Revision Paper 2

Science and technology

1. What do you understand by the statement, ‘The end justifies the means?’ 
2. Do you agree with it?
3. If you had to dissect a rat, which would you prefer, a real rat, a model of a rat or watch a simulation from YouTube?
4. Do animals have feelings?
5. If 4000 animals had to die to find a cure for cancer, is it justifiable?
6. What are clinical trials?
7. What alternatives exist to animal testing?

A. You are participating in a class debate on the motion ‘Science experiments should not involve the use of animals’. Write the text of your opening speech either agreeing or disagreeing with the motion. M 2014 IBO

Sources

https://www.oneworldeducation.org/cultural-global-issues-animal-testing

Animal Testing Essay Sample

http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2013/06/ielts-writing-task-2-animal-testing-essay.html

B. Genetically modified foods are the solution to world hunger. Opinion Essay

Possible vocabulary and phrases to use

anti-GMO activists help feed the hungry malnutrition Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: “Responsible biotechnology is not the enemy, starvation is.” a moral dilemma

Poverty is at the root of the problem of hunger Diet Human need The end justify the means long term negative health effects resistance to disease, pests or even drought

See a sample here

http://www.cel-eigo.com/contents/essay/0906.html