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A villager who was charged for illegally buying corn was pardoned on Friday at a court in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The intermediate court in the region's Bayannur city overturned the first judgment and announced Wang Lijun innocent.

Wang, who was sentenced to one year in jail with a two-year reprieve(缓刑), showed his excitement after the announcement, saying, "I'm happy with the result".

The 46-year-old villager was given the sentence during the first trial at Linhe District People's Court in the city on April 15. It’s said he has gained 6,000 yuan ($874) in profits by buying corn without a business license between November 2014 and January 2015. The court also fined him 20,000 yuan. The villager handed the fine to the court and did not appeal to a higher court at that time.

But after a review, the Supreme People's Court made a decision on Dec. 16, asking the city's court to retry the case over the wrong application of law by the district court. Wang was pleased with the national top court's decision, "It is a duty for authorities to have a retrial if they find something wrong ."

The seriousness of the case is not big enough to be defined as a criminal case. The purchase didn't disturb public order. In fact, it’s the first time for the top court to correct wrongful convictions without requiring an appeal. It should be encouraged. It has bigger significance than the pardon.

The villager said that he did not know what to do after he was sentenced. "I was afraid to say I was innocent, as I worried I might be jailed," Wang Lijun said. "But now the top court proved me not guilty."

1.What does the underlined word “overturned” in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?

A 翻转.

B 推翻.

C 翻页.

D 倾倒.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句…announced Wang Lijun innocent.和第二段Wang, who was sentenced to one year in jail with a two-year reprieve…可知此前王力军被判有罪，后又被判无罪，因此是推翻了前一次的审判结果，故选B。

2.What is Wang’s attitude towards the second sentence?

A Happy and excited.

B Sad and afraid.

C Sad but relaxed.

D Surprised and happy.

解析：选A。观点态度题。根据第二段的excitement和第四段的pleased可知王力军对于二审判决是高兴而且兴奋的，故选A。

3.Why was Wang Lijun sentenced to be guilty?

A The corn buying did harms to people.

B The corn buying had a bad effect on public order.

C He made some money by buying and selling corns.

D He bought corns without license and made money through it.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句It’s said he has gained 6,000 yuan ($874) in profits by buying corn without a business license between November 2014 and January 2015.可知王力军因为无执照情况下收购并倒卖玉米获利而获罪，故选D。

4.What is the biggest significance of the correction?

A The government won the praise from the people.

B The correction saved a poor innnocent villager.

C The top court itself proposed to correct the wrong.

D The top court was asked to correct the wrong conviction.

解析：选C。综合理解题。根据第五段内容可知这是司法机关第一次在没有被告人申诉的情况下主动提出再审并赦免王力军，这应该被鼓励，这种主动精神比赦免王力军这一行为具有更大的意义，因此其最大的意义在于其主动提出再审并纠正错误，故选C。

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A The top court’s correction.

B The illegal corn buying villager pardoned.

C The significance of the top court’s correction.

D Corn buying and selling should be legal.

解析：选B。文章标题题。根据全文内容可知本文主要是讲的是王力军因非法收购玉米获利而获罪后最高法院提出重审要求，王力军被判无罪的故事，因此标题为“非法收购玉米的农民被赦免”，故选B。