听力原文:M: How is your father, Mary? The last time I came to see you, you ware about to take him to the hospital.
W: He came home last week. The operation was very successful. The doctor said he'd almost recovered and could get back to work next week.
Q: What did the woman say about her father?
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A. He is still being treated in the hospital.
B. He'll rest home for another two weeks.
C. He has had an operation.
D. He returned to work last week.
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Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small doglike 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 (冲突) 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 be come 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.
Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes ______.
A. for recreation
B. to limit the fox population
C. in the interests of the farmers
D. to show of their wealth
The Association of Chief Police Officers attributes the problem of Road Rage to media interest and reporting.
A. Y
B. N
C. NG
听力原文:W: It's a small wonder that Mike got the sack, for he always idles about and makes trouble here and there.
M: And everybody says it serves him right.
Q: Why wa8 Mike dismissed?
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A. He is lazy and makes trouble all the time.
B. He achieves nothing and is jealous of others.
C. He's too particular about his work.
D. He's very arbitrary and is a disgust.
The survey on Road Rage carried out by the RAC is very thorough.
A. Y
B. N
C. NG