問題詳情
第 46 題至第 50 題為題組 Although the epoch of the crusades ignited a genuine economic and cultural revolution in western Europe, inthe Orient these holy wars led to long centuries of decadence and obscurantism. Assaulted from all quarters, theMuslim world turned in on itself.Henceforth modernism became alien. Should cultural and religious identity beaffirmed by rejecting this modernism, which the West symbolized? Or, on the contrary, should the road ofmodernization be embarked upon with resolution, thus risking loss of identity? Neither Iran, nor Turkey, nor theArab world has ever succeeded in resolving this dilemma. Even today we can observe a lurching alternationbetween phases of forced westernization and phases of extremist, strongly xenophobic traditionalism. The Arab world—simultaneously fascinated and terrified by these Franj [Franks], whom they encountered asbarbarians,but whom subsequently managed to dominate the earth—cannot bring itself to consider the crusades amere episode in the bygone past. It is often surprising to discover the extent to which the attitude of the Arabs (andof Muslims in general) towards the West is still influenced, even today, by events that supposedly ended someseven centuries ago
【題組】46 The crusades had a negative impact on the Muslim world, and this idea is suggested by the word _____ in thepassage.
(A) genuine
(B) revolution
(C) holy
(D) decadence
參考答案
答案：D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(1),C(0),D(0),E(0)