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话题类别：医疗场景

文章大意：本文讲述的的是动物被用于实验的问题。

考题解析：NO.26提问What does the passage say about most mice used for experiments？大多数老鼠被用于实验；NO.27提问Why does the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed？为什么那些所谓的坏老鼠会被捕杀和毁灭；NO.28提问When else mice be killed without prior or approval？还有哪些情况下老鼠不经过批准的情况下就被捕杀；NO.29询问Why does the speaker say that Hersac at home is ironic？为什么说H呆在家是具有讽刺意味的。

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原文：

The university of Tennessee is Walter’s life science building, is the marble animal facility, spotlessly clean, carefully obtaining prior approval for experiments animal care committee.

Of the 15,000 mice house there in a typical year, most give their lives for humanity. These are good mince, and as such warrant the protection of the animal care committee. And any given time. However, some mice escape and run free. These mice are pests. They can destruct experiments with the bacteria organisms they carry. They are bad mice, and must be captured and destroyed. Usually, this is accomplished by means of sticky traps. A kind of fly paper, on which they become increasingly stuck. But the real point of this cautionary tale is that the animal behaviorist Hersac, is that the labels we put on things affect our moral responses to them. Using stick traps, or the more deadly snap traps would be deemed unacceptable for the good mice. Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval. Once the research animal hits the floor, and becomes an escape, say Hersac. Its moral standing is instantly diminished. In Hersac’s own home there was a more ironic example, when his young son’s miles Miley died recently, it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in the garden. Yet even as they more and Wiley, says Hersac. He and his wife were setting snap traps to kill the pest mile in their kitchen. With the bare changes and labels from pet to pest, the kitchen mice attained a totally different moral status.

26. What does the passage say about most mice used for experiments？

27. Why does the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed？

28. When else mice be killed without prior or approval？

29. Why does the speaker say that Hersac at home is ironic？

2011年12月六级passage 2

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here , who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter. the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there’s a New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York and quest of something. Of these three trembling cities, the greatest is the last, the city of final destination. The city that is a goal. It is a start’s city that accounts for New York’s high strong disposition. It’s dedication to the arts and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its title restlessness. Natives give its solidity and continuity. But the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum; or a young girl arriving from a small town in Misiippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors; or a boy arriving from the corn belt with a manual script in his suitcase and a pain in his heart. It makes no difference. Each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love. Each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventure. Each generates heat and light to dwarf consolidated Edison company

Passage 3

“If you ask me television is unhealthy.” I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room. “While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat. Your complexion is fading. And your eyesight is being ruined.” “Shhh!” Walter put his finger to his lips: “This is an intriguing murder mystery.” “Really?” I replied, “But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box and people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system.” “Aha. I kind of see your point.” Walter said softly:”But see, the woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about a murder that was committed one hundred years ago.” Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument:”As I see it, I explained. Not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality, from nature, from other people, from life itself.” I was confident in my ability to persuade. After a short silence, my roommate said:”Anyway, I’ve been planning to watch the football game. I’m going to change the channel.” Don’t touch that dial, I shouted:“I want to find out how the mystery turns out.” I’m not sure I got my point to cross.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?

Q34. What does the speaker say about watching TV?

Q35. What can we say about the speaker?

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