Reading passages

37-The best statement to summarise the passage is 
that ………. .
A) fact and fiction actually refer to the same thing 
B) the American Revolution was a struggle for 
personal freedom 
C) American scholars are more objective than British 
authors 
D) even facts can be interpreted differently by 
different people 
E) there was no personal freedom in America before 
the Revolution 
38-The writer believes that ……….. .
A) authors from different countries will always have 
cultural conflicts 
B) scholars from the United States understand their 
history better than British scholars do 
C) readers should prefer fictional books to factual 
ones 
D) it is right to struggle for personal freedom 
E) authors also reflect their own ideas when 
presenting facts 
39- It is implied in the passage that ………… .
A) some factual books are not really worth reading 
B) some authors purposely try to deceive their 
readers 
C) a reader of factual material should be aware of the 
author's background 
D} an author's point of view is less important than the 
facts he presents 
E) there are always two ways of looking at facts 
Medieval Christians confronted Muslims chiefly in 
military crusades, in Spain and the Holy land, and in 
theology. From this 
encounter came the restoration of ancient learning to 
the West. The Reconquista in Spain gradually pushed 
the Moors south from the Pyrenees, and among the 
treasures left behind were Arabic translations of 

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Greek works of science and philosophy. In 1085 the 
city of Toledo, with one of the finest libraries in 
Islam, fell to the Christians. Among the occupiers 
were Christian monks who quickly began the process 
of translating ancient works into Latin