(xiǎn)的安全意識(shí)”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(gè)選項(xiàng)具體對應(yīng)到原文中一處。A對應(yīng)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(yīng)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(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的問題。C對應(yīng)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(xiǎn)物品的功能。選項(xiàng)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(xué)根據(jù)，也毫無用途，和D“沒有科學(xué)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(xiàng)與原文一一進(jìn)行比較。

本題主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低價(jià)銷售設(shè)備”與原文第四段第一句不符，因?yàn)樵摼涮岬椒ü僦缚豈cCormick通過賣一些無用的設(shè)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(gè)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(rèn)為他沒有犯罪”和第七段對應(yīng)，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)。

考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的用法。句意為：你什么意思，只有10張票嗎？應(yīng)該是12張。should表示可能性推測，意為“應(yīng)該”，符合句意。would表示過去將來；will表示意愿；shall表示一種語氣，均不合句意。

D

解析：考查冠詞的用法。第一空為短語：get a +adj+idea of sth.；第二空為特指，特指雙方都知道的那個(gè)Project plan。

閱讀下面文字，完成下列各題。

鼎在中國由來已久。它最初是古代的烹飪之器，相當(dāng)于現(xiàn)在的鍋，用以燉煮和盛放食品。鼎有三足圓鼎，也有四足方鼎。最早的鼎是粘土燒制的陶鼎，后來又發(fā)展為用青銅鑄造的銅鼎。傳說夏禹曾收九牧之金鑄九鼎于荊山之下，以象征九州。自從有了禹鑄九鼎的傳說，鼎就從一般的炊器演變?yōu)閭鲊�的重器了。國滅則鼎遷，夏朝滅，商朝興，九鼎遷于商都亳京；商朝滅，周朝興，九鼎又遷于周都鎬京。從商至周，都把定都或建立王朝稱為“定鼎”。 

鼎自從被視為傳國重器、國家和權(quán)力的象征后，“鼎”字也被賦予了顯赫、尊貴、盛大等政治引申意義。譬如一言九鼎、大名鼎鼎、三足鼎立等等。鼎是我國青銅文化的代表。它既是文明的見證，又是文化的載體。根據(jù)禹鑄九鼎的傳說，可以推想，我國早在4000多年前就有了青銅冶煉和鑄造技術(shù)。

中國歷史博物館收藏的“司母戊”大方鼎就是商代晚期的青銅鼎，它呈長方形、四足，是我國現(xiàn)存最大的商代青銅器。鼎腹內(nèi)有“司母戊”三字，是商王為祭祀其母戊而鑄造的。清代出土的大盂鼎、大克鼎等都是西周時(shí)期的著名青銅器。鼎和其它青銅器上的銘文，記載了商周時(shí)代的典章制度和冊封、祭祀、征伐等史實(shí)，而且還把西周時(shí)期的大篆文字傳給了后世，形成了具有很高審美價(jià)值的金文書法藝術(shù)，鼎也因此更加身價(jià)不凡。

美學(xué)家李澤厚認(rèn)為，中國青銅器以其特有的三足器——鼎為主要代表，器制沉雄厚實(shí)，紋飾獰厲神秘，刻鏤深重凸出，是我國青銅冶煉和鑄造技術(shù)最具審美價(jià)值的工藝品�，F(xiàn)代漢字中的“鼎”字，雖然經(jīng)過了甲骨文、金文、小篆、隸書等多次變化，但仍然保留著“鼎”這一事物的風(fēng)范和形體特點(diǎn)，其物其字幾乎融為一體，都有著豐富的文化內(nèi)涵。鼎又是旌功記績的禮器。周代的國君或王公大臣在重大慶典或接受賞賜時(shí)都要鑄鼎，以記載盛況。這種禮俗在我國已傳承至今。

由于自古以來，鼎就是我國一種莊嚴(yán)的重要禮器，象征著祖國昌盛、穩(wěn)固、團(tuán)結(jié)、統(tǒng)一

和權(quán)威，亦是和平、發(fā)展、昌盛的吉祥物代表，故在當(dāng)今一些重大外交場合和國家的一些

重大政治活動(dòng)中，都會(huì)由鼎來唱主角。

上世紀(jì)1995年10月2l日，在聯(lián)合國總部紐約，為慶賀聯(lián)合國50華誕，我國政府向聯(lián)合國贈(zèng)送一尊青銅巨鼎——世紀(jì)寶鼎。該“世紀(jì)寶鼎”是具有我國商周青銅工藝風(fēng)格的藝術(shù)精品，采用整體鑄造，一次澆注成功。鼎身高2．1米，象征2l世紀(jì)。姿呈三足鼎立，雙耳高聳，滿身紋飾。有金文：“鑄贈(zèng)世紀(jì)寶鼎，慶賀聯(lián)合國五十華誕�！倍Φ鬃�高0．5米，2米見方，上鑄56條夔龍紋飾，象征中華民族都是龍的傳人。鼎的整個(gè)造型，雄偉祥和，氣勢宏大，古樸典雅，美觀莊重。   

