Hunting
The 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 disagree with this view.Surely our earliest forefathers,who at first 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 thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering 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 countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and 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 expressed in their writings something of these finer motives. One of them wrote.
“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal’s own territory. You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years 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 compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger-shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The so-called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits.
D B A
答案详解：
1.Theere is no more hunting in India now partly because___.
A.it is dangerous to hunt there
B.hunting is already out of date
C.hunters want to protect animals
D.there are few animals left to hunt
选D。现在印度已经没有捕猎了，一部分因为？
原文第一段很清楚地交代了两部分原因：1.是没有动物捕了。2.印度采取了措施。看选项，D符合。
2.The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly____.
A.to make the countryside safe
B.to earn people’s admiration
C.to gain power and influence
D.to improve their health
选B。作者认为，现代捕猎者的主要捕猎动机是？
文中说了很多捕猎者的动机，但是是作者的想法的只有一句，那就是第三段第一句：I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals.找到了原文，再看选项哪一个比较符合，明显是B。
3.What is the author’s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?
A.Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face
B.Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons
C.Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers
D.Modern hunters should put their safety first
选A。对于作者看到的老虎射击，他有什么看法？
文章最后一段提到作者看到的老虎射击，作者的一句评论是：Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits. 用这样的手段捕猎，老虎似乎还没有兔子危险。意思就是这样的捕猎方法没有体现出捕猎者的勇气，也就是捕猎者们害怕和猎物面对面较量。所以答案选A。
全文翻译：
捕猎
在印度，捕猎者的时代几乎已经结束。一部分原因是，实际上没有剩下什么可以捕的，另一部分因为印度已经采取了一些措施来保护存活至今的动物们，主要是靠禁止枪击老虎。
有人说人类天生就是捕猎者。我不同意这个观点。我们的祖先起初没有任何武器，只好挖草根生存，可以肯定也毫无疑问的是他们自己也常常成为肉食动物的猎物。
我认为，现代捕猎者捕猎的主要原因就是他认为人们会因为他制服危险动物的勇气而崇拜他。当然，有人的确认为杀戮不是捕猎最重要的，而最大的满足就是捕猎的乐趣和野外乡村的美景。也有一些人捕猎是为了证明自己，并精心计划，冒险去杀生，这些人追逐例如老虎这样的危险动物，纵然他们是打着为乡村解除威胁的旗号去的。我会尊敬这样的借口，但是这借口显然和捕猎者们增强自尊心的需要大不相同。
最伟大的大猎物捕猎者们在他们的写作中表达了这些良性动机。其中一位这样写道：
“你应该尊敬你追逐的目标，并在它的领地上干净利落地射击。在你心里，你应该永远牢记这奇妙的一天。相比让它们再多活几年，然后被它们自己的孩子袭击或伤害，最后在将死之时被其他动物捕食，这样（杀了它们）好多了。只要你尊重你的捕猎对象，只要你杀生是为了丰富自己的记忆，只要你是为了人民而杀害动物，那么捕猎就不是一种残酷且毫无意义的杀戮。”
我能理解这样的信念，这让我想到了那些用矛捕猎狮子并勇敢地从尾巴抓住它的捕猎者们。但是这和我曾经见到的许多老虎枪击法可大不相同。那所谓的“捕猎者”利用现代武器，从大树上或者经过训练的大象背上向老虎射击。用这样的手段捕猎，老虎看起来还没有兔子危险。
词汇短语：
forefather 祖先，祖宗
overpower 制服，击败
rid 使摆脱, 解除…的负担, 从…中清除,摆脱,从…中解脱
opinion 这里有“好评，尊重”的意思，文章引申为：强烈的自尊心
motive 动机, 目的
territory （个人、群体、动物等占据的）领域，管区，地盘
senseless 愚蠢的，无意义的
spear 矛, 枪, 鱼叉
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