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1、UnitOne(BookFour)形成性练习I.RF(快速阅读一篇)(题目分类:多项选择题)4-RF-01Key:1-5FTNTF6-10NFFTFDirections:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverapassagequicklyandreadtenstatementsafterit.Forstatements1-10,writeT(forTrue)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);F(forFalse)ifthestatementcontr
2、adictstheinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);N(forNotgiven)ifthestatementisnotgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);MemoriesofAfghanistanAfghanistan-----acountryonthebrinkofahumanitariandisaster,alandfilledwithfleeingrefugees,starvingpeople,andturbanedterroristsintrainingcamps.TVpicturestellthestoryofa
3、countryinruinandpoverty,acountrybroughtalmosttototaldestructionbytwentyyearsofwarandstruggle.Yetonce-----thoughpoor-----thiswasaproudnation,andabeautifulcountry,andonewitharichculturalheritage……ApartfromthenationsofEurope,therearefewcountriesintheworldthathaveneverbeenundercolonialrule----oratle
4、astneverinrecenttimes;Afghanistanwasoneofthem.Manycenturiesago,GenghisKhan’stroopsrodedownfromMongolia,mercilesslykillingthemountaintribesmenofAfghanistanwhodaredtoresisttheinvader;butapartfromthishumiliatingperiodintime,theAfghanistans----whoareinfactamixtureofthreeseparateethnicgroups----haveh
5、eldtheirheadshighinthefaceofinvasion.Thecountrythatisnowatthecenteroftheworld’sattentionwasonceoneoftheworld’sproudestnations,andanationthatothercountriesinvadedattheirownrisk.Inthe19thcenturythearmiesoftheBritishEmpireknewthatAfghanistanwasnotacountrytointerferewith.Ahundredandtwentyyearsago,in
6、1881,BritishsoldierswerenonethelessstationedintheAfghancapital,Kabul.Theyweretherefortworeasons,firstlytohelpstoptheRussiansfrominvadingthecountry,andsecondlytoensuretheexistenceofanindependentbuffer-statebetweentheRussianEmpiretothenorth,andtheBritishEmpireinIndia(modernPakistan)tothesoutheast.
7、QueenVictoriawouldhavelikedtoaddAfghanistantoherempire,buthersoldiersneversucceededinthismission,thoughtheytried,andfailed.In1879,thewholeBritishMission(embassy)inKabul,includingservants,wasmassacredbyagroupofrebelAfghansold