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阅读理解每天一练(17)
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Passage 17
Since 1975 advocates of humane treatment of animals have broadened their goals to oppose the use of animals for fur,leather,wool,and food.They have mouned protests against all forms of hunting and the trapping of animals in the wild.And they have joined environmentalists in urging protection of natural habitats from commercial or residential development.The occasion for these added emphases was the publication in 1975 of “Animal Liberation: A New Ethics
for Our Tr eatment of Animals” by Peter Singer,formerly a professor of philosophy at Oxford University in England.This book gave a new impetus to the animal rights movement. The post1975 animal rights activists are far more vocal than their predecessors,and the organizations to which they belong are generally more radical.Many new organization are formed.The tactics of the activists are designed to catch the attention of the public.Since the mid1980s there have been frequent newsreports about animal right organizations picketing stores that sell furs,haras
sing hunters in the wild,or breaking into laboratories to free animals.Some of the more extreme organizations advocate the use of assault,armed terrorism,and death threats to make their point. Aside from making isolated attacks on people who wear fur coats or trying to prevent hunters from killing animals,most of the organizations have directed their tactics at institutions.The results of the protests and other tactics have been mixed.Companies are reducing reliance on animal testing.Medical research has been somewhat curtailed by legal restrictions and the reluctance of younger workers to use animals in research.New tests have been developed to
replace the use of animals.Some wellknown designers have stopped using fur.
While the general public tends to agree that animals should be treated humanely,most people are unlikely to give up eating meat or wearing goods made from leather and wool.Giving up genuine fur has become less of a problem,since fibers used to make fake fur such as the Japanese invention Kanecaron can look almost identical to real fur. Some of the strongest opposition to the animal rights movement has come from hunters and their organizations.But animal rights activists have succeeded in marshaling public opinion to press for state restrictions on hunting in several
parts of the nation.

1.1975 was an important year in the history of animal treatment because
A) many people began to call for humane treatment of animals that year
B) a new book was published that broadened the animal rights movement
C) the environmentalists began to show interest in animal protection
D) the trapping of animals began to go wild all through the world
2.Some animal rights organizations advocate the use of extreme means in order to .
A) wipe out cruel people
B) stop using animals in the laboratory
C) attack hunters in the wild
D) catch full public attention
3.When the author says that “the results of the protests and other tacti
cs have been mixed” (in Para.3),he means the protest and other tactics .
A) have produced desired effects
B) almost amounted to nothing
C) have some influence on the public
D) have proved to be too radical
4.The word “marshaling” (in the last paragraph) probably means
A) conducting B) popularizing
C) changing D) outraging
5.It seems that the author of this article .
A) is strongly opposed to the animal rights movement
B) is in favor of the animal rights movement
C) supports the use of violence in animal protection
D) hates the use of fake fur for clothes
语言注释
1.mount vt.发动 mount protest意为“发起抗议”
2.commercial or residential development 指商用建筑、普通住宅开发

3.The occasion for these added emphases was the publication…
受到新的关注的起因是……的出版
4.The post1975 animal rights activists are far more vocal than their pr edecessors… 1975年后的动物权利保护者的呼声比他们的前人更高……
5.picket 派出纠察员，在示威期间设置一个或几个纠察队
6.make their point 说服别人赞同自己的观点
7.curtail v.限制
8.…marshaling public opinion to press for state restrictions on
hunting in several parts of the nation ……
引导公众舆论，强烈要求国家限制在某些地区狩猎。press for意为“迫切要求”。
答案
1.B
本文为细节题。文章第一段中点明，1975年《动物的自由：与动物相处的新道德观》一
书的出版成为动物保护运动发展过程中的一个重大事件(The occasion for these
added emphases was the publication in 1975 of…）此书的出版大大地推动了保护动物权利运动。故正确答案为B。

2.D
本题为细节题。第二段中例举了动物权利保护者为达目的而使用的种种暴力手段。所有
这些例子都为了说明一个问题：引起公众的关注(The tactics of the activists are des
igned to catch the attention of the public)。故正确答案为D。

3.C
本题是事实归纳题。从文中第三段可知，公司不再完全利用动物做试验，利用动物进
行医学研究的行为也受到了法律的约束，甚至一些著名的时装设计师不再用皮革制作时装等。从这些可以看出，动物权利保护者的种种努力还是取得了一定的效果。故正确答案为C。

4.A
本题是词汇题。从But animal rights activists have succeeded in
marshaling p
ublic opinion to press for state restrictions on hunting in several
parts of the nation一句中可推知，marshal意为“引导”。故正确答案为A。

5.B
本题要求考生准确把握作者的态度。文中作者虽然没有明确表达自己的态度，但是从文中的措辞可以看出作者对此持肯定的态度。特别是在文章结尾提到“But animal
rights ac tivists have succeeded in marshaling public opinion to…”清楚地表达了作者赞同的态度。故正确答案为B。

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