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One of the most vivid of the mythical episodes added to the history of the Celtic captain, Arthur, is that deed by which he was

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问题      One of the most vivid of the mythical episodes added to the history of the Celtic captain, Arthur, is that deed by which he was disclosed to be the predestined king. His father, Uther Pendragon, had died, and the powerful lords of the kingdom were all grasping for the crown. By Merlin’ s advice and counsel it was finally decided that the supernatural powers should be left to determine the troubled issue. Before the greatest church in London a stone had appeared in which a sword was buried and letters of gold were to be seen on the stone around the sword to the effect that the one who could draw the blade should be recognized as king. Many tried in vain. Then, at last, this unknown youth, Arthur, who had been reared secretly under that guardianship of Merlin, rode up to the church and, ignorant of the magic of his deed, pulled out the sword.
     This striking symbol of the hero’ s election and sacred power is derived from the prehistoric period at the close of the Age of Stone. Swords were not made until after the discovery of bronze and iron: before that time there were only spears and arrows and axes. And so, who is the one who frees the metal from the stone? The culture hero: the magic smith, who released the worlds from the Stone Age and taught mankind the art of smelting bronze and iron from the ore. The hero who cart draw the iron sword from the stone is not necessarily a great warrior, but always a powerful magician, a lord over spiritual and material things: a seer comparable, in terms of the Iron Age, to modern inventor, chemist or engineer, who creates new weapons for his people. And just as today we live in awe and some fear of the man of science so it is only natural that the folk of that faraway other day should have thought of the one who freed for them metal from stone as the chosen master of the secrets of existence.
The story of the boy’ s walking on the stones shows that______.
选项 A、he wished to solve his problem
B、he wanted to get his father killed
C、he wished that his father could help him
D、he was emotionally tolerated and had gone crazy
答案A
解析 生活于困惑中是痛苦的，因此，孩子想通过幻想来摆脱(dispel)对父亲的困惑(参考第一段最后一句)。当他摆脱不了困惑时，他的生活中出现了一些情不自禁的行为 (behave compulsively )。只在石面上走而不踏土面(这里“土面”与“石面”对孩子来说代表两种道路选择)就是孩子想解决他的问题(他的困惑)的心理尝试。参考第三段前半段。D意为：“他遭受着情感上的折磨，已经疯了。”其实，已经疯了就不会再有情感上的痛苦了。
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