Afghanistan's terrain, climate and tradition of gardening make it a good place for growing fruit in the 1970s, export of fruits and nuts provided about 40% of the countries foreign exchange. About 60% of the world's dried fruit came from Afghanistan. In the 1990s the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) helped to create over 300 fruit-tree nurseries throughout the country to replace orchards destroyed during a decade of occupation by the Soviet Union. Further fighting ruined more of Afghan agriculture, including the vineyards of the Somali plain. But it was the lack of water — and the lack of money — that devastated the country's orchards, most of which are now in a sorry state. Such fruits and vegetables that are being produced now are difficult to distribute or export because many of the country's roads and bridges have been destroyed.
It's clear from the passage that, several decades ago, Afghanistan ____.
began to build a network of roads across the country
used to have a climate ideally suited to the growing of fruit trees, but now it has changed
had some of the best vineyards in the world
used to meet more than half of the world's need for dried fruit
suffered from an acute shortage of foreign currency
It is emphasized in the passage that the destruction of Afghanistan's orchards ____.
was the result more of a lack of water than of wars and the country
was compensated for by the massive financial aid of the FAO
did not seriously affect the economy of the country
was intensified during the final months of the Soviet occupation
gave the country the opportunity to introduce more modem methods of gardening
It is clear from the passage that one big problem currently facing the distribution and export of Afghanistan's agricultural produce ____.
is the lack of foreign exchange to finance exports
is the disruption of the transport facilities in the country
may be said to be the general state of uncertainty in the country
is the huge debt the country owes to the FAO
is the poor quality of this produce owing to climatic changes