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1、Unit3Inventorsandinventions李仕才***阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologi
2、calsuspenseandhaveagreateffectontheEnglishmysterynovels.ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie’smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsoto
3、okhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914atthebeginningofWorldWarⅠ.Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesenttheboo
4、ktoapublisher,butitwasrejected.Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomorepublishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteofherliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoi
5、ngwellathome.In1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离婚).Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMallowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie’snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),Murdero
6、ntheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders.They’vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesa
7、ndaresellingwelltodayand outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext .A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChristie’snovelsC.explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD.isareviewofAgathaChristie’snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?
8、A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebecomefamous.C.Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals.D.Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheu
