2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇第27篇：克制狩猎

　　2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总

　　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 (残忍的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (斗嘴) 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 toapprove 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.

　　操练题

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　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

　　C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

　　D. prevent large-scale fox hunting

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A. killing foxes with poison is illegal

　　B. limiting the fox population is unnecessary

　　C. hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent

　　D. fox-hunting often leads to confrontation between the poor and the rich

　　1.[A] 事实细节题。按照第3段第1句的前半部门People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport可知，介入捕杀的人们把猎杀狐狸当成是一种举动，A与之相符。

　　2.[C] 事实细节题。按照第3段首句末端说，每每介入的人都要遵循严格的行为准则，C “猎手已成立起需要遵循的法则”与之相符，故选C。

　　3.[B] 事实细节题。第4段末句提到，在大部门环境下，阻拦者操作为骑马的人引错路和举办气味滋扰来过问干与捕猎，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,将带狗猎杀野活跃物列为犯科。而狐狸是野活跃物的一种，故选B。

　　5.[C] 揣度题。.按照第4段第2句后半部门可知，阻挡捕猎狐狸的人数在上升是因为他们认为捕猎狐狸是残忍的，故选C。

　　2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总