The use of animals in medical research

By Rosamund Place | August 15, 2007

See if you can pinpoint in which paragraph (or none) the following statements are implied or expressed:

 

1. [Multiple choice]

Experiments on apes and monkeys are still allowed in some countries.

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. Not said.
  • 2. In paragraph 1.
  • 3. In paragraph 2. (correct)
  • 4. In paragraph 3.

2. [Multiple choice]

Some people argue that using animals in medical research is essential.

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. Not said.
  • 2. In the first paragraph.
  • 3. In the second paragraph.
  • 4. In the third paragraph. (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

When testing drugs for humans mice and rats may be used less in the future than monkeys and apes.

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. Nowhere in the passage.
  • 2. In paragraph one.
  • 3. In paragraph two. (correct)
  • 4. In paragraph three.

4. [Multiple choice]

The author is convinced animals should not be used in any form of scientific or medical experiments.

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. Not said anywhere. (correct)
  • 2. This is implied in the first paragraph.
  • 3. This is implied in the second paragraph.
  • 4. This is implied in the third paragraph.

5. [Multiple choice]

Apes are much more closely related to humans than rodents are.

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. Not obvious anywhere.
  • 2. This is stated in paragraph 1.
  • 3. This is stated in paragraph 2.
  • 4. This is stated in paragraph 3. (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

Some people consider medical experiments and research on animals should be banned altogether.

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. See paragraph 1.
  • 2. See paragraph 2. (correct)
  • 3. See paragraph 3.
  • 4. I can’t find this anywhere.

7. [Multiple choice]

Animals carrying human protein genes illustrate how humans react to illnesses and diseases.

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. I realise this is true, but it isn’t stated in the passage.
  • 2. I noticed this in paragraph 1. (correct)
  • 3. I definitely read this in the second paragraph.
  • 4. I think the third paragraph makes this point clear.

8. [Multiple choice]

In general members of the public support scientists’ research and methods as being necessary.

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. This point is evident in paragraph 3. (correct)
  • 2. This point is evident in paragraph 2.
  • 3. This point is evident in paragraph 1.
  • 4. This point is not mentioned.

9. [Multiple choice]

‘Remodelling’ some animals made them useful in the fight to prevent illness in humans.

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. This is a straight lift from paragraph one. (correct)
  • 2. I read this in paragraph two.
  • 3. I didn’t see this point made when I read the text.
  • 4. Paragraph three implies this is the case.

10. [Multiple choice]

Codes of ethics concerning the use of animals in experiments are very stringent in many countries.

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. Not said. (correct)
  • 2. Paragraph 1.
  • 3. Paragraph 2.
  • 4. Paragraph 3.

11. [Multiple choice]

The whole question of using animals in scientific research is a tricky one.

Answers for Quiz [11].

  • 1. Not in the text.
  • 2. In the first paragraph.
  • 3. In paragraph two.
  • 4. In paragraph three. (correct)

12. [Multiple choice]

There is already a ban on the use of most primates in medical experiments.

Answers for Quiz [12].

  • 1. 3
  • 2. 2 (correct)
  • 3. 1
  • 4. Nowhere.

13. [Multiple choice]

Subjecting humans to the same medical experiments as those carried out on animals would be unsafe.

Answers for Quiz [13].

  • 1. 1
  • 2. 2
  • 3. 3 (correct)
  • 4. Not mentioned in the text.

14. [Multiple choice]

‘Screening’ treatment means preventing or cutting out treatments which are unhelpful.

Answers for Quiz [14].

  • 1. Nowhere here.
  • 2. Saw this in paragraph 1. (correct)
  • 3. Read this in paragraph 3.
  • 4. Found this in paragraph 2.

15. [Multiple choice]

If more experiments could be carried out on rodents, fewer could be carried out on primates.

Answers for Quiz [15].

  • 1. 1
  • 2. 2 (correct)
  • 3. 3
  • 4. 0

16. [Multiple choice]

Scientists concentrate more these days on how organs work, than on how to treat them when diseased.

Answers for Quiz [16].

  • 1. Paragraph 3.
  • 2. Paragraph 2.
  • 3. Paragraph 1. (correct)
  • 4. In none of the paragraphs above.

17. [Multiple choice]

It seems questionable whether the use of animals in all scientific research has been necessary.

Answers for Quiz [17].

  • 1. I think this, but it isn’t said in the text.
  • 2. This is clearly stated in paragraph 1.
  • 3. This point is made clearly in paragraph 2.
  • 4. Paragraph 3 is the source of this statement. (correct)

18. [Multiple choice]

More knowledge about human ailments could mean medical practitioners would choose inappropriate treatment for fewer patients.

Answers for Quiz [18].

  • 1. Not expressed.
  • 2. In paragraph 1. (correct)
  • 3. In paragraph 2.
  • 4. In paragraph 3.
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