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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 (殘酷的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (沖突) between hunters and hunt saboteurs (阻攔者). 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.

練習題：

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

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1.[A] 事實細節題。根據第3段第1句的前半部分People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport可知，參加捕殺的人們把獵殺狐貍當成是一種運動，A與之相符。

2.[C] 事實細節題。根據第3段首句末尾說，凡是參加的人都要遵循嚴格的行為準則，C “獵手已建立起需要遵循的規則”與之相符，故選C。

3.[B] 事實細節題。第4段末句提到，在大部分情況下，阻攔者利用為騎馬的人引錯路和進行氣味干擾來干涉捕獵，B與之相符，故選B。

4.[B] 事實細節題。文章倒數第2句提及，督促議會通過一項新法案,將帶狗獵殺野生動物列為非法。而狐貍是野生動物的一種，故選B。

5.[C] 推斷題。.根據第4段第2句后半部分可知，反對捕獵狐貍的人數在上升是因為他們認為捕獵狐貍是殘酷的，故選C。

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