Animal exploitation - Review 2

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Close-up C2, National Geographic Learning

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

JUST

BENEVOLENCE

LAWFUL

DOMINATE

ACTIVE

BRUTE

DIVERSIFY

DETRACT

Many people become vegetarians because they believe it is (17) ___ to kill animals. They argue that if we consider ourselves to be highly intelligent and (18) ___ beings who see killing as an (19) ___ act, then we should also defend the right of animals to live, and to do so free from pain and suffering. However, as the (20) ___ species on earth, we have denied other creatures the rights that we expect to have for ourselves. Animal rights (21) ___ are vocal in their condemnation of any form of animal exploitation. They strive to expose some of the (22) ___ practices employed in food production. They also make the valid point that human beings do not need meat in order to survive as there is a (23) ___ range of other food sources on the planet. Their (24) ___ , on the other hand, claim that medical research, for example, would be held back without animal testing, and that in regard to food, it is only natural that we eat meat.

Animal exploitation

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