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【題目】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 (估計) 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（阻攔者）. 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(聯(lián)合) B. conversation(對話)

C. conflict(沖突) D. relationship

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于說明文，講述了獵狐運動的興衰。前三段主要論述獵狐運動的源起和特點。后兩段的主要內(nèi)容則是反獵狐運動的興起。

【1】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)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項敘述獵手們制定了需要遵守的規(guī)則。這句話也可以在文中找到相應(yīng)的內(nèi)容：follow strict codes of behavior；Codes of behavior，是行為規(guī)范的意思,也就是C所說的規(guī)則�？芍狢項是對的。題目問英國獵狐的特別之處是什么。 A項敘述會使用一種致命毒藥。這一說法在文中確實提到了：farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them，農(nóng)民們?yōu)榱藴p少狐貍的數(shù)量會采用射殺或毒殺等等手段。需要注意的是農(nóng)民的自發(fā)行為并不是狩獵運動，而是一種自衛(wèi)行為，它與為了生計（獵戶）和為了消遣（富人）的獵殺行為是不一樣的。因此，嚴(yán)格的說，A的說法指的并不是獵狐運動，不符合題意。 B項是一種花銷昂貴的運動，較少發(fā)生。“花銷昂貴”在文中可以找到相應(yīng)的注腳：owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive；但注意這里的一個單詞——regularly，“定期的”，既然是定期舉行，顯然不是rarely了，B錯誤。D項中提及獵手必須經(jīng)過嚴(yán)格的訓(xùn)練。這句話來源于follow strict codes of behavior，是在考查對code的理解。Code有密碼的意思，另有“法規(guī)”之意。可見這里沒有“訓(xùn)練”的意思。

【2】B 推理判斷題。文章提到英國議會可能通過與獵狐有關(guān)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，從這里可以看出，出臺這項法律的目的是要make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal——使“驅(qū)狗獵殺野生動物”變?yōu)榉欠ā＿@里有兩個限定條件，一，獵殺對象是野生動物；二，獵殺方式是驅(qū)狗獵殺。四個選項中，A和D沒有涉及這兩條，可以排除。B涉及狩獵方式和對象，方式是驅(qū)狗狩獵，對象是狐貍。狩獵方式與文中的限定條件一致，狐貍屬于野生動物，也符合對象條件，因此B是正確的。C則缺少了驅(qū)狗狩獵這一狩獵方式，是不對的。

【3】C 猜測詞意題。根據(jù)橫線后between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻攔者），說明有人反對捕獵狐貍，那么在獵人和反對捕獵狐貍的人之間就會產(chǎn)生矛盾和沖突。所以該詞意為“conflict(沖突)”。故C正確。