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Protests at the use of animals in research have taken a new and fearful character in Britain with the attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of the pre-planted car-bomb.

The research community will rightly be alarmed at these developments, which have two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals. The first need is that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trail. The Defense Research Society has taken the practical step of offering a reward of 10,000 pounds for information leading to those responsible, but past experience is not encouraging. People are unlikely to be tempted by such offers. The professional police will similarly be confronted by the usual problem of finding a needle in a haystack.

That is why the intellectual community in Britain and elsewhere must act more vigorously in its own defense. There are several steps that can be taken, of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared objectives of safeguarding the interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence towards people. And it will not be enough for the chairmen and chairwomen of these organizations to utter placatory statements on behalf of all their members. These people should also undertake that it will be a test of continuing membership in their organizations that members and would be members should declare that they will take no part in acts of violence against human beings. Even such undertakings would not be fully effective: people, after all, can lie. But at least they would distinguish the organizations entitled to a continuing voice in the dialogue with the research community about the rights of animals in research from the organizations that deserve no say.

单选题 The words “these developments” (Line l, Para. 2) most probably refer to _____.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据题干关键词“these developments”可定位至文章第二段首句，非限制定语从句“which have two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals”在此处修饰 “these developments”，再联系上一段提到的“由于民众反对动物活体实验的声音日益高涨，两名科学家因为预先安放的汽车炸弹遇害”。由此可知，此处代指的是那些试图以暴力方式迫害科学家以表示他们对动物活体实验的抗议的行为。所以，正确答案为A选项。

单选题 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据文章第一段“Protests at the use of animals in research have taken a new and fearful character … terrorist technique of the pre-planted car-bomb”，句中的“fearful”一词已经暗示了此次汽车炸弹事件给科研工作者带来的巨大恐慌心理，对应题目中的C选项。根据文章第二段第二句提到的“The professional police will similarly be confronted by the usual problem of finding a needle in a haystack”，作者在此处只是想强调找到相关嫌疑人的难度不亚于大海捞针，但作者并没有表明警方已经因为难度过大而放弃了追捕凶手的任务，故A选项表述与事实不符，可排除。 B、 D选项中的表述在文章中均没有体现，由此可排除。因此，正确答案为C选项。

单选题 The author’s purpose in writing his article is to demand that animal-protecting organizations_____.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】阅读全文可知，文章前两段都是在描述发生在英国的一起汽车炸弹事件致使两名科学家丧生这一事故发生的背景，当局采取解决措施以及影响。第三段为文章中心段落，主要论述了那些动物保护协会应当采取的措施。该段第四句提到“… members and would be members should declare that they will take no part in acts of violence against human beings”，从而可知，作者在此处谴责了那些假借保护动物之名实施暴力行径的行为。 B选项表述符合题意，为正确答案。

单选题 In the author’s opinion _____.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】作者在文章第三段首句提出“That is why the intellectual community in Britain and elsewhere must act more vigorously in its own defense”，也就是说，面对那些以暴力形式反抗动物活体实验的行为，英国的科学家们应该全力反击，维护自身权益。 D选项表述符合题意，为正确答案。根据文章最后一段倒数第一和第二两句可知， A选项表述与事实不符，可排除。 B、 C选项属于无中生有，亦可排除。因此，正确答案为D选项。