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【单选题】In the summer of 999, LeifErikson voyaged to Norway and spent the following winter with King Olaf Tryggvason. Substantially the same account is given by both the Saga ofEric the Red and the Flat IslandBook. The latter says nothing about Leif’s return voyage to Greenland, but according to the former it was during this return voyage that Leif discoveredAmeric
A、The Flat IslandBook, however, tells of another and earlier landfall byBiarni, the son of a prominent man named Heriulf, and makes that the inspiration for the voyage to the new land by Leif. In brief, like Leif,Biarni and his companion sight three countries in succession before reaching Greenland, and to come upon each new land takes 1 "doegr" more than the last untilBiarni comes to land directly in front of his father’s house in the last- mentioned country.
This narrative has been rejected by most later writers, and they may be justifieD、Possibly,Biarni was a companion of Leif when he voyaged from Norway to Greenland viaAmerica, or it may he that the entire tale isBut a garbled account of that voyage andBiarni another name for Leif. It should be noted, however, that the stories of Leif’s visit to King Olaf andBiarni’s to that king’s predecessor are in the same narrative in the Flat IslandBook, so there is less likelihood of duplication than if they were from different sources.Also,Biarni landed on none of the lands he passed, but Leif apparently landed on one, for he brought back specimens of wheat, vines, and timber. Nor is there any good reason to believe that the first land visited byBiarni was WinelanD、The first land was "level and covered with woods", and "there were small hillocks upon it’. Of forests, later writers do not emphasize them particularly in connection with Wineland, though they are often noted incidentally.And of hills, the Saga says of Wineland only that "wherever there was hilly ground, there were vines".
Additionally, if the two narratives were taken from the same source we should expect a closer resemblance of HellulanD、The Saga says of it: "They found there hellus (large flat stones)."According to theBiarni narrative, however, "this land was high and mountainous." The intervals of 1, 2, 3, and 4 "doegr" in both narratives are suggestive, but mythic formulas of this kind may be introduced into narratives without altogether destroying their historicity. It is also held against theBiarni narrative that its hero is made to come upon the coast of Greenland exactly in front of his father’s home.But it should be recalled that Heriufsness lay below two high mountains which served as landmarks for navigators.
I would give upBiarni more readily were it not that the story of Leif’s voyage contained in the supposedly more reliable Saga is almost as amazing.But Leif’s voyage across the entire width of the NorthAtlantic is said to be "probable" because it is incorporated into the narrative of a preferred authority, whileBiarni’s is "improbable" or even "impossible" because the document containing it has been condemneD、
It can be concluded that ______.

A、documents in Saga may not be dependable
B、condemned records should not be used
C、authorized narratives are to be favored
D、official files should be most preferred
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
可以断言，传奇中的证据不大可靠。文章最后一段指出，如果不是据认为更可靠的传奇中所写的利夫的航海故事令人惊异的话，我就会更容易地排除比亚尼。由此可知，作者认为英雄传奇中所述的材料不可信。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>