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1、NelsonMandel-amodernhero一、阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsuspenseandhaveagreateffectontheEn
2、glishmysterynovels.ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie’smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsotookhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914atthebeginningofWor
3、ldWarⅠ.Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,butitwasrejected.Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomorepublishers,andfinally,in
4、1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteofherliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoingwellathome.In1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离婚).Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMallowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1
5、930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie’snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.
6、Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders.They’vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandaresellingwelltodayand outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext .A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChristie’snovelsC.explainshowAgathaChristiebec
7、ameawriterD.isareviewofAgathaChristie’snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebeefamous.C.Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals.D.Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunderlinedp