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【题目】阅读理解

Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May 27，1907．Her mother，Maria Carson，had been a schoolteacher．She loved books．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．At a very early age，she decided she wanted to be a writer some day．Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old．

Her first book，Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941．In 1948．Miss Carson began working on another book，The Sea Around Us．She always researched carefully when she wrote．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．It was No.1 on the best－seller list for more than a year．The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous．

Rachel Carson’s most famous book，Silent Spring came out in 1962．In this book，she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂)like DDT would cause the number of birds todeclinebecause 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．

Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者)and writer．She will be remembered by the world．

【1】【1】Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of________．

A. her father

B. her mother

C. her schoolteacher

D. her brother

【2】【2】Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when________．

A. she was very young

B. she was in college

C. she became a teacher

D. she became famous

【3】【3】The Chinese meaning of the word“decline”in this passage is probably“________”．

A. 增加

B. 减少

C. 维持

D. 翻番

【4】【4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？

A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer．

B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award．

C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment．

D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】【1】B

【2】【2】A

【3】【3】B

【4】【4】D

【解析】试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了美国著名的环保主义者——蕾切尔卡森的生平事迹。并重点介绍了她写得关于环保的两本书，在其中一本书出版两年后美国政府终于终止了杀虫剂DDT的使用。

【1】【1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述，可知蕾切尔卡森热爱大自然是深受她的母亲的影响。故选B。

【2】【2】细节理解题。根据At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day.描述，可知在很小的时候，蕾切尔就决定成为一名作家。故选A。

【3】【3】词义猜测题。联系下文because it would kill them as well. 描述，可知本句指的是，一些像DDT类的杀虫剂能引起鸟类数量的减少。故选B。

【4】【4】细节理解题。根据Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.描述，可知这本书出版了两年之后，美国政府才举行停止这种药物的使用。故选D。