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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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