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1、模拟题三PartⅠWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopicDormitoryLife.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:DormitoryLife1.大学宿舍的集体生活是全新的体验。2.宿舍生活与在家生活的不同之处。3.宿舍生活利与弊。PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandS
2、canning)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1.TestingTimesResearchersareworkingonwaystoreducetheneedforanimalexperiments,butnewlawsmayincreasethenumberofexperimentsneeded.ThecurrentsituationInanidealworld,peoplewoul
3、dnotperformexperimentsonanimals.Forthepeople,theyareexpensive.Fortheanimals,theyarestressfulandoftenpainful.Thatidealworld,sadly,isstillsomewayaway.Peopleneednewdrugsandvaccines.Theywantprotectionfromthetoxicityofchemicals.Thesearchforbasicscientificanswersgoeson.Indeed,theEurope
4、anCommissionisforgingaheadwithproposalsthatwillincreasethenumberofanimalexperimentscarriedoutintheEuropeanUnion,byrequiringtoxicitytestsoneverychemicalapprovedforusewithintheunion'sbordersinthepast25years.Already,thecommissionhasidentified140,000chemicalsthathavenotyetbeentested.
5、Itwants30,000ofthesetobeexaminedrightaway,andplanstospendbetween~4billion—8billion($5billion—10billion)doingso.ThenumberofanimalsusedfortoxicitytestinginEuropewillthus,expertsreckon,quintuple(翻五倍)fromjustoverlmayeartoabout5m,unlesstheyaresavedbysomedramaticadvancesinnon-animaltes
6、tingtechnology.Atthemoment,roughly10%ofEuropeananimaltestsareforgeneraltoxicity,35%forbasicresearch,45%fordrugsandvaccines,andtheremaining10%avarietyofusessuchasdiagnosingdiseases.Animalexperimentationwillthereforebearoundforsometimeyet.Butthesearchforsubstitutescontinues,andlast
7、weekendtheMiddleEuropeanSocietyforAlternativeMethodstoAnimalTestingmetinLinz,Austria,toreviewprogress.Agoodplacetostartfindingalternativesfortoxicitytestsistheliver--theorganresponsibleforbreakingtoxicchemicalsdownintosafermoleculesthatcanthenbeexcreted.Twofirms,onelargeandonesma
8、ll,toldthemeetinghowtheywereusinghumanli
