综网号

LONDONABritishjudgeonThursdaysente

题目内容:

LonDON - A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) 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 had results from customers," he said.

小题1:Why was McCormick sentenced to prison

LONDONABritishjudgeonThursdaysente

A.He sold bombs.

B.He caused death of people.

C.He made detectors.

D.He cheated in business.小题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小题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.小题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

最佳答案:

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:D

小题4:C

答案解析:

【文章大意】:一位商人因把高尔夫球探测器当作炸弹探测器而被伦敦法官判处10年的徒刑,其判决的理由是会造成极大的人员伤亡以及安全成本,但是这位商人却不认为他已经犯罪了。

小题1:根据文章第一段第一句LonDON - A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison以及第三段第一句McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month可以得出本题答案。

小题2:根据第四段第一句"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,"(你以获取暴利贩卖大量无用器材这一欺骗行为会误导人们对安全的防范以及在很大程度上导致大量无辜人员的伤亡。)可以得出本题答案。

小题3:根据文章第五段最后一句But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.可以得出本题答案。

小题4:根据文章第四段最后一句you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.以及最后一段"I never had any had results from customers," he said.可以得出本题答案。

考点核心:

人物传记类文章的文体特征:

人物传记是记叙文体的一种,主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等,包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线,空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终,脉络清楚,可读性较强。

免责声明:本网站所提供的所有信息、文章、图片、视频等内容,均基于公开资料整理而来,旨在为用户提供参考和学习的便利。本网站不保证所有信息的完整性和准确性,亦不对因使用本网站内容而造成的任何直接或间接损失承担责任。
信息来源:本网站所发布的信息来源于多个渠道,包括但不限于网络公开资料、官方文件、第三方研究报告等。在收集和整理这些信息时,我们尽力确保信息的真实性和可靠性,但无法避免可能存在的误差或遗漏。因此,用户在使用这些信息时,应自行核实其准确性和完整性。
更新与修改:本网站有权根据实际情况对免责声明进行更新和修改。用户在访问本网站时,应关注并遵守最新的免责声明内容。请用户在使用本网站内容时,务必谨慎对待,并自行承担相关风险。如有任何疑问或建议,请随时与我们联系,我们将竭诚为您服务。
转载请注明出处:https://shhltfsb.cn/n/85713.html

分享:
扫描分享到社交APP