20.阅读下文并回答问题.
    Some time ago,an old businessman had a large store in Boston.He wanted a boy to work for him,and he put an advertisement in the newspaper.The next morning,many boys came to the old man’s office,asking for the job.
    There was a post(柱子)by his desk,and there was a nail(钉子)in it.He took a walking-stick and said,“Everyone has three chances.If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once,I will give him the job.”
    The boy thought it was very easy.They all tried,but nobody could make it.So the old man said,“I’m sorry I can’t take any of you.”And they left.
    He kept the advertisement in the papers,and the next morning many more boys came,and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before.The boy hit the nail successfully for three times.The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.
“Yes,”said the boy,“I failed yesterday,but I thought that if I kept on trying a while,I could do it.So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it,and I got up very early this morning,and tried again.”
    The old man said,“You are the boy for me,”and gave him the job.Whatever the boy had to do,he tried to do his best.It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

66.Did the thin boy get the job at last?Yes,he did.
67.What did the old man have in Boston?A large store.
68.Where did the boy practice hitting a nail?At home./In his home..
19.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.1on 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 passage?D
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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