04-11年江苏高考英语--真题解析版(16)

and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting the harmless

and beautiful creatures. The gunners like to describe what they do as

character-building, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy. If, as they would have you believe, gun-carrying

and killing improve human-character, then perhaps we should encourage war.

72. According to the text, most people do not seem to be against hunting

because___________.

A. they have little knowledge of it B. it helps to build human character C. it is too costly to stop killing wildlife D. they want to keep wildlife

under control

73. The underlined word "agony" in the last paragraph probably means______________.

A. form B. Condition C. pain D. sadness

74. According to the text, the films children watch at school actually__________.

A. teach them how to deal with guns safely

B. praise hunting as character-building

C. describe hunting as an exercise

D. encourage them to have guns of their own

75. It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to_____________.

A. blame the majority of people B. worry about the existence of wildlife C. be in favour of war D. be in support of character-building

解析:

72．A 解析：事实细节题，根据第四段。

73．C 解析：词义猜测题，从全句看，应是“把动物杀伤并且看着它垂死挣扎着的痛苦不会

让人快乐”，根据关键词wound与dying可知，应为痛苦之意，故选C。

74．D 解析：事实细节题根据第二段最后两句，孩子在学校所接触的动作电影激发了孩子拥

有枪支的欲望，故选D。

75．B 解析：推理判断题，作者认为把打猎看作一种运动是错误的，并且论述了当前人们对

此事的认识程度，进而提出了为此而担忧，特别是最后还提到或许我们应该鼓励战争，故选

B。