Question

Subiectul V-10 puncte
Read the text below and say which of the following sentences are true (T), false (F):
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is possibly the world's most famous detective story writer. She wrote 79 novels and
several plays. Her sales outnumber those of William Shakespeare. However, behind her 4,680,000 words, there was a
painfully 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 girl with waist-length golden hair. She didn't go to school but was educated at home by her mother. Her father
died when she was 11 and both she and her mother were grief-stricken.
During World War I, while she was working in a hospital dispensary, she learned about chemicals and poisons,
which proved very useful in her later career. She wrote her first detective novel. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in
1920. In it, she introduced Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective who appeared in many subsequent novels. Her other
detective was an elderly spinster called Miss Marple.
In 1914, at the beginning of the war, she married Archibald Christie, but the marriage was unhappy.
She enjoyed a very happy second marriage to Max Mallowan, an archeologist. Her detective skills were a help to
him in his excavations in Syria and Iraq. By successfully staying out of the limelight, she ultimately found happiness
with her beloved husband. She died peacefully in 1976.
1. Agatha Christie is a famous English writer.
2. Her writing is sold better than W. Shakespeare's
3. She wrote more than 80 plays.
4. She was the only child in her family.
5. She had long fair hair.
6. She was educated at a private school.
7. The main hero of all her novels was Hercule Poirot.
8. She was married more than once.
9. She was 23 when the war began.
10. She lived more than 85 years.

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1.T

2.T

3.F

4.F

5.T

6.F

7.T

8.T

9.F

10.T