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1、Unit3Inventorsandinventions李仕才***阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsu
2、spenseandhaveagreateffectontheEnglishmysterynovels・ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie，smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsotookhertotra
3、velalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914atthebeginningofWorldWarI・Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSheriockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,b
4、utitwasrejected・Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomorepublishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit・Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperieneeasawriter.Inspiteofherliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoingwe11athome.Tn1928,
5、ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离女昏)・Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMaiIowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie"snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)a
6、ndDeathontheNi1e(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath・Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders.They"vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandaresellingwelltodayandoutso
7、ldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext.A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChristie"snovelsC・explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD・isareviewofAgathaChristie"snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes・B.H
8、emadeChristiebecomefamous・C・Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals・D・Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunderl
