资源描述：
《2019届高考英语一轮复习unit2theuniversallanguage牛津译林版》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Unit2Theuniversallanguage一、阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsuspenseandhaveagr
2、eateffectontheEnglishmysterynovels.ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie’smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsotookhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieCh
3、ristiein1914atthebeginningofWorldWarⅠ.Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,butitwasrejected.Afterthewarended,Chr
4、istiesentherbooktomorepublishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteofherliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoingwellathome.In1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离婚).Ashorttimelater
5、,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMallowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie’snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherest
6、ofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readersaroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders.They’vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandaresellingwelltodayand outsoldonlybytheBible9andShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext .
7、A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChristie’snovelsC.explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD.isareviewofAgathaChristie’snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebecomefamous.C.Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals.D.Hewastheonl
8、ymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunderl
