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13．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．

62． Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because ofB
A．her father   
B．her mother  
C．her schoolteacher 
D．her brother
63．Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer whenA．
A．she was very young        
B．she was in college   
C．she became a teacher        
D．she became famous
64．The Chinese meaning of the word"decline"in this passage is probably"B"．
A．增加       
B．减少    
C．维持     
D．翻番
65．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passageD
 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

分析 这是一篇介绍Rachel Carson的记叙文．
Rachel Carson 1907年5月出生于美国．她的妈妈Mary Carson曾经是一名学校的老师，同时她也热爱大自然．她展示给给Rachel大自然的美．她也教给Rachel对书的深深地热爱．作为一个文静的孩子，Rachel喜欢读和写故事．在她很小的时候，她就下决心将来一天成为一名作家．当她10岁的时候，她写的故事首次出现在一家儿童杂志上．她的第一本书《在海风吹拂下》在1941年出版了．1948年，她开始着手另一本书《我们周围的海洋》．当她写这本书的时候，她总是记着要十分细心．为了写这本书，她到过1000多个地方收集过信息．当这本书在1951年出版的时候，它获得了美国国家图书奖，并且连续一年多在最畅销图书榜是第一名．Rachel也因这本书而出名了．Rachel最著名的书《寂静的春天》出版于1962年．在这本书里她指出使用某些杀虫剂像DDT会引起鸟类的减少，因为这类杀虫剂会杀死鸟类．最后，在1969年的11月，美国政府决定2年之内DDT的使用必须停止．Rachel Carson被看做著名的环保主义者和作家，她将会被全世界永远铭记．

解答 62．B．细节理解题．根据"She showed Rachel the beauty of nature．She also taught Rachel a deep love for books"可知，Rachel受母亲的影响颇深．故选B．
63．A．细节理解题．根据"At a very early age，she decided she wanted to be a writer some day．"可知．当Rachel很小的时候，就想成为一名作家．故选A．
64．B．词意理解题．根据"because it would kill them as well．"可知，这种杀虫剂能够杀死鸟类，从而使鸟类减少．故选B．
65．D．细节理解题．根据"in November 1969，the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years．"可知，DDT并不是在这本书出版以后就禁止使用的．故选D．

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