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Using animals in circuses is an unnecessary and inhumane practice that’s har
Using animals in circuses is an unnecessary and inhumane practice that’s har
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2023-09-01
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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
A
解析
这里说的是:靠动物发财的马戏团却冠冕堂皇地宣称他们所谓的“教育”价值以及他们对于保护动物所做出的贡献(contributions)。注意:contributions to是一个固定搭配。
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