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Animals have Rights Ruling out Their Use in Research? To paraphrase 18th - century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is need
Animals have Rights Ruling out Their Use in Research? To paraphrase 18th - century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is need
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2011-05-15
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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 author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates, scientists should______.
选项
A、communicate more with the public
B、employ hi-tech means in research
C、feel no shame for their cause
D、strive to develop new cures
答案
A
解析
本题有一定难度, 文章第三段指出, 科学家必须将他们的想法传播给公众, 并且要使用富有同情心和通俗易懂的语言, 而不是使用分子生物学的学术术语;要让公众明白动物实验与他们的生活密切相关。第四段又指出, 科学家应该走进中学课堂, 宣传他们的研究成果, 对报刊刊登的读者来信及时做出反应, 科研机构应该对外开放, 让人们参观。所有这些内容综合起来就是A选项“科学家应该与公众更多地交流”。其他B选项“在研究中用高科技手段”。C选项“无需对他们的事业感到耻辱”和D选项“努力开发新的治疗方法”虽然有可能是作者赞同的行为, 但是文章并未提及, 因此都不是答案。
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