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专题限时训练(十九)　[时闻型阅读理解] (限时：25分钟)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(一) (假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadnt cared about potentially deadly consequences.Belgium and Saudi Arabia. McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.o 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.，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.，” he said.He sold bombs. B．He caused death of people. C．He made detectors. D．He cheated in business. 2．According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________. A. increased the cost of safeguarding B. lowered peoples guard against danger C. changed peoples idea of social security D. caused innocent people to commit crimes 3．McCormick sold his detectors to the following countries EXCEPT________．llowing 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 dont function on the basis of science. 5．It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick ________．t such huge profit as mentioned in the text (二)but they say a robotic vehicle called “Curiosity” is helping them learn a lot about the planets history and climate. Curiosity landed on Mars in August 2012 after travelling through space for more than eight months. It was sent to Mars by scientists from NASA in the United States. Curiosity is about the size of a car and has six wheels. It also has a robotic arm, cameras, and instruments that allow it to examine things it finds on the surface. Then it sends the information back to the earth. The Curiositys main task is to find out if anyth