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Inanidealworld,peoplewouldnottestmedicinesonanimals.Suchexperimentsarestressfulandsometimespainfulforanimals,andexpensiveandtime–consumingforpeople.Yetanimalexperimentationisstillneededtohelpbridgevastgapsi
更新时间:2025-06-05 23:46:54 专题:英语
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Inanidealworld,peoplewouldnottestmedicinesonanimals.Suchexperimentsarestressfulandsometimespainfulforanimals,andexpensiveandtime–consumingforpeople.Yetanimalexperimentationisstillneededtohelpbridgevastgapsinmedicalknowledge.Thatiswhytherearesome50to100millionanimalsusedinresearcharoundtheworldeachyear.
Europe,onthewhole,hastheworld’smostrestrictivelawsonanimalexperiments.Evenso,itsscientistsusesome12millionanimalsayear,mostofthemmiceandrats,formedicalresearch.Officialstatisticsshowthatjust1.1millionanimalsareusedinresearchinAmericaeachyear.Butthatismisleading.TheAmericanauthoritiesdonotthinkmiceandratsareworthcountingand,asthesearethemostcommonlaboratoryanimals,thetruefigureismuchhigher.JapanandChinahaveevenlesscomprehensivedatathanAmerica.
NowEuropeisreformingtherulesgoverninganimalexperimentsbyrestrictingthenumberofanimalsusedinlabs.Alternativestoanimaltesting,suchasusinghumantissueorcomputermodels,arenowstronglyrecommended.Inaddition,sharingallresearchresultsfreelyshouldhelptoreducethenumberofanimalsforscientificuse.Atpresent,scientistsoftenshareonlytheresultsofsuccessfulexperiments.Iftheirfindingsdonotfitthehypothesisbeingtested,theworkneverseesthelightofday.Thispracticemeanswastingtime,money,andanimals’livesinendlesslyrepeatingthefailedexperiments.
Animalexperimentationhastaughthumanityagreatdealandsavedcountlesslives.Itneedstocontinue,evenifthatmeansanimalssometimessuffer.Europe’snewmeasuresshouldeventuallybothreducethenumberofanimalsusedinexperimentsandimprovethewayinwhichscientificresearchisconducted.
小题1:Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A.Thesuccessofanimalexperimentsshouldbeensured.
B.Abanontheuseofanimalsinthelabshouldbeenforced.
C.Greatereffortsneedtobetakentoreducethenumberoflabanimals.
D.Scientistsshouldberequiredtosharetheirresearchresultswitheachother.
小题2:Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutanimalsusedinthelab?

焦炳旺回答:   小题1:C小题2:D小题3:B小题4:A   

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