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Magdalen Nabb，a British author who wrote interesting crime novels about a smart Italian detective (侦探).has passed away. She was 60 years old. On Saturday Ms. Nabb died of a stroke in Florence, Italy, where she had lived and worked since 1975 ，said Diogenes Verlag AG,her publisher.

Ms. Nabb's most popular novels featured the Sicilian-born police detective Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia, described by Publishers Weekly as an unusual main character for a crime novel.

She published 13 books in the series，the most recent being The Innocent in 2005. Her publisher said she had recently presented the 14th book titled Vita Nuova,which is to be published next year.

Ms. Nabb said she started writing when the Belgian author Georges Simenon stopped writing his wonderful novels about a French detective Jules Maigret in 1972. She wanted to continue his dream. They kept on writing to each other until Georges Simenon died in 1989. Ms. Nabb、s publisher said the first copy of each of her books went to him,and "she couldn't write as fast as Simenon read" because he asked her after each new novel where the next one was.

Ms. Nabb,born in a village in northwest England, studied art and pottery(陶艺)and later taught at an English art school. She came up with the idea for the character Marshal Guarnaccia while working in a pottery studio in Italy. Ms. Nabb also published 13 books for children and young adults.

(   ) 8. Why did Magdalen Nabb begin to write detective novels in 1972?

A.  She got tired of teaching.

B.  Her favorite detective novel writer asked her to do that.

C.  She was short of money.

D.  Her favorite detective novel writer stopped writing.

(   ) 9. According to the underlined part in the fourth paragraph，we can infer that .

A.   Simenon was good at speed reading

B.   Simenon liked Ms. Nabb's detective stories very much

C.   Simenon was not satisfied with Nabb's new stories

D.   Simenon didn't read novels carefully

(   ) 10, Most of Ms. Nabb's popular novels are about        .

A. children    B. young adults C. a detective    D. pottery lovers

(   ) 11. When Ms. Nabb first created the character Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia,she was

working in a( n)        .

A. pottery studio in Italy    B. English art school as a teacher

C. village in northwest England    D. publishing house in Italy as an editor

(   ) 12. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A.   Georges Simenon helped Magdalen Nabb publish her books.

B.   Georges Simenon stopped writing when he noticed Magdalen Nabb's great talent for writing.

C.   Magdalen Nabb had published altogether 13 books about a Sicilian-born police detective by 2005.

D.   Magdalen Nabb published 28 novels in total before she died.

Answer 1

8. D细节理解题、，从"She wanted to continue his dream."这句可知她是由于心爱的作家停止了写 作才开始写侦探小说的 

9. B逻辑推理题，因为Ms. Nabb的小说写得特别好，Simenon才会迫不及待地看完。

10.C细节理解题o从"Ms. Nab' s most popular novels featured the Sicilian-born police detective Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia,described by Publishers Weekly as an unusual main character for a crime novel."这句可知Ms. Nabb的大部分小说都是关于一个叫Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia的侦探的 

11.A细节理解题。从"She came up with the idea for the character Marshal Guarnaccia while working in a pottery studio inItaly"这句可知答案为C。

12.C逻辑推理题。从"She published 13 books in the series, the most recent being The Innocent in 2005."这句可知C正确.