首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A top racehorse was brought down at Royal Ascot with a shot from a high-tech sound gun, a court was told yesterday. The gun was
A top racehorse was brought down at Royal Ascot with a shot from a high-tech sound gun, a court was told yesterday. The gun was
admin
2019-07-11
104
问题
A top racehorse was brought down at Royal Ascot with a shot from a high-tech sound gun, a court was told yesterday. The gun was built into a pair of binoculars and fired from the crowd as the horse was【C1】______ sight of certain victory. The "technically brilliant" ultra-sonic device—【C2】______could not be heard by people—was devised by a back-street inventor. It was to be used with potentially devastating effect in a secret plan " to destroy the entire system of race-course betting and bookmaking in this country," defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg told Southwark Crown Court in London. He said it had the potential to make a fortune in bets【C3】______the favourite because it made sure that the horse would lose.
It was used last year to unseat the leading jockey Greville Starkey from Ile de Chypre just before the end of the King George V Handicap, which it【C4】______(doubt)would have won, he said. The astonishing story was told by the defence during a trial in which the inventor of the【C5】g______, James Laming, denies drug conspiracy charges. It came to light because of his alleged connections with a drug baron who wanted to use the gun to help him win large bets. The inventor is a 49-year-old grandfather and south London car dealer who lives with his mother-in-law in a terraced house. He told the court that he got all the【C6】inf______on ultra-sonics for the gun from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and tested it on horses in fields.
The gun was made from a pair of race binoculars. Showing them to the jury, Mr Goldberg said: "This device subjected a passing racehorse to a sudden and【C7】______(deaf)noise which we human beings cannot hear at all. It is the equivalent in suddenness to letting a loud firework【C8】exp______in its ears. "
The noise would be "a horrible ear-piercing shriek" like the feedback from a microphone. Because racehorses were sensitive and temperamental it would have the【C9】ef______of making the horse swerve and unseat the rider.
"It left no evidence of its use and no permanent disability for the animal," he said.
The plan was to use the gun for horse races and possibly for greyhound races. Mr Goldberg said: "He would fire it【C10】______the favourite or second favourite in a race. "
"These criminals, of course, were in a unique position to ensure that the horse lost. "
【C10】
选项
答案
at
解析
(fire at意思是“向…射击”,这里指他会开枪射向比赛中最受欢迎或是第二受欢迎的赛马。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/psfK777K
本试题收录于:
A类竞赛(研究生)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
A类竞赛(研究生)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
ChoosinguniversitymajorshasbecomethetopconcernamongnewhighschoolgraduatesastheyawaittheresultsoftheNational
ChoosinguniversitymajorshasbecomethetopconcernamongnewhighschoolgraduatesastheyawaittheresultsoftheNational
Inasupermarket,theaislesarenumberedonetosixfromtheentrance.Washingpowderisnexttobottlesanditisnotthefirs
Thediagrambelowcomesfromastudent’slecturenoteafterhearingalectureonthefactorsaffectingthelearningofEnglisha
Changethefirstwordintothelastword,bychangingoneletteratatimeandmakinganew,differentwordinthemiddle.Examp
Mr.Smithisbookingatourforaladyandhimselfatatravelagency.
HomeschoolingappearstobeagreatIsuccessformiddle-classandwealthyfamilieswhenoneparentishomemostofthetime.Ho
TheOutdoorCentreOpeningtimesWatersports:10am-6pmPlayPark:10am-5.30pmEntrance/Carparkfees
AtopracehorsewasbroughtdownatRoyalAscotwithashotfromahigh-techsoundgun,acourtwastoldyesterday.Thegunwas
AtopracehorsewasbroughtdownatRoyalAscotwithashotfromahigh-techsoundgun,acourtwastoldyesterday.Thegunwas
随机试题
半山春晚即事王安石春风取花去,酬我以清阴。翳翳陂路静,交交园屋深。床敷每小息,杖屦或幽寻。惟有北山鸟,经过遗好音。请结合全诗,简要分析尾联“睢有北山鸟,经过遗好音”的表现手法。
患儿,男,1岁。持续发热,手、足、口腔和臀部可见疱疹,伴精神差,呕吐等症状,临床疑似手足口病,采集粪便和咽拭子样本送检,最可能检出的病毒是
安女士今晨行乳腺部分切除术,手术顺利,现已回到病房。
固定阳极X线管的代表容量是指在单相全波整流电路中,曝光时间是下列哪项时所能承受的最大负荷
根据所给图表资料,回答下列问题。以下哪个月的汽车产量同比增速最低?()
某项目部承接了5000t级单锚板桩结构顺岸码头工程。问题:对拉杆的安装有什么要求?
再保险是基于原保险人经营中分散风险的需要而产生的。再保险的基础是( )。
发行人及其主承销商向参与网下配售的询价对象配售股票,公开发行股票数量少于4亿股的,配售数量不超过本次发行总量的()。
对银行从业人员职业操守准则存在疑惑,得不到满意的答复时,可向()寻求答案。
下列各项,体现谨慎原则要求的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)