Условие:
Read the text and complete it with the appropriate forms of the words in the asterisks. Not long ago I (1) began reading “Endless Night” by Agatha Christie and (2) understood that I was fascinated by the story. I (3) tried to learn what I (4) could about the author and (5) found out the following facts. A. Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime, the (6) best crime storyteller. Her first books (7) appearing at the end of the First World War and immediately (8) became a success. Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective (9) created by the author was very good at (10) solving mysteries. In fact he was not (11) worse than Sherlock Holmes himself.