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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #40083 Short Rachel Carson

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You will see a video about Rachel Carson and her significant impact on environmental awareness and policy. Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

Transcript:

Unless we do bring these chemicals under better control, we are certainly headed for disaster. Rachel Carson, author of the landmark book Silent Spring, started a revolution during the 1950s when crop dusting planes and insect sprays blanketed plants with DDT. Caution warned of the dangers of chemical pesticides. She warned of science's power to alter nature and called for government action to protect its citizens. Because of her courage, the disaster did not come to pass. And with Carson's words and spirit, the modern environmental movement was born.

What was Rachel Carson's major contribution to the environmental movement?

* Listen to the recording and select the correct answer

She invented safer alternatives to chemical pesticides. She led the government to ban all use of pesticides. She highlighted the dangers of chemical pesticides and initiated the modern environmental movement. She discovered the chemical structure of DDT.

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Option 3: "She highlighted the dangers of chemical pesticides and initiated the modern environmental movement."

Explanation: This option is correct because the text explicitly states that Rachel Carson warned of the dangers of chemical pesticides and that her actions and words led to the birth of the modern environmental movement, aligning perfectly with the main idea presented.

Option 1: "She invented safer alternatives to chemical pesticides."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention Rachel Carson inventing safer alternatives to chemical pesticides. Instead, it focuses on her warnings about the dangers of existing pesticides and the call for better control, not the creation of new products.

Option 2: "She led the government to ban all use of pesticides."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not state that Rachel Carson led the government to ban all pesticides. It mentions her call for government action but does not imply a complete ban, making this statement an exaggeration.

Option 4: "She discovered the chemical structure of DDT."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention Rachel Carson discovering the chemical structure of DDT. It focuses on her warnings and advocacy rather than scientific discoveries, making this statement irrelevant to her contributions.

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