WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Some people think that using animals for experimentation purpose is cruel, but other people think that it is necessary for the development of science.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
考题解释
有些人认为把动物用于试验目的很残忍，但是另一些人却认为这对科学的发展是必要的。请讨论这两种观点并给出自己的观点。
关键词 experimentation 实验;试验
cruel 残忍的
考题分析 本题讨论的话题是是否可以拿动物作试验。考题中有两种观点，分别是支持和反对。因为提问中有明确的“discuss both views”的指令，因此两种观点都必须讨论到。最后的观点可以采取折衷的方案，即动物是否可以用来试验应该取决于试验的性质或者动物的种类等。
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范文
A chimpanzee is perhaps the animal most closely related to humans; but instead of treating the animal with love and respect, we subject it to cruel and inhumane scientific and medical experiments to further human development. What a cruel fate for the unfortunate chimpanzee. Or perhaps, in life as in the jungle it is survival of the fittest, and so, as the most intelligent animal we are just exercising our right to dominate and use other animals as we wish.
For many people the issue of using animals for science is black and white; either very pro-animal rights, or very much in favour of using animals since we are the highest level creature. On the one hand, some people say that subjecting animals to pain and torture is truly barbaric; higher-level animals share with us feelings, thoughts and behaviors and so we should look after them and respect them. They may also feel that if we are so unsure about the effects of a drug for example then we should do further chemical testing before doing live and sometimes cruel animal testing.
Others, however, believe that we must use animals for the benefit of our own species (humans); to test drugs, cosmetics and new developments in science which will provide a safer and better lifestyle for us. Very few people are inherently cruel, but they still believe it is either them or us; it is better to test the drugs on a monkey rather than on a person.
Being cruel for the sake of being cruel and with no tangible results to show for it is definitely stepping over a boundary of acceptable behavior, but at other times if the benefits of the research are explicit, tangible and valuable then I feel that the research is justified.