Question

    Erin, an American woman, was born in Kansas. In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she was in a car accident. A law company helped her after the accident, and later she started to work for them.

Her job was to organize papers. One day Erin realized that there were lots of papers about some very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She started to look for more information about the town.

Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the people lived near a big factory and she discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water. It was from the factory. Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.

Erin started law case(官司) against the factory. The factory didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water, but in 1996 the judge(法官) ordered the factory to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each (there were about 600 sick people, so that was $333 million in total).

In 2000, there was a film about Erin, and it was very successful. Now Erin is famous — she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world.

1.What was Erin’s job in the law company?

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2.How long did it take her to look for the information about Hinkley?

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3.What did she find in the local water?

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4.What conclusion did she come to from her research?

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5.What did she do to help the sick people?

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Answer

1.Her job was to organize papers.

2.Five years.

3.She discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water.

4.People were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water.

5.She started law case against the factory.

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了艾琳为工厂排污废水的受害者打官司的故事。

1.

题意：艾琳在法律公司的工作是什么？

根据原文Her job was to organize papers可知，艾琳在法律公司的工作是整理资料。故答案为Her job was to organize papers.

2.

题意：她花了多长时间来寻找关于欣克利这个地方的资料？

根据原文Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories可知，艾琳用了5年时间来搜集欣克利这个地方的资料。故答案为Five years.

3.

题意：她在当地的水里发现了什么？

根据原文All the people lived near a big factory and she discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water可知，她在当地的水里发现了一种叫做铬的化学物质。故答案为She discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water.

4.

题意：她从研究中得出了什么结论？

根据原文Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water可知，艾琳认为是饮用水中出现的铬导致当地人生病的。故答案为People were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water.

5.

题意：她做了什么来帮助那些生了病的人？

根据原文Erin started law case(官司) against the factory可知，艾琳起诉了这家工厂来为生病的人们索赔。故答案为She started law case against the factory.