第40讲阅读理解(二).pptVIP

12．After Pinky adopted her first child，she __B__． A．began to raise some chickens B．didnt go to school anymore C．asked her parents for help D．left her mountain village 13．By adopting those poor and homeless children，Pinky wants to __C__． A．teach them to grow vegetables B．offer them good jobs C．make sure they live in hope D．help them become rich Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 第40讲　阅读理解(二) 英语 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 阅读理解。(2014，重庆) 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 childrens 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 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. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Rachel Carsons 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