The life of Beatrix Potter

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题目与答案

1. Beatrix Potter

   Success as an author

   Her books have been in print for more than 100 years.

   Childhood

   She received lessons at home from a 1_____ .

   答案：governess

   原文定位：She was educated in her parents' house by a governess

   同义替换：「received lessons at home」↔「educated in her parents' house」

2. 10 Norman Warne suggested Potter include black and white illustrations in her firstbook.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：lt was Norman who insisted that eachdrawing would be in colour

   同义替换：「suggested」↔「insisted」，「black and white illustrations」↔「in colour」

3. 11 At first, Potter's parents disapproved of Norman Warne as a potential husband.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：However, Potter's parents were unhappy about this because of his occupation

   同义替换：「disapproved」↔「unhappy about」

4. 12 Potter continued writing children's books until her death.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：She lived there for the remainder of her life, but due to failing eyesight she was forced to stop writing children's books

   同义替换：「continued writing until her death」↔「forced to stop writing children's books」

5. 13 Potter's gift to the National Trust was the largest in recent times.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：On her death, she left over 4,000 acres to the National Trust

6. She wrote in her 2_____ in code.

   答案：diary

   原文定位：When Beatrix was 15, she began to keep a diary written in a secret code of her own invention

   同义替换：「wrote in」↔「keep a diary」

7. She disliked the work of some 3_____ of the time.

   答案：artists

   原文定位：in her diary she was able to express herself openly, and she was critical of the paintings of a number of artists of the day

   同义替换：「disliked the work」↔「critical of the paintings」，「time」↔「day」，「some」↔「a number of」

8. She took lessons in drawing.

   She practised drawing things she saw when she visited 4_____ .

   答案：museums

   原文定位：She drew these animals throughout her childhood, gradually improving the standard of her work by sketching in museums

   同义替换：「practised drawing」↔「sketching」

9. Life as a young adult

   Her 5_____ to have a career in natural history was not realised.

   答案：ambition

   原文定位：She would spend many hours drawing wildlife such as fungi and flowers, and at one time she had an ambition to develop this scientific interest

   同义替换：「to have a career」↔「to develop this scientific interest」

10. Her illustrations were recognised as assisting research into 6_____ .

    答案：mycology

    原文定位：she achieved a measure of respect from the scientific establishment for her illustrations and contribution to mycology, the study of fungi

    同义替换：「were recognised as assisting」↔「contribution to」，「research into」↔「study of」

11. 7 The life of a typical married woman at that time appealed to Potter.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：She was a fiercely independent woman, and she disliked the idea of being tied down to a domestic life that, at that time, consisted mostly of staying at home and bringing up children

    同义替换：「typical married woman at that time」↔「staying at home and bringing up children」，「appealed to」↔「disliked the idea of」

12. 8 Potter's publishers insisted on changing the title of her first book.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

13. 9 The publishers doubted whether Potter's first book would be successful.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：The book finally came out in 1902, when Potter was 36, but the publishers did not expect it would sell many copies

    同义替换：「doubted whether」↔「did not expect it would sell many copies」