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Do you like reading? What kind of books do you usually read? Do you like detective stories? Do you know anything about Agatha Christie?
AGATHA CHRISTIE |
Agatha Christie was probably one of the most successful writers in history. She wrote seventy-eight crime novels, six other novels, one hundred short stories, four non-fiction books and nineteen plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare!
Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many of them have been adapted for film or television.
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2- Read the questions and answer in your own words:
Who was Agatha Christie?
How many novels did she write?
Why did she know a lot of things about poisons?
Why did she decide to write novels?
Why did she choose detective novel?
What was the title of her first novel?
Was it a success?
Did she write only detective novels?
Why did readers like her novels?
When did she die?
3- Are the following sentences true or false? Give the exact evidence from the text:
a) Agatha Christie worked very hard to become a writer.
b) Agatha Christie visited many places.
4- Look for words in the text with a similar meaning:
a) selected (line 6).
b) quick (line 7).
c) famous (line 13).
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