Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Rachek Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

    Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around US, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1, 000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

          In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work vindicated a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily ________.

A. a discussion of hazards insects pose to the food supply

B. an illustration of the benefits of the chemical in dustry

C. a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides

D. an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án C.

Key words: Silent Spring, primarily.

Clues: “In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food”. Năm 1962, Carson xuất bản Silence Spring, một cuốn sách gây tranh cãi đáng kể. Nó đã chứng minh mức độ tổn hại gây ra bởi việc sử dụng thuốc trừ sâu không kiểm soát, liều lĩnh. Cô đã tiết lộ chi tiết về cách thức họ làm cho thức ăn cho động vật bị nhiễm độc, giết chim và làm ô nhiễm thực phẩm của con người như thế nào.

Vậy đáp an là C. a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides. Cuốn Slient Spring chủ yếu là một lời cảnh báo về việc sử dụng thuốc trừ sâu sai cách.