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

55. A. survey B. methods C. speech D. experimentsRead the two passages and choose the correct answer to each question.THE CRUSADES WIDEN EUROPE’S HORIZONSThe 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 meetthere. All they knew was that they were going to try to take sacred territory from thehands of “the Infidels”, “unbelievers” whose God and Prophet were different from theirown. After once making contact with the East, the crusaders were surprised to find therea highly developed culture which was not only much older than Europe’s but in manyways quite superior.Islam and Christianity had many things in common – most importantly, a belief in oneGod. The Islamic codes of morality and hospitality deeply impressed the men from theWest. At a time when losses from battle aild pestilence called for every bit of medicalskill available, doctors who accompanied the crusaders discovered that Moslem medicinewas far ahead of their own.