( ) 5. When was Agatha Christie's first detective novel completed?
B
( ) 6. Which of the following is the CORRECT order in which the events happened?
A
( ) 7. What does the writer use "66", "countless" and "a series of" to show?
C
( ) 8. Which of the following can be the writer's opinion according to the passage?
D
答案：5. B
解析：由第二段“In 1914... It was while working in a hospital during the war that Christie first came up with the idea of writing a detective novel. Although it was completed in a year...”可知，1914年萌生想法，一年后完成，即1915年。
6. A
解析：a.《斯泰爾斯莊園奇案》1920年出版；c.《尼羅河上的慘案》1937年出版；d.《東方快車謀殺案》1974年改編成電影；b.1971年成為女爵士。順序?yàn)閍-c-d-b。
7. C
解析：“66部小說、無數(shù)短篇故事和劇本、一系列浪漫小說”均說明阿加莎·克里斯蒂的作品數(shù)量眾多。
8. D
解析：最后一段“In short, she is the single most popular mystery writer of all time.”表明她是有史以來最受歡迎的推理作家，不僅限于20世紀(jì)。
