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1、英语阅读练习一AAfederaljudgesentencedBruceJonesto12yearsinfederalprisonforfraud(诈骗罪).Overa10-yearperiod,Joneshadmanagedtocheatthousandsofpeoplethroughoutthestateoutofalmost$10million.HeadvertisedhisfantasticideasonTV.“Forsomereason,”Jonessaid,“TVseemstobreaktheice.Ev
2、enthoughyouareatotalstrangertotheviewer,onceheseesyouonTVinhishome,hefeelslikeheknowsyou.Youenterhislivingroomandbecomeatrustedfriend.”Joneshadanimaginationthatwouldn’tquit.Onetimeheshowedviewersan“officialgovernment”earthquakereportwhich“proved”thatthewestern
3、halfofCaliforniawouldcollapseintotheseawithinthreeyears.For$100,hesaid,Joneswouldinsure（承保）yourhouseandpropertyforfullvalue.ThousandsofpeoplewhosawthatTVadsenthimahundreddollarseach.InanotherTVad,Jonesclaimedthathehadcometoanagreementwiththefederalandstategove
4、rnmentforexclusive（独享的）airrights.Hetoldviewersthat,foronly$100,theycouldownthefirst10milesabovealltheirproperty.Youwouldbeabletochargeanycommercialplanethatflewoveryourproperty$100percrossing.Youwouldalsobeabletochargegovernmentrockets,satellites,spaceshuttles
5、,andspacestations$100foreachandeveryviolationofyourairrights.Anothertime,Jonesclaimedtohaveinventedaproductthatgetsridofcalories.Heshowedtheviewersaspraycanof“NoCal.”HesaidthatbysimplysprayingNoCalonyourfood,achemicalinteractionwouldcauseallthecaloriesinthefoo
6、dtosimplydisappearwithinabout10seconds.TheNoCalwasonly$10acan.Asusual,Jonesreceivedthousandsofchecksinthemail.ThejudgetoldJonesthatheshouldbeashamedofhimself.Jonesrespondedthathewasveryashamedofhimself,andthatwhenhegotoutofprisonhehopedtobecomeaTVadvisertohelp
7、peopleavoidgettingcheated.HetoldthejudgethathewasalreadydevelopinganinstructionalCDthat,formerely$100,wouldsavepeoplethousandsofdollarsinscams（骗局）.Thejudgenodded,andthenchangedJones’sentencefrom10yearsto12years.1.AccordingtoJones,hecouldsuccessfullycheatmanype
8、oplemainlybecause___________.A.hepromisedthemalargeprofitB.theyweretooeagertomakemoneyC.theybelievedtoomuchinTVadsD.hewasskillfulincommunicatingwithpeople2.Whichofthefollowingstate
