Yours,

Li Hua

Li Hua

8 . I love a good murder mystery. It is so ___ to watch or read an exciting and interesting detective story and try to solve the ___ yourself. Agatha Christie is undoubtedly queen of the detective story considering she ___ over eighty books. Many people have fallen in love with her ___ — Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective and Miss Marple, an old lady who is also an amateur ___.

As I am a big ___ of Agatha Christie, I was excited to ___her house in Devon called Greenway. I travelled to her ___ by steam train. We went through a dark tunnel and there was lots of smoke. It was a ___ setting for a murder like in her famous novel Murder on the Orient Express. ____, all the passengers arrived safely!

After a pleasant walk through the woods, I ____ the splendid house. I did a tour and I loved seeing where she wrote her books. Many first editions were ____ in a revolving (旋转的) bookcase. However, my   ____ part of the estate (庄园) was the boathouse. There was a lovely view of the river ____ the boathouse also served a more special purpose — inspiration for a crime ____. In the Poirot novel, Dead Man’s Folly, a girl’s body is ____ in the boathouse. They even ____ the TV adaptation of the book at Greenway.

I really ____ my visit to Greenway. It was such a ____ place and I was interested in seeing where Agatha Christie was ____ to write so many exciting stories.

9 . Castles(城堡)and temples wear away after hundreds of years, but the symbols and E-books came from the development of words on the stone often survive.    1     science and technology, and can be read online. Many people believe that regular books will be one day replaced by e-books.

Books and e-books share lots of similarities. They are both items created by great minds,    2     You can draw lines or highlight some details on books or e-books as notes. The notes can be kept for a long time.

    3    Firstly, books don’t have to be charged, while e-books need electricity if we want to read them. Meanwhile, spending too much time reading e-books may do harm to our eyes. Moreover, e-books don't share the same weight when held in the hand as regular books, nor do they give that sense of fulfillment that comes from finishing a thick book. However，e-book devices(设备)are easy to carry.    4    

A disadvantage of e-book devices is that people tend to get distracted(分心)when they’re using one, as many devices often have apps or games on them.    5    

Whichever you prefer, both books and e-books are just a way to help us gain knowledge and get to know other people 's experiences. They are both necessary, so it's too early to say one will disappear.