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【題目】 Agatha Christie is possibly the world’s most famous detective(偵探的) story writer. She wrote about 80 novels, and her sales (4 billion copies of her novels) was over those of William Shakespeare. However, behind her works was a shy woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy.

She was born in 1890 in Devon, the third child of Clarissa and Frederick Miller, and grew into a beautiful and sensitive(敏感的) girl. She didn’t go to school but was educated by her parents. Her father taught her maths through stories and games, and her mother encouraged her to write by her own stories. Unfortunately her father died in 1901 when she was 11, and both she and her mother were very sad.

When World War I came in 1914, she became a nurse in a hospital, which was very useful to her later work. Many of the murders(殺人犯) in her books were carried out by a clever use of medicine, showing how much she had learnt about them as a nurse.

She wrote her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1916. And it was published in 1920. In this novel she introduced Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective who appeared in many later novels. Her other main detective was Miss Marple, who was from Agatha’s grandmother and her circle of friends. Christie’s stories keep the reader guessing who the murderer is until the very end of the story.

In 1914, at the beginning of the war, she married Archibald Christie, but the marriage was unhappy. It didn’t last and they left each other in 1926. It was a very difficult time for her, as her much-loved mother had died earlier that year. Agatha suffered a lot and one night she drove her car and disappeared.

She went missing for eleven days and was finally found in a hotel in Harrogate, in the North of England. Agatha only wanted staying alone but the newspapers had given her a hard time over her driving the car and disappearing. She decided never to let them enter her private life again

She enjoyed a very happy second marriage to Max Mallowan who she met in Baghdad and married in 1930. Her detective skills were a help to him in his work in Syria and Iraq. By successfully staying out of the newspapers, she found happiness with her husband. Her best novels were written after 1930, and she continued writing until 1973. She died peacefully in 1976.

【1】What does the underlined word “her” refer to?

A. Clarissa.B. Miss Marple.

C. Agatha.D. Agatha’s grandmother.

【2】Why did Agatha drive her car and disappear?

A. She felt terrible and went to hospital.B. She wanted to stay alone for some time.

C. She went to find Max Mallowan.D. She decided to stay away from the war.

【3】When did Agatha write her best novels?

A. When she was very young and with her father.

B. When she got married with Archibald Christie.

C. When she stopped being shy and quiet.

D. When she had a second marriage.

【4】What is the right order according to the passage?

① Agatha’s mother died. ②Agatha got married the first time.

③ Agatha helped Max Mallowan with his work. ④ Agatha’s father died.

⑤ Agatha disappeared. ⑥Agatha wrote her first detective novel.

A. ①②④③⑤B. ④⑥②①⑤③C. ④②⑥①⑤③D. ④②⑥③①⑤

【5】Why does the writer write the passage?

A. To make a difference on writers.B. To explain how to stop being shy.

C. To show us a history of a war.D. To introduce us a famous writer.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是人物小傳，介紹了世界上最著名的偵探小說(shuō)作家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的孤寂生活和主要作品。

【1】題意：下劃線的單詞“her”指的是什么?考查詞義理解。and和，表并列；根據(jù)上文who was from Agatha’s grandmother，可知是她祖母的朋友圈，故選D。

【2】題意：為什么阿加莎開著她的車消失了?考查細(xì)節(jié)判斷。根據(jù)Agatha only wanted staying alone but the newspapers had given her a hard time over her driving the car and disappearing.，可知阿加莎只想一個(gè)人待著，故選B。

【3】題意：阿加莎什么時(shí)候?qū)懙淖詈玫男≌f(shuō)?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Her best novels were written after 1930, 她最好的小說(shuō)是1930年后寫的，可知選D。

【4】題意：根據(jù)短文，正確的順序是什么?考查綜合理解。根據(jù)短文提供的時(shí)間，①阿加莎的母親去世了（1926年），②阿加莎第一次結(jié)婚（1914年），③阿加莎幫助馬克斯馬洛文與他的工作（1930年），④阿加莎的父親去世了（1901年），⑤阿加莎消失了（1926年），⑥阿加莎寫了她的第一個(gè)偵探小說(shuō)（1916年）；結(jié)合It was a very difficult time for her, as her much-loved mother had died earlier that year. Agatha suffered a lot and one night she drove her car and disappeared.（她深愛的母親在那一年早些時(shí)候去世了。阿加莎受了很多苦，一天晚上她開著車消失了），可知正確的順序是④②⑥①⑤③，故選C。

【5】題意：作者為什么要寫這篇文章?考查文意理解。根據(jù)Agatha Christie is possibly the world’s most famous detective story writer. She wrote about 80 novels, and her sales was over those of William Shakespeare. However, behind her works was a shy woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy.，結(jié)合短文內(nèi)容，可知介紹的是英國(guó)著名女作家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的簡(jiǎn)單生平和主要作品，故選D。