单选题 A study has been conducted on public opinion on the use of animals in research. Most—7 in 10—Swedes indicate that the use of animals in research is acceptable for medical research aimed at finding cures for diseases. Young people are most negative.
The findings indicate that although most people spontaneously think of medical research when they hear the term "animal experiments", many respondents also associate it with makeup and hygiene products. 3 in 10 respondents believe that cosmetics are tested on animals in Sweden, even though this has been banned since 2004.
Among the 30% of respondents who find animal experiments to be unacceptable in medical research aimed at finding cures for disease, nearly one third respond that some animal experiments could, nevertheless, be acceptable in certain situations.
The survey shows that 7 in 10 Swedes can accept the use of animals in medical research if its aim is to acquire more knowledge about diseases and how they can be prevented and cured. This ratio is the same as that reported in a 1992 study, when attitudes of Swedes towards laboratory animals were last measured.
Vetenskap & Allm ? nhet (Public and Science) has conducted the study on behalf of the Swedish Research Council. The opinion survey describes how the public views the use of laboratory animals, both in general and in relation to medical objectives. A sample including just over 1000 individuals representing the national Swedish population aged 16 years and older was surveyed in January 2008. Some of the questions were given only to part of the group.
单选题 Which statement is true, concerned about the study?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 第3段提到的30%中的1/3受访者在特定情况下可以接受动物实验,加上第1段提到的70%认同动物实验的受访者,一共有80%的受访者对动物实验表示不同程度的认可,由此可见,本题应选B。
单选题 The study may most probably indicate that ______ towards animal use in lab.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 第4段最后一句表明相隔十几年的两次调查的结果很相似,由此可以推断,瑞典人对动物实验的态度十几年来保持稳定,因此,本题应选C。原文只有在第1段提到了年轻受访者的看法,但没有将他们的看法做对比,因此A的比较没有原文依据;原文根本没有提到“老年人”的观点,B属于无中生有;原文也没有就各个年龄段的看法做比较,因此D不正确。
单选题 Vetenskap & Allm ? nhet carried out the study ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 第1段第1句中的public opinion和最后一段第2句中的public views都表明这次调查是为了反映公众的态度,C的public consensus与public opinion同义,因此,C为本题答案。本文在一开始和最后一段都指出了本次调查的目的,没有提到与“商业”有关的内容,因此A不正确;B中的animals和D中的medical等词在原文提到过,但这些都不是本次调查的目的,原文也没有提及本次调查带着这些目的。