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B [2015 •鄭州高中畢業(yè)年級(jí)第一次質(zhì)檢]

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殘暴的)，has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of conflict be?tween hunters and hunt opponents (反對(duì)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(英國(guó)議會(huì)），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]本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，講的是獵狐運(yùn)動(dòng)的興衰。前三段主要論述獵狐運(yùn)動(dòng)的起源和特點(diǎn)，后兩段的主要內(nèi)容則是反獵狐運(yùn)動(dòng)的興起。

5.     B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段"People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport.…so most hunters are wealthy."可知選B項(xiàng)。

6.     D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)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，文中講到了三種干預(yù)方式：violence, misleading riders和dis?turbing the trail of the fox's smell₀根據(jù)題干中的often (經(jīng)常）可知選D項(xiàng)。

7.     A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，英國(guó)議會(huì)出臺(tái)的法律是為了保護(hù)像狐貍一樣的野生動(dòng)物。故選A項(xiàng)。

8.     C推理判斷題。根據(jù)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."可以推斷出用狗獵殺是殘忍的。故選C項(xiàng)。