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’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’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(殺蟲劑) 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(環(huán)保主義者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.
小題1:Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________.
A．her fatherB．her motherC．her schoolteacherD．her brother
小題2:Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________.
A．she was very youngB．she was in college
C．she became a teacherD．she became famous
小題3:The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________”.
A．增加B．減少C．維持D．翻番
小題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.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了美國著名的環(huán)保主義者——蕾切爾卡森的生平事跡。并重點介紹了她寫得關(guān)于環(huán)保的兩本書，在其中一本書出版兩年后美國政府終于終止了殺蟲劑DDT的使用。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述，可知蕾切爾卡森熱愛大自然是深受她的母親的影響。故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day.描述，可知在很小的時候，蕾切爾就決定成為一名作家。故選A。
小題3:詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系下文because it would kill them as well. 描述，可知本句指的是，一些像DDT類的殺蟲劑能引起鳥類數(shù)量的減少。故選B。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.描述，可知這本書出版了兩年之后，美國政府才舉行停止這種藥物的使用。故選D。
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