【題目】 Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May, 1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, was a school teacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories and she wanted to be a writer someday. Her story was put in a children's magazine when she was ten years old.

Her first book, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1911. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book The Sea Around Us. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951. It won the National Book Award. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.

Rachel Carson's most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she told people that the use of some kinds of pesticides (殺蟲(chóng)劑) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline (下降) because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United States government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.

As a great environmentalist (環(huán)保主義者) and writer. Rachel Carson will be remembered in the world.

【1】Who made Rachel Carson have a deep love for nature and books?

_____________________

【2】Where was Rachel's story first put when she was ten years old?

_____________________

【3】When did she begin to write The Sea Around Us?

_____________________

【4】Was Under the Sea Wind Rachel Carson's most famous book?

_____________________

【5】What did the United States government decide because of the book Silent Spring?

_____________________

【答案】

【1】Her mother.

【2】In a children's magazine.

【3】In 1948.

【4】No, it wasn't. / No.

【5】The use of DDT must stop in two years.

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，文章主要講述環(huán)保主義者蕾切爾·卡遜幼年母親對(duì)她的影響，讓她對(duì)自然和書(shū)籍深深的熱愛(ài)；她的著作以及其影響。

【1】

根據(jù)第一段“She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books”可知是她的母親讓蕾切爾·卡遜對(duì)自然和書(shū)籍深深的熱愛(ài)。故答案為Her mother.

【2】

根據(jù)第一段“Her story was put in a children's magazine when she was ten years old”可知是發(fā)表在兒童雜志上。故答案為In a children's magazine.

【3】

根據(jù)第二段“In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book The Sea Around Us”可知1948年開(kāi)始寫(xiě)作《我們周?chē)暮Ｑ蟆�。故答案�?/span>In 1948.

【4】

一般疑問(wèn)句用yes或no來(lái)回答。根據(jù)第三段“Rachel Carson's most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962”可知最著名的作品是《寂靜的春天》，故答案為No, it wasn't. / No.

【5】

根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“the United States government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years”可知美國(guó)政府決定殺蟲(chóng)劑在兩年之內(nèi)必須停止使用。故答案為The use of DDT must stop in two years.

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