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  3. To paraphrase 18th century statesman Edmund Burke, all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people d

To paraphrase 18th century statesman Edmund Burke, all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people d

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问题     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 cruelly 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 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’s 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 ac quire 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.
选项 A、call on scientists to take some actions.
B、criticize the misguided cause of animal rights.
C、warn of the doom of biomedical research.
D、show the triumph of the animal rights movement.
答案A
解析 题目要求考生判断作者在文章开头引用Edmund Burke原话的用意。Edmund Burke的话中谈到误导之所以得逞就是好人不采取行动，而作者在下文又提到"Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates"，因此作者强调的是要采取行动，所以作者引语的目的是号召好人(科学家)对这些动物权利倡导者给予有力的还击，故选项A是作者引言的目的。文章强调的是采取行动的必要性而并没有明确地"criticize the misguided cause of animal rights"，故排除B；C项"警告生物医学研究的命运"是脱离了引文用意的想当然；D项"展示动物权利运动的胜利"也明显与作者意图不符，而且文中也没有动物权利运动已取得胜利的依据。
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