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21. According to the passage, how many crime and non-crime novels were written by Agatha Christie?
A) 86 B) 78 C) 84 D) 257
22. The author states that because of Agatha’s rare appearing in public ...
A) People were unable to understand her speeches.
B) She could not be able to gain much popularity previously.
C) There was not enough information about the writer for readers.
D) People thought that Agatha was a kind of proud women
23. According to Christie’s words what was one of the reasons for her becoming a writer?
A) Her great ambition to be a professional writer as a child.
B) Not being able to express clearly what she wanted to say.
C) Her being not talented enough to be a pianist.
D) Her freezing up from cold while playing the piano.
24. Which of the following is TRUE in the passage?
A) The number of books written by Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare is equal.
B) Agatha Christie’s books were translated into more languages than W. Shakespeare’s books.
C) Agatha Christie’s plays gained more success than W. Shakespeare’s ones.
D) The books by Agatha Christie were bought by more readers than those by W. Shakespeare.


Mozart made his first visit to Prague with his wife Constance in 1787, staying with his friend and patron Count Thun. A year earlier, his opera The Marriage of Figaro, which had failed to please the opera snobs in Vienna, was given a marvelous reception in Prague. Encouraged by this, he chose to premiere his next opera, Don Giovanni, in Prague rather than in Vienna. He arrived with an incomplete score in hand, and finished it there, dedicating it to the ’good people of Prague’. Mozart’s final visit to Prague took place in 1791, the year of his death. The climax of the stay was the premiere of Mozart’s final opera, La Clemenza di Tito, according to legend, completed on the coach from Vienna to Prague.
25. The author points out in the passage that The Marriage of Figaro ...
A) was more highly appreciated in Vienna than in Prague.
B) had obviously not been a success in Vienna.
C) was given its first ever performance in 1786, in Prague.
D) encouraged Mozart to write his next opera Don Giovanni.