04Unit 2 Morals and Virtues B卷 能力提升卷-【金卷1号】新教材2023春高中英语必修第三册 单元检测AB卷（人教版2019）

UNIT 2 MORALS AND VIRTUES B卷·能力提升卷 本试卷共120分,考试时间100分钟 第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项. There is a lot to learn about the creations of Beatrix Potter-not only is she the author and illustrator of one 翻 of the world's most famous children's books, The Tale of Peter Rabbit,but also a pioneering conservationist ⋮with the spirit of a scientist. 如"Potter grew up as the daughter of a wealthy Victorian family, but along with her brother who filled an 即 ⋮ entire floor of their large house in London with all sorts of animals," said Anne Lundin, a retired professor for 置一当the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies. "As an adult,she was a frustrated botanical illustrator and scientist. That field was not open to her because 数 she was female,"Lundin said. Potter was urged to turn the charming illustrations and stories she wrote in ⋮letters tochildren into books.She wrote 23 books in all—a body of work that has inspired plays, ballets, films 留and an astonishing amount of merchandise. "The Tale of Peter Rabbit is probably the most famous children's book in the world,which was published 装-密 in 1902 and has really stood the test of time, It's been translated into 36 languages. The parents and ⋮grandparentswill share it with the next generation," said Lundin. 书__Potter also made a mark on the world through her land conservation. "In many ways, she was like Peter Rabbit,venturing into a world of adventure and risk.She withdrew from London as soon as she started making 御 0 memoney on her books to the Lake District and became an extremely important farmer and conservationist. 空_﹔She preserved and passed on 15 farms and over 4,000 acres, which were given back to the country as gifts in the 20th century,"said Lundin. "Even though she was born 150 years ago, she was amazingly modern—her embracing of the natural world," commented Jennifer Blatchley Smith,an artistic director of the show Peter Rabbit Tales