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Agatha Christie is undoubtedly considered queen of the detective story. Therefore, many people ____ her creations-Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective and Miss Marple, an old lady who is also an amateur detective.
As I am a big ____ of Agatha Christie, let me ____ with you an interesting story about her. The famous writer never forgot that night when she met a robber many years ago. That evening, she was ____ to a birthday party which lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the ____ street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady”, the man said in a(n) ____ voice. “I don’t think you wish to die here!”
“What do you want?” Agatha asked.
“Your earrings. ____ your earrings!”
Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her coat while she used ____ hand to get both of her earrings and then she quickly threw them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber saw that the girl didn’t care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the ____. He thought the necklace would cost more, so he said. “Give me your necklace.” “Oh, sir. It’s not worth ____. Please let me keep it.”
“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”
With shaky hands, Agatha gave him her necklace. ____ the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends. ____, the earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
1. A.fall off | B.fall in love with | C.fall from | D.fall down |
2. A.fan | B.partner | C.friend | D.enemy |
3. A.help | B.tell | C.argue | D.share |
4. A.instructed | B.invited | C.introduced | D.invented |
5. A.quiet | B.noisy | C.clean | D.dirty |
6. A.high | B.low | C.excited | D.calm |
7. A.Put on | B.Take out | C.Take off | D.Put off |
8. A.other | B.the other | C.another | D.others |
9. A.herself | B.earrings | C.collar | D.necklace |
10. A.little | B.less | C.much | D.more |
11. A.Until | B.Before | C.As soon as | D.While |
12. A.In short | B.In all | C.In general | D.In fact |