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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. 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 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 and writer. She will be remembered by the world.

1. Who was Maria Carson?
2. Who was MAria Carson?
3. What did she do?
4. How was Rachel as a child?
5. What did she enjoy doing?
6. What happened when she was 10?
7. Did she have other stories published?
8. What was the name?
9. Was this important?
10. Did the book do well?
11. Did it win any awards?
12. What won the national Book Award?
13. what year did it come out?
14. Is Rachel Famous?
15. How did she become this way?
16. Will she be remembered for this?
17. Where was she born?
18. When?

Numbered answers:
1. Rachel Carson
2. Rachel Carson's mother
3. she was a schoolteacher.
4. quiet
5. read and write stories.
6. Her story appeared in a children's magazine
7. yes
8. Under the Sea Wind
9. It was her first book
10. unknown
11. unknown
12. The Sea Around Us
13. 1951
14. yes
15. she pointed out that DDT would kill birds
16. yes
17. in the USA
18. May,1907.