GRE阅读高频机经：寂静的春天
<p> <span word="Fifty">Fifty</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Rachel">Rachel</span> <span word="Carson">Carson</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span>. <span word="Carson">Carson</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hertime">hertime</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="DDT">DDT</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="health">health</span>.<span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="inspiration">inspiration</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="movement">movement</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="theenvironment">theenvironment</span> <span word="continues">continues</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1950<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="spraying">spraying</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span>-<span word="millionkilograms">millionkilograms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Rachel">Rachel</span> <span word="Carson">Carson</span>, <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="likeDDT">likeDDT</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="lethal">lethal</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="things">things</span>.</p><p> <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="essentially">essentially</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="alter">alter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="naturalworld">naturalworld</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="lethal">lethal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span> <span word="aswell">aswell</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Linda">Linda</span> <span word="Lear">Lear</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="biography">biography</span> <span word="onCarson">onCarson</span>.</p><p> <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="copies">copies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="translated">translated</span> <span word="intosome">intosome</span> 30 <span word="languages">languages</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="suburbs">suburbs</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="Carson">Carson</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="NationalHistoric">NationalHistoric</span> <span word="Landmark">Landmark</span>. <span word="Carson">Carson</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pathbreaker">pathbreaker</span>.<span word="In">In</span> <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Icall">Icall</span> <span word="apocalyptic">apocalyptic</span> <span word="writing">writing</span>, <span word="added">added</span> <span word="Linda">Linda</span> <span word="Lear">Lear</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alarm">alarm</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="ourattention">ourattention</span>.</p><p> <span word="Thirty">Thirty</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Silent">Silent</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="published">published</span>, <span word="public">public</span> <span word="television">television</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="AmericanExperience">AmericanExperience</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p>
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