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四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Many readers regard famous mystery author Agatha Christie as Queen of Crime, whose stories are known for their tense environment and strong excitement and anxiety for readers and also have a great effect on the English mystery novels.
Christie was born in September 1890 in England. When she was growing up, her mother often told her stories. Christie loved these stories, which took her into a world of fantasy. Christie’s mother also encouraged her to write from a young age and also took her to travel a lot.
She married Archie Christie in 1914 at the beginning of World War I During the war, Christie wrote her first detective story: *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*. She chose the crime, and then invented a detective named Hercule Poirot, taking a position second to Sherlock Holmes, to solve it. She sent the book to a publisher, but it was refused.
After the war ended, Christie sent her book to more publishers, and finally, in 1920, one published it. She earned just 25 for it. Over the next few years, Christie wrote more books and short stories, gaining experience as a writer. In spite of her literary success, life was not going well at home. In 1928, Archie and Agatha got a divorce (离婚). A short time later, she married Max Mallowan. After getting married in 1930, they began to spend some time each year in the Middle East, which provided settings for some of Christies novels, such as *Murder at the Vicarage* (1930), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1934) and *Death on the Nile* (1939).
Christie continued writing for the rest of her life. When she died in January 1976, readers around the world felt sad about her death. But her tales of mystery continue to be loved by new readers. They’ve been translated into hundreds of languages and are selling well today and outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare in Britain.
( ) 1. From the passage, we know about Hercule Poirot _________.
A. was better known than Sherlock Holmes
B. made Christie become famous
C. was good at catching criminals
D. was the only main character in the novel
( ) 2. From the underlined sentence “outsold only by the *Bible* and *Shakespeare* in Britain”, we can learn that _________.
A. the *Bible* helps her works to sell in Britain
B. the sales of her works take the third position in Britain
C. the works of Shakespeare don’t sell better than hers in Britain
D. these sales are equally good in Britain
( ) 3. Which is the RIGHT order for what Agatha Christie experienced?
① She had her first detective novel published.
② She finished *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*.
③ Her mother encouraged her to write.
④ Her marriage to Archie ended in divorce.
⑤ She wrote *Murder on the Orient Express*.
A. ③②④①⑤
B. ③①②⑤④
C. ②①③⑤④
D. ③②①④⑤
Many readers regard famous mystery author Agatha Christie as Queen of Crime, whose stories are known for their tense environment and strong excitement and anxiety for readers and also have a great effect on the English mystery novels.
Christie was born in September 1890 in England. When she was growing up, her mother often told her stories. Christie loved these stories, which took her into a world of fantasy. Christie’s mother also encouraged her to write from a young age and also took her to travel a lot.
She married Archie Christie in 1914 at the beginning of World War I During the war, Christie wrote her first detective story: *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*. She chose the crime, and then invented a detective named Hercule Poirot, taking a position second to Sherlock Holmes, to solve it. She sent the book to a publisher, but it was refused.
After the war ended, Christie sent her book to more publishers, and finally, in 1920, one published it. She earned just 25 for it. Over the next few years, Christie wrote more books and short stories, gaining experience as a writer. In spite of her literary success, life was not going well at home. In 1928, Archie and Agatha got a divorce (离婚). A short time later, she married Max Mallowan. After getting married in 1930, they began to spend some time each year in the Middle East, which provided settings for some of Christies novels, such as *Murder at the Vicarage* (1930), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1934) and *Death on the Nile* (1939).
Christie continued writing for the rest of her life. When she died in January 1976, readers around the world felt sad about her death. But her tales of mystery continue to be loved by new readers. They’ve been translated into hundreds of languages and are selling well today and outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare in Britain.
( ) 1. From the passage, we know about Hercule Poirot _________.
A. was better known than Sherlock Holmes
B. made Christie become famous
C. was good at catching criminals
D. was the only main character in the novel
( ) 2. From the underlined sentence “outsold only by the *Bible* and *Shakespeare* in Britain”, we can learn that _________.
A. the *Bible* helps her works to sell in Britain
B. the sales of her works take the third position in Britain
C. the works of Shakespeare don’t sell better than hers in Britain
D. these sales are equally good in Britain
( ) 3. Which is the RIGHT order for what Agatha Christie experienced?
① She had her first detective novel published.
② She finished *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*.
③ Her mother encouraged her to write.
④ Her marriage to Archie ended in divorce.
⑤ She wrote *Murder on the Orient Express*.
A. ③②④①⑤
B. ③①②⑤④
C. ②①③⑤④
D. ③②①④⑤
答案
C
; B
; D
; B
; D
