Identifying topic and main idea
Read the questions below and circle the correct answers according to the text.
1 Which of the following best describes the topic of the text?
A How the human body works
B Research into disease
C The benefits of animal experiments
D Animal rights
2 Which of the following best describes the main idea of the text?
A Animals are used in research, but people are right to protest against this use.
B Animals often suffer as a result of research and training in medical schools.
C People protest against the pain and death of animals.
D Animals are not good research subjects.
D Logical reasoning
1 In the text, the author argues against using animals to test medicine. Which of the following statements – if true – would weaken this argument?
A Developing medicine using computers is 50 percent faster than using animals.
B The DNA of chimpanzees is about 98 percent the same as humans, so they are good for testing human medicines.
C In most religions, it is acceptable to kill animals.
2 Compare your answers with a partner.
E Identifying opinions
Which one of the following people agrees with the author?
Ohm: Experimenting on animals causes suffering but is necessary.
Jessica: Animal experiments are wrong and unnecessary.
Sami: Animal rights protesters should leave animal testers alone.