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Animals have Rights Ruling out Their Use in Research? To paraphrase 18th - century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is need

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问题             Animals have Rights Ruling out Their Use in Research?
    To paraphrase 18th - century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
    For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals—no meat, no fur, no medicines. Asked if she opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, "Then I would have to say yes." Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don’t worry, scientists will find some way of using computers." Such well -meaning people just don’t understand.
    Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way—in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother’s hip replacement, a father’s bypass operation, a baby’s vaccinations, and even a pet’s shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst.     Much can be done. Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care. Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well - known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing, there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.
The example of the grandmotherly woman is used to show the public’s______.
选项 A、discontent with animal research
B、ignorance about medical science
C、indifference to epidemics
D、anxiety about animal rights
答案B
解析 本题有一定难度, 文章第一段谈到公众被误导而对医学实验有误解, 第三段又指出科学家应该多与公众交流, 让他们懂得医学实验的利害关系。言外之意人们对医学实验的过程和意义知道得太少, 作者举出的最明显的例子就是那位老奶奶。用她的话说, 就是, “如果瘟疫来了, 科学家将用计算机找到一种对付它的办法”, 这表明了“公众对医学科学的无知”。正因为如此, 作者呼吁科学家采取行动。因此B选项“公众对医学科学的无知”是举例要说明的内容。其他A选项“公众对动物实验的不满”、C选项“公众对瘟疫漠不关心”和D选项“公众对动物权利的忧虑”虽然都可以说是老奶奶对医学实验误解的具体表现, 但是却偏离主题, 不是作者要证实的观点。
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