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Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused (控告)of killing farm animals. They are officially considered as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.

Farmers can do call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population . Hunting consists of hunting 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 (估计) that up to 100 000 people watch or take part in fox hunting . But over the last couple of decades the number of people against fox hunting because they think it is cruel has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to succeed without some kind of confrontation between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻拦者）. Sometimes these incidents lead to violence but mostly saboteurs fight with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the search 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 hunting 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 pass 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.

33. 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 happens.

   C. The hunters have set rules to follow.

   D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

34. A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ________

   A. keep farmers from hunting foxes.

   B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs.

   C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

   D. prevent fox hunting in large numbers

35. Which can replace the underlined word in paragraph 4?

   A. reunion(联合)          B. conversation(对话)              C. conflict(冲突)       D. relationship

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