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There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about

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问题      There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.
     In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with others. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.
     What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.
      Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent. The progress from a rattle used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.
Regarded as a kind of art form, toys ______.
选项 A、follow a direct line of ascent
B、also appeal greatly to adults
C、are not characterized by technological progress
D、reflect the pace of social progress
答案C
解析 根据最后一段第一句"they(toys)have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use…”，可见“作为一种艺术形式，玩具并不是以技术的进步为特点的”，C 为正确答案。在最后一段中，作者指出公元前3000年的孩子和今天的孩子玩的拨浪鼓的发展过程却未表现出"inventiveness"，而作为相反的对比，从作为生活用具而不是玩具的轮子到牛拉车再到汽车的进步却是一个“a direct
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