3.A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12years in federal prison for fraud (詐騙罪).Over a 10-year period,Jones had managed to cheat thousands of people throughout the state out of almost﹩10million.
He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV."For some reason,"Jones said,"TV seems to break the ice.Even though you are a total stranger to the viewer,once he sees you on TV in his home,he feels like he knows you.You enter his living room and become a trusted friend."
Jones had an imagination that wouldn't quit.One time he showed viewers an"official government"earthquake report which"proved"that the western half of California would collapse into the sea within three years.For﹩100,he said,Jones would insure your house and property for full value.Thousands of people who saw that TV ad sent him a hundred dollars each.
In another TV ad,Jones claimed that he had come to an agreement with the federal and state government for exclusive(獨(dú)享的)air rights.He told viewers that,for only﹩100,they could own the first 10miles above all their property.You would be able to charge any commercial plane that flew over your property﹩100per crossing.You would also be able to charge government rockets,satellites,space shuttles,and space stations﹩100for each and every violation of your air rights.
Another time,Jones claimed to have invented a product that gets rid of calories.He showed the viewers a spray can of"NoCal."He said that by simply spraying NoCal on your food,a chemical interaction would cause all the calories in the food to simply disappear within about 10seconds.The NoCal was only﹩10a can.As usual,Jones received thousands of checks in the mail.
The judge told Jones that he should be ashamed of himself.Jones responded that he was very ashamed of himself,and that when he got out of prison he hoped to become a TV adviser to help people avoid getting cheated.He told the judge that he was already developing an instructional CD that,for merely﹩100,would save people thousands of dollars in scams(騙局).The judge nodded,and then changed Jones'sentence from 10years to 12years.

55.According to Jones,he could successfully cheat many people mainly because.C
A.he promised them a large profit
B.they were too eager to make money
C.they believed too much in TV ads
D.he was skillful in communicating with people
56.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A
A.Jones showed unusual imagination in his tricks.
B.Jones was closely related to the state government.
C.Western California was in danger of going under the sea.
D.Jones felt guilty and was determined to lead a new life.
57.We can infer that people who wanted to buy"NoCal"from Jones.C
A.were mainly from low income families
B.a(chǎn)ll had a rich knowledge of chemistry
C.were probably interested in losing weight
D.usually did the shopping through the Internet
58.The judge changed the sentence at last because.A
A.Jones was planning another big scam
B.he could hardly believe what Jones had told him
C.Jones had cheated more people than he expected
D.he had suffered from Jones'scams himself.

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了一個(gè)通過電視廣告進(jìn)行詐騙的人--瓊斯,他成功地欺騙了許多人主要是因?yàn)殡娨暯o他行騙提供了一個(gè)很好的平臺(tái),人們過于相信電視里所說的,在他受審的時(shí)候仍然想著計(jì)劃另一個(gè)大騙局,因此法官將他原本被判處的十年刑罰改為十二年.

解答 55.C  推理判斷題,根據(jù)第二段He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV."For some reason,"Jones said,"TV seems to break the ice.Even though you are a total stranger to the viewer,once he sees you on TV in his home,he feels like he knows you.You enter his living room and become a trusted friend."可知瓊斯成功地欺騙了許多人主要是因?yàn)殡娨暯o他行騙提供了一個(gè)很好的平臺(tái),人們過于相信電視里所說的,故選C.
56.A  推理判斷題,根據(jù)第三段Jones had an imagination that wouldn't quit.以及第三,四,五段的例子可知瓊斯在他的電視廣告欺騙中表現(xiàn)出了不同尋常的想象力,故選A.
57.C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第四段Another time,Jones claimed to have invented a product that gets rid of calories.He showed the viewers a spray can of"NoCal."可知"NoCal"的廣告中聲稱它可以幫助人們擺脫卡路里,因此那些想從瓊斯手中購買"NoCal"的人可能想要減肥,故選C.
58.A  推理判斷題,根據(jù)最后一段Jones responded that he was very ashamed of himself,and that when he got out of prison he hoped to become a TV adviser to help people avoid getting cheated.He told the judge that he was already developing an instructional CD that,for merely﹩100,would save people thousands of dollars in scams(騙局).可知瓊斯正在計(jì)劃另一個(gè)大騙局,在他出獄之后想欺騙人們購買他的光盤,因此法官將判處的十年改為十二年,故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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