Question 27 - 31
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3? 
Choose Yes; No; Not Given for each statement. 

YES                     if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO                     if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN     if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks

27Sales of crime fiction were surprisingly high at a recent London Book Fair. 

28. Literary critics such as Sebastian Franklin think that crime fiction is overrated.

29. Agatha Christie and James M. Cain admired each other's writing.

30. Most people know about Christie from films rather than books.

31. Christie's descriptions of international locations were based on her own experience.

32. Christie enjoyed the wealth and fame she achieved through writing.

Questions 33 - 36
Choose A, B, C, or D in the box. 

33. What is the writer doing in the third paragraph?

34. The writer refers to Michael Utley in order to

35.  What point does the writer make about Christie's writing style in the fifth paragraph?      

36. What does the writer conclude about Christie in the final paragraph?

Questions 37 - 40
Complete each sentence with the correct ending A - F 
Write the correct letter  A - F in the box next to the question. 

 

   A   is an example of a book disliked by many critics.

   B  has sold more copies than her other books.

   C   has illustrated the fact that readers cannot remember the ending. 

   D  was Christie's own favourite from among her books for good reasons.

   E   is different from all of her other books.

   F   introduced one of her most famous and most often copied characters.

  

37. Christie's book Come, Tell Me How You Live,
38. Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
39. Christie's sixteenth book, Murder on the Orient Express 
40. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, published in 1926

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