Over450wildhorseshavebeenkilledinNevada．Thelandtheywereonbelongedtothe government．Somepeoplesayitisworsethanwhenallthebuffaloes（美国野牛）werekilled．Manyofthehorseswereshotwhilerunning

Wildhorsesareprotectedbylaw．Twenty-eightthousandhorsessharethelandwithsixmil—lioncattle．Cattlemensaythehorsesarecrowdingthecattleout．Itissaidthattherewasarangewargoingon，inwhichthecattleandthehorsesfoughtforlargerareas，becauseboththecattleandhorsesneedthewaterandgrassthatisontheland．

ThepresidentoftheNevadacattlemangroupalsohelpstoprotectthehorses．Hesaysthathe doesriotlikewhatishappeningtothehorses．Hedoeswantthegovernmenttohelpkeepthenumberherofhorsesnow．

Somepeoplethinkthearmyusedthewildhorsesfortarget（靶子）practice．Pilotsflyover theareawherethehorseswerefound．Thearmysaysthattheydonotlettheirpilotsdothat．The horseswerefoundfarfromthenearestroad．Thekillingshappenedoveralargearea．．Ithasbeen happeningforthelasttwoyears．

Somepeoplethinkthatthehorsesshouldbegottenridof．Othersthinkthattheyshouldstay．Inthemeantime，thepolicewilltrytofigureoutwhodidit．

1．Itcallbeinferredfromthefirstparagraphthatatacertaintimeinthepast_____．

A．peopletriedtokeepasmanyhorsesaspossible

B．buffaloescausedmanydisastersinNorthernAmerica

C．peopleneverlikedwildhorses

D．manybuffaloeswerekilledbypeople

2．Whyistherearangewar?

A．Therangerswerecalledintohelpagainstthewar．

B．thecattlemendonotlikewhatthecattlearedoing．

C．Therefiretoomanyanimalssharingonepartofland．

D．Somehunterskilledhorsesfortheirmeat．

3．Accordingtowhatthearmy．said，sofaras．thekiltingofthewildhorses，isconcerned，_____．

A．theyonlykillwildhorsesfortarotpractice

B．thecattlemendidn’tunderstandwhatthepilotsdid

C．theyneverusedthewildhorsesforthearmypurpose

D．theyarethepeoplewhohaveprotectedthewildhorses

4．HowdoestheNevadacattlemen’sgroupfeelaboutthekillings?

A．Theyfeelthehorsesshoul