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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

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问题    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, has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation between hunters and hunt saboteurs. 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 Poster, 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.
Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes______.
选项 A、for recreation
B、in the interests of the farmers
C、to limit the fox population
D、to show off their wealth
答案A
解析 从文章第三段第一句话“People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport”可以看出英国人把猎狐看成是一种娱乐和消遣，因此，[A]为正确答案。由文章第三段可以看出人们“take part in hunting”已经不是为了“the interests of farmers”了，也不是为了控制狐狸的数量，而是成了一项贵族运动，因为参与猎狐的人需要身穿“a special uniform of red coats and white trousers，and follow strict codes of behavior”，由此可见，[B]和[C]都不正确。从文章第三段最后一句“But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive；so most hunters are wealthy”可知，只有“wealthy people”才会拥有马，才会经常参加这种活动，他们不需要“show off”，人们也知道他们很富有，因此， [D]也不是最佳答案。
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