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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.
According to the author, in terms of the respect he inspired, Arthur is comparable to______.
选项 A、a modern hero
B、a tribe leader
C、a modem scientist
D、a blacksmith
答案C
解析 该题的提问部分意为：“就他所引起的崇拜而言，亚瑟可以与..相比。”第二段提到，在石器时代末期，掌握了青铜技术的人被人顶礼膜拜，被视为统治精神与物质世界的主(a lord over spiritual and material things)。在那个时代的人眼里 (in eyes of the people of the lron Age)，这种人简直就是先知(seer)，他同今天的发明家、化学家一样，为他的人民创造新的武器。因此，像今天我们崇拜或敬畏科学家一样，那个遥远的时代的人将掌握了青铜技术的人视作他
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