单选题
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 acmes 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 sharp- ly. 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 violenee, 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 fire almost as mach 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.
单选题
Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题的解题依据为第三段，句中as a sport可以理解成等同于A项“为了休闲，娱乐”，故答案为 A。B项“为了农民的利益”，C项“为了限制狐狸的数量”，D项“为了炫耀他们的富有”，这几项的内容文章都没有提到，所以都不是本题的答案。
单选题
What is special about fox hunting in Britain?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 依据为第三段第二行"they weal a special uniform of red coats and white trousers，and follow strict codes of behavior．”句中的codes对应选项C中的rules．其他选项的意思是：A项“猎狐中涉及使用致命毒药”；B项“猎狐花费大，很少发生”；D项“打猎者必须经历严格训练”。
单选题
Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题的题干出现在第四段最后一句“．．．but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt．．”那么 by后接内容实际就是该题的答案，即"misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell，which the dogs follow(阻拦者为骑马的人带错路或扰乱狗追踪狐狸气味的踪迹)”，B项内容与之吻合。
单选题
A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 依据为文章最后一段倒数第二句“．．．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．(……使带狗捕猎野生动物成为非法，如果该项法律被通过，诸如狐狸之类的野生动物将会在英国的这个禁令之下得到保护。)”
单选题
It can be inferred from the passage that______.