题目内容：

    The 5-year-old mountain lion, P-45, has managed to cross busy roads safely, has avoided rat poison and has successfully claimed his territory (领地) under all challenges that have hindered other members of the mountain lion population in the Santa Monica Mountain. His deadly mistake, however, was doing what mountain lions naturally do so well: killing and eating.

Over the weekend, P-45 apparently broke into two farms, killing 10 alpacas(羊驼) at one property and a goat and an alpaca at the other. P-45 was identified as the criminal by a tracking device he wears.

It’s illegal to hunt mountain lions in California thanks to 1990’s Proposition 117, but the rule included an exception for residents whose livestock is killed by a lion. And on Nov. 28, the owner of the 10 dead alpacas requested and received a special “depredation permit” (掠夺许可)to hire a hunter to kill P-45. The 10-day permit allows the hunter to cover a 10-mile range around the farm in search of the lion. Hunters often attract the lion with a deer.

The farmer owner is within her legal rights to have the lion killed. But killing P-45 is not the answer, especially when he is one of the few adult male mountain lions in an isolated population that is at risk of extinction.

Of course, people should be allowed to protect themselves and their children if a mountain lion attacks. But the law that allows the issuance of the depredation permit essentially gives the livestock owner the right to decide whether the lion should live or die. There is no evaluation by wildlife official as to whether the lion poses a further threat to humans or animals.

Los Angeles residents are lucky to live near wild, open spaces large enough to sustain mountain lions. Surely there is a better way to manage the conflicts that arise when humans and their domestic animals move into areas that have long served as habitat for wildlife.

1.What does the underlined word “hindered” refer to in the first paragraph?

A.blocked. B.killed.

C.protected. D.surrounded.

2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A.Lions feed only on deer.

B.P-45 will be killed on Nov. 28.

C.P-45 will be found10 miles around the farm in 10 days.

D.Lions in California can not be hunted at will.

3.What will probably be the result if P-45 is killed?

A.Residents can live with lions peacefully.

B.The mountain lion’s situation will probably be worsened.

C.The conflict between man and lions can be solved.

D.Lions will not be a further threat to humans or animals.

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the “depredation permit”?

A.Objective. B.Supportive.

C.Opposed. D.Uninterested.