文档介绍：2014 高考英语阅读理解系列训练( 22 )及答案解析第三部分阅读理解( 共两节,满分 40分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和 D) 中,选出最佳选项。 A (2012 · 河北普通高中教学质检改编) In an ideal world , people would not test medicines on experiments are stressful and sometimes painful for animals , and expensive and time - consuming for animal experimentation is still needed to help bridge vast gaps in medical is why there are some 50 to 100 million animals used in research around the world each year. Europe , on the whole , has the world's most restrictive laws on animal so, its scientists use some 12 million animals a year , most of them mice and rats , for medical statistics show that just million animals are used in research in America each that is American authorities do not think mice and rats are worth counting and , as these are the mon laboratory animals , the true figure is much and China have even prehensive data than America. Now Europe is reforming the rules governing animal experiments by restricting the number of animals used in to animal testing , such as using human tissue puter models , are now strongly addition , sharing all research results freely should help to reduce the number of animals for scientific present , scientists often share only the results of essful their findings do not fit the hypothesis being tested , the work never sees the light of practice means wasting time , money , and animals' lives in endlessly repeating the failed experiments. Animal experimentation has taught humanity a great deal and saved countless needs to continue , even if that means animals sometimes 's new measures should eventually both reduce the number of animals used in experiments and improve the way in which scientific research is conducted. 56. What is the main idea of this passage? A. The ess of animal e