2006年1月1日，我國以法律形式規(guī)定免征在我國已征收了2600年的農(nóng)業(yè)稅。同年9月29日，河北省靈壽縣青廉村農(nóng)民王三妮的一尊“告別田賦鼎”問世了。這是一位普通農(nóng)民用中華民族最古老、最莊重的方式來銘記這一千古盛事。

下列對“鼎”的說明，不正確的一項(xiàng)是（    ）

A．鼎最初是古代的烹飪之器，后演變?yōu)閲�家和�?quán)力的象征。

B．鼎最早是用粘土燒制，叫陶鼎，大約在4000多年前發(fā)展為用青銅鑄造的銅鼎。

C．鼎是我國青銅文化的代表，它既見證了中華古代文明，又傳承了中華悠久文化。

D．鼎作為傳國重器，是和平、發(fā)展、昌盛的吉祥物代表。

下列各項(xiàng)中不能表明“鼎是一種重要禮器”的一項(xiàng)是（    ）

A．商滅夏，九鼎遷于商都亳京；周滅商，九鼎又遷于周都鎬京。

B．周代的國君或王公大臣在重大慶典或接受賞賜時(shí)都要鑄鼎，以記載盛況。

C．我國政府向聯(lián)合國贈(zèng)送了“世紀(jì)寶鼎”，慶賀聯(lián)合國50華誕。

D．河北省靈壽縣農(nóng)民王三妮鑄“告別田賦鼎”，銘記我國免征農(nóng)業(yè)稅這一盛事。

下列表述符合原文意思的一項(xiàng)是（    ）

A．商周時(shí)代青銅器上的大篆銘文記載了當(dāng)時(shí)的典章制度史實(shí)，形成了具有很高審美價(jià)值的金文書法藝術(shù)。

B．“司母戊”大方鼎是我國現(xiàn)存最大的商代青銅器，鼎腹內(nèi)有“司母戊”三字，表明是商王為祭祀其母戊而造。

C．李澤厚認(rèn)為，鼎以其器制沉雄厚實(shí)，紋飾獰厲神秘，刻鏤深重凸出，成為我國最具審美價(jià)值的青銅工藝品。   

D．“世紀(jì)寶鼎”是體現(xiàn)我國商周青銅工藝風(fēng)格的藝術(shù)精品，其夔龍紋飾、三足鼎立造型均有豐富的文化內(nèi)涵和象征意義。   

It's no secret that most busy American mothers use the TV set   [21]   （介詞）a live-in babysitter. In some families the TV holds a child's attention for half   [22]   （冠詞）hour or two while mom works on dinner; in others it is the child's constant daytime companion. Is there any harm in this?

　　Debate on the question is very hot, and periodically research is published   [23]   （show）that TV reduces attention space, makes children upset or causes them to be violent. In today's cartoon David Horsey makes   [24]   of （短語動(dòng)詞）the show-off of "children's TV". It is said  [25]   （從屬連詞） the special programing supposedly uses entertainment to help youngsters to learn to read and take their  [26]   （數(shù)詞） steps in the big, diverse world outside their family. But what do children really get from this programming?

　　Horsey's suspicion is   [27]   （從屬連詞）children's programming chiefly turns kids into TV addicts(上了癮的人), not into readers or happy mixers. The kids, still at their early age, are attracted by the figures on the screen. "Can you say TV?" The  [28]   （soon） the kid learns the word, the more effectively he can remind his mother to turn on the TV.

　　A child hooked on TV tends  [29]   （構(gòu)成非謂語動(dòng)詞） fix his eyes on commercial advertisement, and there are plenty of those targeting children of all ages. Thus, at the very least, mom tries to search for a certain way to make the kids quiet and peaceful , hence changing a child    [30]   （介詞） an American shopper all day long. Spending too much time on the tube will have an ill effect on the kids.