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.

　　46. The author begins his article with Edmund Burke's words to

　　[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

　　[解题思路]

　　本题的对应信息在文章第一段，Edmund Burke的原话为“all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing”(受错误思想引导的事业要想取得胜利，只需好人袖手旁观)。文章进而在该段第三句话中提出主题，即“Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care”(科学家应该对动物权利鼓吹者做出有力的回应，因为他们的言论混淆了公众的视听，从而威胁到卫生知识和医疗服务的进步)，也就是说，科学家们受到了人们的误解，他们应该做出一些行动来反击那些动物权利倡导者。D选型很显然不是科学家们希望看到的，因而可以排除。C选项所言过于悲观，文章并没有指出生物医学研究已面临doom，而B选项有一定的迷惑性，但是文中并没有认为科学家应该批判那些动物权利倡导者，只是指出了后者的无知。

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