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1、Unit2Theuniversallanguage一、阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsuspenseandhaveagreateffe
2、ctontheEnglishmysterynovels・ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland・Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie'smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsotookhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914at
3、thebeginningofWorldWar1・Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,butitwasrejected・Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomor
4、epublishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteofher1iterarysuccess,1ifewasnotgoingwe11athome.Tn1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离女昏).Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,
5、MaxMaiIowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie'snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939)・Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976
6、,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders・They'vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandareseilingwelltodayandoutsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext.A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaCh
7、ristie"snovelsC・explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD・isareviewofAgathaChristie"snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebecomefamous・C・Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals・D・Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunderlinedpa
