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【单选题】 In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to _______.
A．contrast their views on the subject of luxury consumerism in eighteenth century England
B．indicate the inadequacy of historiographical approaches to eighteenth century English history
C．give examples of historians who have helped to establish the fact of growing consumerism in eighteenth century England
D．support the contention that key questions about eighteenth century consumerism remain to be answered

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[试题分析] 本题考查学生对作者意图的理解，属于观点题。 [详细解答] 据文章的内容，McKendrick和Plumb均提出当时英国社会对奢侈物质的追求，并举了具体的例子。因此，文章提到这两个人的目的是举例说明历史学家帮助建立这样一种事实，英国十八世纪的消费趋于奢侈。 查看试题解析出处>>