One of the most famous writers from England by far is Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie’s real name was Agatha Miller. She was born in England in 1890.She married Archibald Christie when she was 24 years old, and she changed her family name to Christie.
She sold her first mystery book in 1920. This book was the first time that the world met Mrs.Christie’s famous detective Hercule Poirot. Ten years after that, Mrs. Christie wrote her book with her second famous detective, Miss Marple.
In 1928, Mrs. Christie’s first marriage broke up. She married M.E.L. Mallowan in 1930, but she still wrote her books under the name Agatha Christie.
In her life, Agatha Christie wrote 60 books, 16 plays, and more than 100 short stories. She passed away in 1976 when she was 85 years old. Her books can still be found on sale in bookstores all around the world.
【小题1】 What did Aghta Christie do?

Maybe you know about Sun Ying on TV. She is a        young woman. She was born in Jilin Province. In January 2006, she left her hometown        Shenzhen. She found a job in a factory and began to work there.       after working for seven months, she went to a mountain shool in Guizhou Province for        because she wanted to help the students there. She found that the school had        but(除…之外) the old houses without doors. She felt quite      . When she got there, she got a warm       . The students called her“Aunt”and the parents       food to her. All the people       her. She planned to work there all her life. She wanted to bring        to the kids there.

1.A. 32-years-old       B. 32-year-old       C. 32 years old  D. 32 year old

2.A. to               B. for          C. in              D. from

3.A. And           B. But          C. So         D. Or

4.A. teaching         B. living              C. farming     D. studying

5.A. everything B. something         C. anything            D. nothing

6.A. happy             B. interested          C. sorry            D. excited

7.A. talk            B. medal              C. heart             D. welcome

8.A. bought           B. brought     C. took              D. cooked

9.A. loved     B. hated(讨厌的)        C. laughed           D. asked

10.A. food             B. hope              C. books            D. money

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Hi Tom,

It’s very nice to hear that you like reading a lot.

Yours,

Li Ming

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Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there.

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Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But, millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems an ordinary old man with a kind smile. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country.

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Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist(漫画家) in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding of Little Ding.

He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China.

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An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony（开幕式） of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to this summer Olympic Games.

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Liu Qian is the only magician(魔术师) form Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance(表演).When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take is out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China.

A. The premier is our “grandpa”.

B. The most famous soprano in China.

C. The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.

D. The famous magician from Taiwan.

E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.