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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 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 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】辨认事实题。题目问：富裕的英国人猎杀狐狸是为了________。根据第3段首句前半部分“People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport...”可知，参加捕杀的人们把猎杀狐狸当成是一种运动，这与A项为了消遣或为了娱乐”一致。
单选题
What is special about fox hunting in Britain?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目问：在英国捕猎狐狸有什么特别之处。根据第3段首句末尾“…they wear...，and follow strict codes of behavior”可知，凡是参加的人都要遵循严格的行为准则，这与C项“猎手已建立起需要遵循的规则”一致。
单选题
Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game ________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目问：反对捕猎狐狸的人常常通过________干涉捕猎。根据第4段尾句“…mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox''s smell...”可知，在大部分情况下，阻拦者利用为骑马的人引错路和扰乱留有狐狸气味的踪迹来干涉捕猎，这与B项“扰乱捕猎狐狸的人”一致。
单选题
A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目问：英国议会可能通过的新法律的目的是________。根据Parliament查找到文章倒数第2句，其中“…to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal”意即：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项
单选题
It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推断题。题目问：从文章当中可以得出什么结论。根据第4段第2句后半部分“…because they think it is brutal…”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，这与C项“用猎犬捕猎狐狸被认为是残酷而充满暴力的”一致。