Question

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused (控告)of killing farm animals. They are officially considered as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.

Farmers can do call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population . Hunting consists of hunting a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox , they kill it or a hunter shoots it.

People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport ; they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers , and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.

It is estimated (估计) that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting . But over the last couple of decades the number of people against fox hunting , because they think it is cruel, has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to succeed without some kind of confrontation between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻拦者）. Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs fight with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the search of the fox’s smell, which the dogs follow.

Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the hunting of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to pass a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain.

1.What is special about fox hunting in Britain?

A. It involves the use of a deadly poison.

B. It is a costly event which rarely happens.

C. The hunters have set rules to follow.

D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

2.A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ________

A. keep farmers from hunting foxes.

B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs.

C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

D. prevent fox hunting in large numbers

3.Which can replace the underlined word in paragraph 4?

A. reunion(联合)     B. conversation(对话)

C. conflict(冲突)     D. relationship

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于说明文，讲述了猎狐运动的兴衰。前三段主要论述猎狐运动的源起和特点。后两段的主要内容则是反猎狐运动的兴起。

1.C 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport ; they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers , and follow strict codes of behavior.可知 C项叙述猎手们制定了需要遵守的规则。这句话也可以在文中找到相应的内容：follow strict codes of behavior；Codes of behavior，是行为规范的意思,也就是C所说的规则。可知C项是对的。题目问英国猎狐的特别之处是什么。 A项叙述会使用一种致命毒药。这一说法在文中确实提到了：farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them，农民们为了减少狐狸的数量会采用射杀或毒杀等等手段。需要注意的是农民的自发行为并不是狩猎运动，而是一种自卫行为，它与为了生计（猎户）和为了消遣（富人）的猎杀行为是不一样的。因此，严格的说，A的说法指的并不是猎狐运动，不符合题意。 B项是一种花销昂贵的运动，较少发生。“花销昂贵”在文中可以找到相应的注脚：owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive；但注意这里的一个单词——regularly，“定期的”，既然是定期举行，显然不是rarely了，B错误。D项中提及猎手必须经过严格的训练。这句话来源于follow strict codes of behavior，是在考查对code的理解。Code有密码的意思，另有“法规”之意。可见这里没有“训练”的意思。

2.B 推理判断题。文章提到英国议会可能通过与猎狐有关的法律是在最后一段的后半部分：Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain，从这里可以看出，出台这项法律的目的是要make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal——使“驱狗猎杀野生动物”变为非法。这里有两个限定条件，一，猎杀对象是野生动物；二，猎杀方式是驱狗猎杀。四个选项中，A和D没有涉及这两条，可以排除。B涉及狩猎方式和对象，方式是驱狗狩猎，对象是狐狸。狩猎方式与文中的限定条件一致，狐狸属于野生动物，也符合对象条件，因此B是正确的。C则缺少了驱狗狩猎这一狩猎方式，是不对的。

3.C 猜测词意题。根据横线后between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻拦者），说明有人反对捕猎狐狸，那么在猎人和反对捕猎狐狸的人之间就会产生矛盾和冲突。所以该词意为“conflict(冲突)”。故C正确。

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