69. A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to________.

　 A. prohibit farmers from hunting foxes　　　　　　　　 B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs

　 C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside　　 D. prevent large-scale fox hunting

68. 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 occurs.

　 C. The hunters have set rules to follow.　　　　 D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

67. Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes

　 A. for recreation　(娱乐)　　　　　　　　 B. in the interests of the farmers　

C. to limit the fox population　　　　　　　 D. to show off their wealth

66. On Farringdon Road, _________.

A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books　　　　　　　　

B. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books

C. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts

D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold

答案：63-66 DBBC　　

D

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. 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 hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing 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 that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (残酷的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (冲突) between hunters and hunt saboteurs (阻拦者). Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail 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 pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labor Party Member of the Parliament, 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.

65. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean? __________.

A. buy books in a most busy street　　　　 B. move away from a busy street

C. waste time looking for books　　　　　 D. take a risk of losing one’s life

64. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.

A. is in the suburbs of London　　　　　 B. is famous for its bookshops

C. contains various kinds of shops　　　　 D. is the busiest street in London

63. “Londoners are great readers” means that __________.

A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.　　　　 B. There are a great number of readers in London

C. Londoners are readers who read only great books　 D. Londoners read a lot

62. What is the best title of the passage?

　 A. Bill Gates Leading World’s Richest People Again　　　 　　B. What Made Billionaires

　 C. Self-Made Billionaires　　　　　　　　 　D. Biggest Gainer and Biggest Loser

答案：59-62 BCCA

C

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订)between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.

61. The purpose of the author using the television star Oprah. Winfrey as an example is to　　　　

　 A. tell the readers that television stars make money easily

　 B. prove that a millionaire can become a billionaire

　 C. women can also be billionaires

　 D. tell the readers that most of the billionaires are self-made

60.31 new members entered the ultra-rich club as a result of　　　　　　 .

　 A. turmoil on the stock and housing market　 B. media and financial data network

　 C. rising oil and dizzy art prices　　　　　　 D. investment