新视野大学英语-形成性练习读写部分(1-4).doc

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Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over a passage quickly and read ten statements after it.
For statements1-10, write
T (for True) if the statement agrees with the information given in the above paragraph(s);
F (for False) if the statement contradicts the information given in the above paragraph(s);
E (for Not given) if the statement is not given in the above paragraph(s);
(1)
Memories of Afghanistan
Afghanistan----- a country on the brink of a humanitarian disaster, a land filled with fleeing refugees, starving people, and turbaned terrorists in training camps. TV pictures tell the story of a country in ruin and poverty, a country brought almost to total destruction by twenty years of war and struggle. Yet once-----though poor-----this was a proud nation, and a beautiful country, and one with a rich cultural heritage……
Apart from the nations of Europe, there are few countries in the world that have never been under colonial rule----or at least never in recent times; Afghanistan was one of them. Many centuries ago, Genghis Khan’s troops rode down from