专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷15
阅读理解
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 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 Labor 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.
1.Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes________.(A)
A. for recreation
B. in the interests of the farmers
C. to limit the fox population
D. to show of their wealth
解析：从文章第三段首句：“People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport”可以判断，英国人猎狐是作为一种娱乐运动和消遣。因此答案为A。
2.What is special about fox hunting in Britain?(C)
A. It involves the use of a deadly poison.
B. It is a costly event that rarely occurs.
C. The hunters have set rules to follow.
D. The hunters have to go through strict training.
解析：从文章第三段中：“…and follow strict codes of behavior…”可知，英国人捕猎狐狸是有严格规定的，因此正确答案为C。文章第一段虽然提到“…or poisoning them”，但“下毒”不属于猎狐的范畴，所以A不对。
3.Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game_________.(B)
A. by resorting to violence
B. by confusing the fox hunters
C. by taking legal action
D. by demonstrating on the scene
解析：从文章第四段最后一句：“…interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox’s smell”可知，反对狩猎者通过误导猎狐人或破坏狐狸留下的气味来干扰打猎。因此正确答案为B。
4.A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to________.(B)
A. prohibit farmers from hunting foxes
B. forbid hunting wild animals with dogs
C. stop hunting foxes in the countryside
D. prevent large-scale fox hunting
解析：根据文章最后一句：“…a new law which will make hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal”，说明法律禁止带狗狩猎。故选B。
5.It can be inferred from the passage that________.(C)
A. killing foxes with poison is illegal
B. limiting t
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