Foxesandfarmershavenevergotonwell.Thesesmalldog-likeanimalshavelongbeenaccusedofkillingfarmanimals.Theyareofficiallyclassifiedasharmfulandfarmerstrytokeeptheirnumbersdownbyshootingorpoisoningthem.
Farmerscanalsocallontheservicesoftheirlocalhunttocontrolthefoxpopulation.Huntingconsistsofpursuingafoxacrossthecountryside,withagroupofspeciallytraineddogs,followedbymenandwomenridinghorses.Whenthedogseventuallycatchthefoxtheykillitorahuntershootsit.
Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofasasport;theywearaspecialuniformofredcoatsandwhitetrousers,andfollowstrictcodesofbehavior.Butowningahorseandhuntingregularlyisexpensive,somosthuntersarewealthy.
Itisestimatedthatupto100,000peoplewatchortakepartinfoxhunting.Butoverthelastcoupleofdecadesthenumberofpeopleopposedtofoxhunting,becausetheythinkitisbrutal(残酷的),hasrisensharply.Nowadaysitisrareforahunttopassoffwithoutsomekindofconfrontation(冲突)betweenhuntersandhuntsaboteurs(阻拦者).Sometimestheseincidentsleadtoviolence,butmostlysaboteursinterferewiththehuntbymisleadingridersanddisturbingthetrailofthefox’ssmell,whichthedogsfollow.
Noisyconfrontationsbetweenhuntersandsaboteurshavebecomesocommonthattheyarealmostasmuchapartofhuntingasthepursuitoffoxesitself.Butthisyearsupportersoffoxhuntingfaceamuchbiggerthreattotheirsport.ALabourPartyMemberoftheParliament,MikeFoster,istryingtogetParliamenttoapproveanewlawwhichwillmakethehuntingofwildanimalswithdogsillegal.Ifthelawispassed,wildanimalslikefoxeswillbeprotectedunderthebaninBritain.
练习题：
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.RichpeopleinBritainhavebeenhuntingfoxes________.
B.intheinterestsofthefarmers
C.tolimitthefoxpopulation
2.WhatisspecialaboutfoxhuntinginBritain?
A.Itinvolvestheuseofadeadlypoison.
B.Itisacostlyeventwhichrarelyoccurs.
C.Thehuntershavesetrulestofollow.
D.Thehuntershavetogothroughstricttraining.
3.Foxhuntingopponentsofteninterfereinthegame________.
B.byconfusingthefoxhunters
D.bydemonstratingonthescene
4.AnewlawmaybepassedbytheBritishParliamentto________.
A.prohibitfarmersfromhuntingfoxes
B.forbidhuntingfoxeswithdogs
C.stophuntingwildanimalsinthecountryside
D.preventlarge-scalefoxhunting
5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.
A.killingfoxeswithpoisonisillegal
B.limitingthefoxpopulationisunnecessary
C.huntingfoxeswithdogsisconsideredcruelandviolent
D.fox-huntingoftenleadstoconfrontationbetweenthepoorandtherich
1.[A]事实细节题。根据第3段第1句的前半部分Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofitasasport可知，参加捕杀的人们把猎杀狐狸当成是一种运动，A与之相符。
2.[C]事实细节题。根据第3段首句末尾说，凡是参加的人都要遵循严格的行为准则，C“猎手已建立起需要遵循的规则”与之相符，故选C。
3.[B]事实细节题。第4段末句提到，在大部分情况下，阻拦者利用为骑马的人引错路和进行气味干扰来干涉捕猎，B与之相符，故选B。
4.[B]事实细节题。文章倒数第2句提及，督促议会通过一项新法案,将带狗猎杀野生动物列为非法。而狐狸是野生动物的一种，故选B。
5.[C]推断题。.根据第4段第2句后半部分可知，反对捕猎狐狸的人数在上升是因为他们认为捕猎狐狸是残酷的，故选C。
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