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Using animals in circuses is an unnecessary and inhumane practice that’s har

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问题     Using animals in circuses is an unnecessary and inhumane practice that’s harmful to both the animals and the public. Unlike the human performers who (47)______ to work in circuses, exotic animals are (48)______ to take part in the show. They are involuntary actors in a degrading, unnatural spectacle.
    While many people associate the circus with "safe, wholesome, family fun"—an association pro-rooted aggressively by the circus PR(公共关系) machine-the truth is much darker. Government inspection reports (49)______ ongoing mistreatment of animals in circuses, as well as failures to provide the basic minimal standards of care required by law. Animals (50)______ in circuses have been injured and killed, and have injured and killed humans.
    Circuses that exploit animals make lofty claims about their "educational" value and their (51)______ to "conservation." But the real message that these circuses send to children is that it’s (52)______ to abuse animals for amusement and profit.
    And the conservation claims made by many circuses are merely veiled attempts to (53)______ the exploitation of animals for commercial gain. Endangered animals born in circus "conservation" programs have never been released into the wild—they are (54)______, instead, to life in captivity.
    API’s circus campaign aims to end the exploitation of "performing" animals by educating both the public and key decision-makers about how animals suffer under the big top, and by pushing for (55)______ and policy changes that help stop circus cruelty. We are also (56)______ in groundbreaking litigation(起诉) against Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus for its mistreatment of elephants.

                  Word Bank:
A) contributions                 I) forced
B) prove                         J) doomed
C) justify                       K) sure
D) legislation                   L) reveal
E) participated                  M) show
F) involved                      N) acceptable
G) used                          O) choose
H) needed
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选项
答案 F
解析 卷入某事，与介词in搭配构成固定词组。
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