Foxesandfarmershavenevergotonwell.Thesesmalldog-likeanimalshavelongbeenaccused(控告)ofkillingfarmanimals.Theyareofficiallyconsideredasharmfulandfarmerstrytokeeptheirnumbersdownbyshootingorpoisoningthem.

Farmerscandocallontheservicesoftheirlocalhunttocontrolthefoxpopulation.Huntingconsistsofhuntingafoxacrossthecountrysidewithagroupofspeciallytraineddogsfollowedbymenandwomenridinghorses.Whenthedogseventuallycatchthefoxtheykillitorahuntershootsit.

Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofitasasport;theywearaspecialuniformofredcoatsandwhitetrousersandfollowstrictcodesofbehavior.Butowningahorseandhuntingregularlyisexpensivesomosthuntersarewealthy.

Itisestimated(估计)thatupto100000peoplewatchortakepartinfoxhunting.Butoverthelastcoupleofdecadesthenumberofpeopleagainstfoxhuntingbecausetheythinkitiscruelhasrisensharply.Nowadaysitisrareforahunttosucceedwithoutsomekindofconfrontationbetweenhuntersandhuntsaboteurs（阻拦者）.Sometimestheseincidentsleadtoviolencebutmostlysaboteursfightwiththehuntbymisleadingridersanddisturbingthesearchofthefox’ssmellwhichthedogsfollow.

Noisyconfrontationsbetweenhuntersandsaboteurshavebecomesocommonthattheyarealmostasmuchapartofhuntingasthehuntingoffoxesitself.Butthisyearsupportersoffoxhuntingfaceamuchbiggerthreattotheirsport.ALabourPartyMemberoftheParliamentMikeFosteristryingtogetParliamenttopassanewlawwhichwillmakethehuntingofwildanimalswithdogsillegal.IfthelawispassedwildanimalslikefoxeswillbeprotectedunderthebaninBritain.

33.WhatisspecialaboutfoxhuntinginBritain?

A.Itinvolvestheuseofadeadlypoison.

B.Itisacostlyeventwhichrarelyhappens.

C.Thehuntershavesetrulestofollow.

D.Thehuntershavetogothroughstricttraining.

34.AnewlawmaybepassedbytheBritishParliamentto________

A.keepfarmersfromhuntingfoxes.

B.forbidhuntingfoxeswithdogs.

C.stophuntingwildanimalsinthecountryside

D.preventfoxhuntinginlargenumbers

35.Whichcanreplacetheunder