VI. Choose the best answer. (15 points) Beatrix Potter was a story teller writer whose books about animals have been translated into many languages and read by both children and adults. Besides being an author, she also (1) as a very successful farmer. Born in London in 1866, Beatrix was (2) for at home by various servants. Every year she (3) the days to her annual holiday in the countryside. She would (4) her to London home small animals which she (5) and drew. As she grew up, she entertained o...
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VI. Choose the best answer. (15 points) Beatrix Potter was a story teller writer whose books about animals have been translated into many languages and read by both children and adults. Besides being an author, she also (1) as a very successful farmer. Born in London in 1866, Beatrix was (2) for at home by various servants. Every year she (3) the days to her annual holiday in the countryside. She would (4) her to London home small animals which she (5) and drew. As she grew up, she entertained other children with drawings and stories about these animals. In 1901, she printed a book at her own (6) called' The Tale of Peter Rabbit '. So many (7) were sold that she bought a farm, where over the next eight years she wrote many others stories. They all sold very well and readers liked their (8) colour drawings. With her growing (9), Beatrix started buying more farmland, animals and property. After her marriage, at the age of 47, Beatrix stopped writing, (10) that she had run out of (11). She became a farmer and (12) the rest of her life working with her sheep and awarding prizes at sheep fairs where people often asked for her (13) on farming methods. Today, you can visit her house and (14) see the originals of her books and paintings (15) in a special gallery.
1. A thought B regarded C believed D judged
2. A attended B looked C cared D minded
3. A counted B numbered C imagined D considered
4. A keep B get C give D take
5. A noticed B saw C observed D remarked
6. A charge B expense C earning D spending
7. A images B prints C pages D copies
8. A complete B thorough C particular D detailed
9. A income B wages C pay D receipt
10. A telling B speaking C saying D talking
11. A views B ideas C opinions D beliefs
12. A involved B continued C took D spent
13. A advice B mind C suggestion D statement
14. A just B even C yet D already
15. A opened B revealed C displayed D demonstrated
