Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in the following passage.
Agatha Christie was a British writer. She was born in England in 1890 and died there in 1976. She first started writing when she was sixteen. Later, when she was a nurse, she had the……(17)…. for a detective story and she published her first novel in 1920. She was a very shy person, so she was happier to stay in and write than to meet people.
Agatha Christie eventually became one ….(18)…. the most popular writers in history. She ….(19)…. 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 languages. People love her works ….(20)…. the characters and the mysteries are so interesting.
