2. What did the old man have in Boston?

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1. Did the thin boy get the job at last?

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4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?xkb1.com

　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.

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Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people... these acts of kindness seem very 　1　 . But students at James Middle School know that such small acts make the world a better place.

　　　 Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week　 2　 March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>I believe the world is　 3　 by small things,鈥滭span lang=EN-US> she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her surprise, Murray also　 4　 great changes in her class.

　　 Before that, she always needed to ask her　 5　 to push the chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things

by　　 6　 . 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>The teachers have a lot of work,鈥滭span lang=EN-US> Said Jordon, one of Murray鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza,　　 7　 student, gave out more praises锛堣禐鎵?級 to others. 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>It makes them feel happy and successful,鈥滭span lang=EN-US> she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, 　　8　 busy she is. She believes her acts could encourage others.

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　　 Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many boys came to the old man鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s office, asking for the job.

　　 There was a post锛堟煴瀛愶級by his desk, and there was a nail锛堥拤瀛愶級in it. He took a walking-stick and said, 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job.鈥滭span lang=EN-US>

　　 The boy thought it was very easy. They all tried, but nobody could make it. So the old man said, 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>I鈥橖span lang=EN-US>m sorry I can鈥橖span lang=EN-US>t take any of you.鈥滭span lang=EN-US> And they left.

　　 He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail successfully for three times. The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.

　　 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>Yes,鈥滭span lang=EN-US> said the boy, 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>I failed yesterday, but I thought that if I kept on trying a while, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again.鈥滭span lang=EN-US>

　　 The old man said, 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>You are the boy for me,鈥滭span lang=EN-US> and gave him the job. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

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　A. 澧炲姞　　　　 B. 鍑忓皯　　 C.缁存寔　　　 D. 缈荤暘

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

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

4.The best title of this passage may be 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>____________鈥滭span lang=EN-US>

A.Study Habits　　　　　　　　 B. Ways to study

C.Learning types　　　　　　　 D.Reasons to learn

27銆?span lang=EN-US>　 Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. 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鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s magazine when she was ten years old.

　 Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered 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鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(鏉?铏?墏) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.

Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(鐜?繚涓讳箟鑰匋span lang=EN-US>) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.

3.Kinesthetic learners learn best by　 ____________

A. Remembering information from videos　 B.listening teachers in class

C.drawing graphs or pictures　　　　　 D.doing things with their hands

2.Jude can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a /an ____________ according to the passage.

A. auditory learner　　　　　　 B. visual learner　　　

C.strange leaner　　　　　　　 D. usual learner

1.There are____________different learning types according to the passage.

A. two　　　　　 B. three　　　　　 C. four　　　 D. five