答案　D

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　A

　　These days，there are very few wild animals left in the UK.The wolves have gone.The bears have been hunted to extinction.Fortunately，there are a few badgers(獾)．..oh，well，actually，not for long as the British government have just decided to kill them too！But why?

　　Badgers are fascinating nocturnal(夜间活动的)creatures，living underground.They're extremely brave，fighting off larger animals such as bears and wolves.The problem is that some badgers carry“bovine tuberculosis”(bTB)—an infectious disease caused by the bacterium M．bovis which can cause TB in some other animals，including cattle.For farmers，this is a serious issue，because they usually keep a large number of cows together to raise.In 1998 in the UK，almost 6,000 cows were killed to control the disease.And in 2010，more than 30,000 animals were destroyed.Bovine TB costs the UK about ￡100 million per year.And some believe that the disease could end up costing the economy ￡9 billion over the next 40 years if nothing is done about it.

　　Experts say that badgers are responsible for about 50% of the infected cattle.So，after much debate，the government has agreed to kill badgers.

　　Of course，many are against the measure.They claim that killing the badgers in controlled zones wouldn't work because badgers from neighboring areas would simply move in and become infected too.Furthermore，the number of cattle in one spot is usually very large.They believe that the way cattle_are_raised_intensively，and transported around to lots of different farms during their lives is probably the biggest cause of the spread of the disease.

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