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C- Comprehension Test 3

 

Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings again and tick the correct answer.

1 Tensions between the Afghan Government and the international community are over A the expulsion of two high-ranking foreign officials B the misconduct of two high-ranking foreign officials C the mistreatment of two high-ranking officials 2 The expelled officials are experts from A the United Nations B the United Nations and the European Union C the European Union
3 Britain may also find itself in direct conflict with the Afghan Government over Aallegations that some of its officials have held meetings with the Taliban B delegations that some of its officials send to the Taliban Callegations that some of its officials rendered financial help to the Taliban 4 The officials in question were officially declared persona non grata A for interference into home policy B for the Kabul administration C for threatening national security
5. Both of them have lived in Afghanistan A for more than 10 years, through the Civil War period B through the Civil War, the Taliban period and the recent government. C through the Civil War and the Taliban period 6. They were able to travel freely in these very dangerous insurgency areas, largely because A they had a reliable interpreter B they were two of the only people who used to have good relationship with the government C they were who were not afraid of travelling all over Afghanistan
7. The reason they are expelled is A they might reveal that there's no support for the Taliban in the south of the country B they might be canvassing against the Afghan Government C they know the real situation in the country which the government doesn’t want to acknowledge 8. A British newspaper revealed that members of MI6 held meetings A with senior EU members in Afghanistan B with senior Taliban members in Afghanistan C with serious Taliban members
9. That could prove embarrassing for Gordon Brown because A he recently refuted allegations of having any talks with the Taliban B he recently approved all talks with the Taliban C he recently declined the offer to negotiate with the Taliban 10. In his statement Gordon Brown says that Great Britain was trying A to isolate and eliminate the leadership of the Taliban B to negotiate with the leadership of Taliban C to isolate religious extremists by conducting talks with the leadership of the Taliban
11. Analysts on the ground believe that it makes sense to talk with A religious extremists to persuade them to support the Government B the tribal chiefs to persuade them to support the Government C the religious extremists or the tribal chiefs to persuade them to support the Government 12. The former EU mediator tries to engage in dialogue A with both British and EU negotiating groups B with both peaceful and armed Islamist groups C with both Afghani and EU Islamist groups
13. The former EU mediator believes that there are factions within the Taliban A which seek some sort of power sharing arrangement B which participate in the governance of Afghanistan C which found a way of getting back for the expelled officials 14. He has an opinion that both local government and the European are A to bring a more inclusive government B to stabilise the government of the day C to bring a more decisive government

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 808


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