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【題目】閱讀理解

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(殺蟲(chóng)劑)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(環(huán)保主義者)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. 減少

C. 維持

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】試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了美國(guó)著名的環(huán)保主義者——蕾切爾卡森的生平事跡。并重點(diǎn)介紹了她寫得關(guān)于環(huán)保的兩本書(shū)，在其中一本書(shū)出版兩年后美國(guó)政府終于終止了殺蟲(chóng)劑DDT的使用。

【1】【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述，可知蕾切爾卡森熱愛(ài)大自然是深受她的母親的影響。故選B。

【2】【2】細(xì)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(shí)候，蕾切爾就決定成為一名作家。故選A。

【3】【3】詞義猜測(cè)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(chóng)劑能引起鳥(niǎo)類數(shù)量的減少。故選B。

【4】【4】細(xì)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(shū)出版了兩年之后，美國(guó)政府才舉行停止這種藥物的使用。故選D。