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【单选题】The author's mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ______.
A．fairy stories are still being made up
B．there is confusion about different kinds of truth
C．people try to modernise old fairy stories
D．there is more concern for children' s fears nowadays
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[试题分析] 主旨题。 [详细解答] 第四段的主要内容是说神话所讲内容大多是虚构的，不真实的，孩子们无法学会适应现实的本领，最后一句提到：If their case were sound，the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a broomstick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted girl-friend，目的就是对此主旨进行说明。其中，case就是指神话故事中虚构的，不现实的事实，显然，作者的目的就是表明神话故事会让孩子们混淆事实，无法正确认识现实世界。所以，B为正确答案。 查看试题解析出处>>