Choose the option that best completes each blank in the passage. Write A, B, or C in the blank.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was a British (5). She was born in England in 1890 and died there in 1976. She first started writing (6) she was sixteen. Later, when she was a nurse, she had the idea for a detective story and she published her first novel in 1920. She was a very (7) person, so she was happier to stay in and write than to meet people.

Agatha Christie eventually became one of the most (8) writers in history. She wrote more than sixty novels, as well as plays and poetry, and sold more than two billion books. There are translations of her books in more than 100 (9). People love her works because the characters and the mysteries are so interesting.

5. A. player B. writer C. actress

6. A. where B. how C. when

7. A. shy B. left C. went

8. A. horrible B. exciting C. popular

9. A. books B. languages C. stories

Choose the bold word that has a different stress A. animal B. dangerous C. exciting