A. SURVEY B. METHODS C. SPEECH D. EXPERIMENTSREAD THE TWO PASSAGES...

55. A. survey

B. methods

C. speech

D. experiments

Read the two passages and choose the correct answer to each question.

THE CRUSADES WIDEN EUROPE’S HORIZONS

The cross-bearers who went on the long journey to the

Middle East from France,

England, Germany and Italy knew little of the kind of people they were going to meet

there. All they knew was that they were going to try to take sacred territory from the

hands of “the Infidels”, “unbelievers” whose God and Prophet were different from their

own. After once making contact with the East, the crusaders were surprised to find there

a highly developed culture which was not only much older than Europe’s but in many

ways quite superior.

Islam and Christianity had many things in common – most importantly, a belief in one

God. The Islamic codes of morality and hospitality deeply impressed the men from the

West. At a time when losses from battle aild pestilence called for every bit of medical

skill available, doctors who accompanied the crusaders discovered that Moslem medicine

was far ahead of their own.