1、HuntingThe days of the hunter are almost over in India.This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill,and partly because some steps have been taken,mainly by banning tiger-shooting,to protect those animals which still survive.Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter.I disagre
2、e with this view.Surely out earliest fordfathers,who at forst possessed no weapons,spent their time digging for roots,and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinkds people will adminre his courage in overpower
3、ing dangerous animals.Of course,there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing,and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countrysidel.There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and
4、risk death by design;these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers,even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat.I can respect reasons like these,but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.The greatest big-game hunters expres
5、sed in their writings something of these finer motives(动机).One of them wrote.“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animals own territory(领地)。You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day.This is better than letting him grow a few yea
6、rs older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten,half alive,by other animals,Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing not if you respect the thing you kill,not if you kill to enrich your memories,not if you kill to feed your people.”I can understand such beliefs,and can co
7、mpare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail.But this is very different from many tigershoots I have seen,in which modern weapons were used.The socalled hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants.Such methods made tigers
8、 seem no more dangerous than rabbits.72.Theere is no more hunting in India now partly because_.A.it is dangerous to hunt thereB.hunting is already out of dateC.hunters want to protect animalsD.there are few animals left to hunt73.The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly_.A.to make the countrysid
9、e safeB.to earn peoples admirationC.to gain power and influenceD.to improve their health74.What do we learn about the big-game hunters?A.They hunt old animalsB.They mistreat animalsC.They hunt for foodD.They hunt for money75.What is the authors view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?A.Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-faceB.Modern hunters should use more advanced weaponsC.Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigersD.Modern hunters should put their safety first答案 72.D 73.B 74.C 75.A
