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1、NelsonMandel-amodernhero李仕才一、阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsych
2、ologicalsuspenseandhaveagreateffectontheEnglishmysterynovels.ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie’smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayou
3、ngageandalsotookhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914atthebeginningofWorldWarⅠ.Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,
4、tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,butitwasrejected.Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomorepublishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteof
5、herliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoingwellathome.In1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离婚).Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMallowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie’snovel
6、s,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofrea
7、ders.They’vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandaresellingwelltodayand outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext .A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChristie’snovelsC.explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD.isarevi
8、ewofAgathaChristie’snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebecomefamous.C.Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals.D.Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunder
