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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.

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。

段落	關鍵詞、句	大意推測
第一部分（Para. 1-3）	McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London	新聞案件的簡介：57歲的McCormick上月被起訴詐騙并于周三在倫敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。
第二部分（Para. 4）	cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people	法官宣判：罪犯的欺騙行為增強了人們虛假的安全感并促使導致給無辜百姓帶來死亡和傷害。
第三部分（Para. 5-7）	But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results	案件細節及當事人的反訴：假冒炸彈探測器被銷往世界各地，但它根本沒有科學依據，也毫無用處。罪犯狡辯假冒產品沒有給用戶帶來任何不良后果。

【解析】

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

40. B。細節理解題。難度：難。問題是“根據法官的說法，McCormick的所為導致了什么樣的結果”。根據問題中的關鍵詞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：根據問題中的關鍵詞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注潛在的致命后果，而不是已經導致嚴重的問題。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，也毫無用途，和D“沒有科學根據的工作原理”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“在大多數國家很有名”與文中提到的區區幾個國家和地區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。

Answer 1

Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia (懷舊). It's fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. You’ll realize what’s changed is you. Home is where we can remember pain, love, and some other experiences: We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here.

If I close my eyes，I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. To the right of the living room is my first bedroom. It’s empty, but it's where my earliest memories are.

There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays，and where I cried on Halloween — when I didn't want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. If I sit at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents’ room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe zone. I can jump on it anytime — waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.

I’m lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property (住宅)on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grew, and I learned.

Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know it's where I’ll find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I'll be blamed by Mom. But I don’t mind, because I want to hear her say my name, which reminds me I'm home.

43. Why does the author call her parents’ bed her “safe zone” (Paragraph 3)?

A. It is her favorite place to play. 

B. Her needs can be satisfied there.

C. Her grandparents' photos are lined on each side.

D. Her parents always play together with her there.

44. What can be learned from the passage?

A. The old furniture is still in the author’s first bedroom.

B. The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.

C. The author’s favorite room in her first home is the dining room.

D. Many people of the author’s age can still find their first physical homes.

45. Sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _________ .

A. open the window at night

B. lie down in bed to have a dream

C. try to bring back a sense of home

D. go to Los Angeles to visit her mom

46. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To express how much she is attached to her home.

B. To declare how much she loves her first house.

C. To describe the state of her family.

D. To look back on her childhood.

【語篇解讀】這是是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，題材是家對于作者的意義。作者通過描述兒時家的布局和所發生的趣事世，展示了家的重要性。

段落	關鍵詞、句	大意推測
第一部分（Para. 1）	Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia.	家的重要性：家意味著熟悉和懷舊。
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	If I close my eyes，I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. the dining room table, a brown wooden dresser, a television and a couple of photos …, their bed	家的布局：雖然身在他鄉，但腦海中浮現出家的清晰畫面，作者甚至可以漫步其中，回味和家里的每一件擺設有關的故事，如棕色的沙發、木桌、餐桌、父母的床，梳妝臺、電視機和祖父母的照片。
第三部分（Para. 4-5）	It exists in my mind and heart. Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home.	家的重要性：家在作者的心中，作者隨時可通過回憶享受家的溫暖。

【解析】

43. D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。題干中的safe zone提示定位在第三段的最后一句“I can jump on it anytime — waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.（如果我害怕或有等不到第二天早晨要宣布的重大通告時，我能隨時跳上去，走向我的父母）。顯然作者有各種需要時，都可以去找父母滿足，而父母睡在床上，所以她稱父母的床為“安全地帶”。B符合此意，所以為正確答案。

解題思路：返回原文，將選項與原文一一進行比較。

本題表面上是細節題，其實是三錯一對的判斷題。A“老家具依然在作者的第一個臥室”中的關鍵詞old furniture提示，A對應原文的第二、三段。old furniture包括作者老家里的所有家具，如棕色的沙發、木桌、餐桌、父母的床，梳妝臺等，而這些東西遍布家里的各個房間，A顯然不符合原文。B“作者依然可以回洛杉磯的老家”在第四段提到：我的老家依然存在。它在洛杉磯西邊的西64大街上，所以B是正確答案。

45. D。細節理解題。難度：中等。問題是“作者感到迷茫的時候可以怎樣做”。根據題干中的關鍵詞feels lost定位最后一段的第一句Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home（有時當我感到迷茫時，我躺下來閉上眼睛回家）。由此可見，作者迷茫時，會閉上眼睛，重溫家的感覺，C選項符合此意，為正確答案。

46. D。作者意圖題。難度：難。

解題思路：根據文章結構判斷主題。通過文章主題，來判斷作者的寫作意圖。

根據文章結構，可看出主題是家對于作者的重要性。文中，作者通過描述家的狀況和兒時的回憶及對老家的熱愛，來表達她和這個家有著多么緊密的聯系，C正符合此意，所以為正確答案。