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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.
From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is______.
选项 A、a well - known humanist
B、a medical practitioner
C、an enthusiast in animal rights
D、a supporter of animal research
答案D
解析 本题有一定难度, 文章最后一段提到, 斯蒂芬-库柏是一个名人(well-known personality), 他勇敢地肯定了动物研究的价值。从文中所给的信息, 我们无法判断他是不是A选项“著名的人文主义者”或B选项“医疗工作者”, 但是我们可以肯定他不是C选项“动物权利热衷者”, 因为他认为动物研究是有价值的。只有D选项“动物研究的支持者”是符合文意的, 因而是答案。
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