A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’ s garden, and talking about children. The young

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问题     A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’ s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, "How strict should parents be with their children?"
    The old man pointed to a string between a big strong tree and a thin young one. "Please untie that string, " he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. "Now tie it again, please, " said the old man, "but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again. "
    The young man did so. Then the old man said, "There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find they are ready to stand alone, you can take the string away. "
The young man untied the string______.

选项 A、in order to throw it away
B、so that both of the trees would grow straight
C、only to find the thinner one bent over to one side
D、in order to let the old man to teach him

答案C

解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句话“The young man untied it,and the young treebent over to one side”可知,当年轻的父亲解开绳子时,细小的树弯向了一边。所以答案为C。
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