Question

1 – Read the text and write T (true) or (F) false : (05 pts – 01 pt each)

The man who wrote Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburg, Scotland, on May 22, 1859. He studied medicine at Edinburg University, and as a student, he began writing short stories. He became a doctor in the south of England, but at first, he didn’t have many patients. So in his free time, he began writing stories about a very clever detective, Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle based Holmes’s personality on one of his university professors. Holmes, who lives at 221b Baker Street in London, is famous for solving difficult crimes and mysteries using his great intelligence. The Sherlock Holmes stories soon became very popular, but in 1893, Conan Doyle became tired of his detective and decided to “kill” him. In The Final Problem, Sherlock Holmes and his enemy, Professor Mortiarty, die when they fall off the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. But people were very unhappy to lose Sherlock Holmes, and there were letters in many newspapers asking for him to come back. Finally, in 1901, Conan Doyle brought him back in a new story, The Hound of the Baskervilles. He explained that Holmes did not die in the Reichenbach Falls, but miraculously survived. Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930, but Sherlock Holmes continues to live both in the stories and in many movie versions. Recently, he was the inspiration for the character Dr. Gregory House in the TV series House.

a) Arthur Conan Doyle was Scottish, but he worked in England. ( )

b) He started writing stories about Sherlock Holmes while at the university. ( )

c) Conan Doyle lived at 221b Baker Street, in London. ( )

d) In 1893, he didn’t want to write more Sherlock Holmes stories. ( )

e) Sherlock Holmes is still popular today. ( )​

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) T

b) F

c) F

d) T

e) T

Explicação: