Question

B [2015 •郑州高中毕业年级第一次质检]

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

Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunts to control the fox population. Hunting consists of running af?ter 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 hunt?er 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 behaviour. But owning a horse and hunting  regularly   are   expensive,   so   most   hunters are wealthy.

It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox-hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people who are against fox-hunting, because they think it is brutaK残暴的)，has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of conflict be?tween hunters and hunt opponents (反对者).Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly opponents dis?courage the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell, which the dogs follow.

Noisy conflicts between hunters and opponents have be?come so common that they are almost as much a part of hun?ting as the pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox-hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A La?bour Party Member of Parliament(英国议会），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.

5.     Wealthy people in Britain have been hunting foxes to .

 

A.     benefit the farmers

B.     get entertainment

C.     show off their wealth

D.     limit the fox population

6.     The opponents of fox-hunting often discourage the game
by_________ .

 

A.     using violence

B.      taking legal action

C.      seeking help from farmers

D.     confusing the fox hunters

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

 

A.     protect wild animals like foxes

B.     control fox-hunting on a large scale

C.     prohibit farmers from hunting foxes

D.     standardize the behaviour of fox-hunting

8.     What can be inferred from this passage?

 

A.     Limiting the fox population is unnecessary.

B.     Killing foxes with poison is not allowed by law.

C.     Hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and vio?lent.

D.     Fox-hunting often causes conflicts between hunters and farmers.

Answer 1

B [文章大意]本文是一篇说明文，讲的是猎狐运动的兴衰。前三段主要论述猎狐运动的起源和特点，后两段的主要内容则是反猎狐运动的兴起。

5.     B 细节理解题。根据第三段"People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport.…so most hunters are wealthy."可知选B项。

6.     D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段"Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly opponents discourage the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell ― "W 知，文中讲到了三种干预方式：violence, misleading riders和dis?turbing the trail of the fox's smell₀根据题干中的often (经常）可知选D项。

7.     A 细节理解题。根据最后一段"…Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law." wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain."可知，英国议会出台的法律是为了保护像狐狸一样的野生动物。故选A项。

8.     C推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"…trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal."可以推断出用狗猎杀是残忍的。故选C项。