2020年大学英语四级阅读冲刺练习及答案(25)

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2020年大学英语四级阅读冲刺练习及答案(25)

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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 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 Labour 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.

1. Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes ________.

A) for recreation

B) in the interests of the farmers

C) to limit the fox population

D) to show off their wealth

2. 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.

3. Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game ________.

A) by resorting to violence

B) by confusing the fox hunters

C) by taking legal action

D) by demonstrating on the scene

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

A) prohibit farmers from hunting foxes

B) forbid hunting foxes with dogs

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