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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(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 States 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?

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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  One day Tony was crossing the road when he was hit by a car.He fell and broke his arm.

  He was sent to a hospital.There a doctor operated on his arm.Then he put the arm in a cast

(石膏).Tony could not move it at all.

  “You must keep your arm in a cast for a month,”the doctor said.“That will give the bone(骨头)a chance to get well.”

  A month later,Tony went back to the hospital.The doctor used a large knife to cut the cast.Then he took Tony’s arm out of the cast.

  “Can you move your arm,Tony?”he asked.

  Tony tried to move his arm.At first it was difficult,but soon he could move it easily.

  “Yes,it’s fine,”he said.“Thank you very much.”

  “In a few days it will be as good as before,”the doctor said.“Just exercise it a little every day.”

  “Will I be able to play the guitar?”Tony asked.

  The doctor smiled.“Of course,you will,”he said.“You will have no problems.”

  “That’s good news.”Tony said,“because I couldn’t play it at all before.”

1.How did Tony break his arm?

A.He was hit by a car.

B.He fell off a bike.

C.A guitar fell on him.

2.How long did he have to keep his arm in a cast?

A.One week.

B.Four weeks.

C.A few days.

3.How was Tony’s arm when the doctor cut the cast?

A.It was OK.

B.It was hurt.

C.It was worse.

4.What did the doctor tell him to do after the cast was taken off?

A.Seeing another doctor.

B.Playing the guitar.

C.Exercising his arm.

5.Why was Tony pleased?

A.The doctor gave him a guitar.

B.The doctor said he didn’t have to work again.

C.He thought he could be able to play the guitar.

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