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历年英语四级阅读真题全解�(2002-2004)

  Passage Two
  Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
  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�) 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.
  26. 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(A)
  27. 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.(C)
  28. 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(B)
  29. 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(B)
  30. 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(C)
  这篇�料讲的是猎��动的兴衰。�三段�以看�是一个部分,主�论述猎��动的�起和特点。�两段的主�内容则是�猎��动的兴起。
  开头从�狸与农民的关系讲起,讲到�狸自�就被认为是家畜�手,从而被正�归为对人类有害的动物,农民们通过射�和毒�的方���余力地�少�狸的数�(farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them)。从这一段�以看到,�狸因对人类有害而�到��,这�以说猎��动得以兴起的缘由之一。
  第二段开始介�猎��动的特点,而把这一内容与上文连接起�的就是第二段��。猎�,也就是一群�过特殊训练的狗在乡�追踪�狸,骑马的男女跟在狗群的��。狗群���狸以�便会把它们咬死,或由猎手用枪击毙(When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it)。
  �与猎�的人们把猎�当作是一��动,他们因此会身穿特殊的制�,红帽白裤,�循严格的行为规则(follow strict codes of behavior)。而拥有马匹和定期打猎是很烧钱的,所以大多数猎手都是富�。
  第四段开始讲�对猎��动,讲到�对者的人数在过去二�年内猛增(the number of people opposed to fox hunting…… has risen sharply),�对的原因就是:残�(because they think it isbrutal)。�对者与猎手的冲�几乎在�次猎��动中都会�生(it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind ofconfrontation),那么�对者通常会采�哪些行动呢?少数会�级为暴力事件,但多数情况下,�对者会采�误导骑手和祛除�狸留下的气味等方�(misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox’s smell)。
  这�冲���过是对正在进行的猎��动的阻挠,�动本身还是�以继续。然而近年�猎��动本身开始�临严�的��。�一段讲到,工党�议员正在促使议会两院通过一项新的法律,宣布驱使猎狗猎�野生动物为�法(trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal)。如果这项法律获得通过,那么��狸这样的野生动物在英国就将�到�护(wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain)。
  26. A
  题目问英国的富人进行猎��动的目的是什么。
  A,为了消�。第三段��:People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport,这一��出了�与猎�的人对猎�本身的看法——sport,一��动。�动与竞技体育��,其本身�是一�娱�消�。因此A的说法是对的。
  B,为了�护农民的利益。看第二段�:Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population, 农民为了控制�狸的数�,会�集当地的猎户去猎��狸。这应该是猎��动的缘起,自此�,很多人就模仿猎户的行为,终使猎��为一��动。�以说,富人 们�与猎�纯粹是为了消�,而�是为了农民的利益。二者之间的�系仅仅是:农民为了自己的利益�集猎人猎�,富人模仿猎�者,使猎�本身�为一�富人自己 的消��动。
  C,为了�制�狸的数�。�制�狸的数�符�农民的利益,与富人无关。
  D,为了显示他们的富有。这个选项与But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy一�有关。此���比较易懂:拥有马匹和定期狩猎是相当费钱的,因此大多数猎手都是有钱人。这里仅仅说明�与猎�的�件之一:有钱;�能从中推导出猎�是为了炫富。
  27. C
  题目问英国猎�的特别之处是什么。
  A,会使用一�致命毒�。这一说法在文中确实�到了:farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them,农民们为了�少�狸的数�会采用射�或毒�等等手段。需�注�的是农民的自�行为并�是狩猎�动,而是一�自�行为,它与为了生计(猎户)和为了消�(富人)的猎�行为是�一样的。因此,严格的说,A的说法指的并�是猎��动,�符�题�。
  B,这是一�花销昂贵的�动,较少�生。“花销昂贵�在文中�以找到相应的注脚:owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive;但注�这里的一个��——regularly,“定期的�,既然是定期举行,显然�是rarely了,B错误。
  C,猎手们制定了需��守的规则。这��也�以在文中找到相应的内容:follow strict codes of behavior;Codes of behavior,是行为规范的��,也就是C所说的规则。C是对的。
  D,猎手必须�过严格的训练。这����于follow strict codes of behavior,是在考查对code的�解。Code有密�的��,�有“法规�之�。��这里没有“训练�的��。
  28. B
  题目问�对猎�者�常通过什么方�干预猎��动。
  A,诉诸暴力。
  B,扰乱猎�者。
  C,采�法律行动。
  D,在猎�现场示�。
  文章讲到�对猎�者干预猎��动是在�两段,而通过什么具体方�干预猎�则是倒数第二段的内容。这一段大致讲到了三�方�,一是violence,二是misleading riders,三是disturbing the trail of the fox’s smell。根�文中交代,violence的�生频率是sometimes(有时),而�二者是mostly(大部分)。题目问的often(�常),那么显然应该指的是�二者。B与第二项��一致,应该选择B。
  29. B
  题目问英国议会�能会通过一项新法律,这项法律……
  A,�止农民猎�。
  B,�止使用猎犬猎�。
  C,�止在乡�猎�野生动物。
  D,防止大规模的猎��动。
  文章�到英国议会�能通过与猎�有关的法律是在�一段的��部分: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,从这里�以看出,出�这项法律的目的是�make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal——使“驱狗猎�野生动物��为�法。这里有两个�定�件,一,猎�对象是野生动物;二,猎�方�是驱狗猎�。四个选项中,A和D没有涉�这两�,�以排除。B涉�狩猎方�和对象,方�是驱狗狩猎,对象是�狸。狩猎方�与文中的�定�件一致,�狸属于野生动物,也符�对象�件,因此B是正确的。C则缺少了驱狗狩猎这一狩猎方�,是�对的。
  30. C
  题目问从文章中�以推断出什么。
  A,毒��狸是�法的。文中讲到毒��有一处,farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them。这是在讲述猎��动的缘起时�到的,文章没有介�毒�行为是��法,也无从推断出这个结论。
  B,�制�狸数�是没有必�的。第二段讲到Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population,��是农民们�集猎手��制�狸的数�,其原因是�狸伤害家畜。从这个�义上说,�制�狸数�有一定必�性。当然,这个推�也许有些牵强,但按照B的说法,推�出�制�狸数�没有必�就是完全无中生有了。
  C,驱狗猎��狸被认为是残�和暴力的。�对猎�者认为猎�是brutal(残�的),驱狗猎�属于猎�的一�,当然也是残�的,所以这个选项的说法正确。
  D,猎��常会引�穷人与富人之间的冲�。文中倒数第二段�到了confrontation,冲��方也交代得很清楚:between hunters and huntsaboteurs,猎手与�对猎�者。根�文�,猎手一般属于富人;但�对猎�者是�代表穷人呢?答案是�一定。所以D的说法�正确。

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