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(杀虫剂) 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(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.
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. 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. 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.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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— I’m not going swimming this afternoon.
— ______. I have to help my mother do some cleaning.
A. So am I. B. So I am. C. Neither am I. D. Neither I am.
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Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life. Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from England, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like Iran( 伊朗) . India, and so on.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries' weather, customs( 风俗) , and places to see. But unlike other travel books then, Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Tony and Maureen started a company called lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the great traveller, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.
1. Tony Wheeler and his wife ended the year-long trip in _______.
A. England B. Iran C. India D. Australia
2. Tony Wheeler wrote the book Across Asia on the Cheap to _______.
A. make money for his next trip
B. tell people about his new company
C. draw people's attention to his family
D. answer people's questions about his trip
3. How was the book Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel books then?
A. It was longer and more popular.
B. It was the first travel book in the world.
C. It talked about places most tourists did not go.
D. It talked about a country's weather and customs.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about Tony Wheeler's company?
A. His father started it. B. It is an airline company.
C. Hundreds of people work for it. D. It has no books about travelling.
5. The passage mainly talks about _______.
A. a great traveller and his books B. a tour of different countries
C. a great writer and his family D. different kinds of companies
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______ wake up your sister, Ben. She needs a good sleep.
A.Don’t B.Doesn’t C.Aren’t D.Can’t
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——Do you know________?
——This afternoon.
A. when will the policenman give us a talk B. where will the policeman give us a talk
C.when the policenman give us a talk D.where the policeman will give us a talk
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Li Ke ___________runs in the morning, for he wants to be healthy.
A.never B.often C.hardly
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短文填空。用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次) 。
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Look at the picture, what do you see?
1 , some people say it’s an old
man, while others say it’s a young woman and an
old 2 . It is a problem with many
answers. Why?
When you look at a problem from different
views, you get different answers. Just turn it in
your mind 3 bit, and you may see it
in a completely new way.
Some people only form an idea in their mind
“A problem has only one answer, and all the 4 are wrong.”
Some even laugh at the different answers others come up with. Well, they’re
wrong! If people only believed in one answer, we might still think the world
is square(方形的)!
What’s one plus one? That’s easy, two! Right? Well, that’s one right
answer, but not the only answer. You might think of 11, or some
5 characters like “二” or “十”! What’s a mom plus a dad? You
might think of two people, or a man and a woman, or a whole family! So,
even the 6 questions can have many answers.
Of course, some problems do only have one answer. If each of the
questions in a math test had 7 than one answer, it would be
quite a problem for teachers 8 .
Look at things in different ways, face your life with a 9
mind, and you’ll see a completely different world.
After reading my article, if I ask you again: “What do you see in this
picture?”, will you still give the same answer now? I’m sure this picture will
be 10 to you.
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--- Could you please tell me ________?
--- Two months ago.
A. when did you take this photo B. when you took this photo
C. where did you take this photo D. where you took this photo
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