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GRE阅读(—)-1SECTIONAExtendeddebateconcerningtheexactpointoforiginofindividualfolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslaveshasunfortunatelytakenprecedenceoveranalysisofthetales’--,theessentialpointisthat,withrespecttolanguage,delivery,detailsofcharacterization,andplot,. TheauthorclaimsthatmoststudiesoffolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslavesareinadequatebecausethestudies(A)failtorecognizeanypossibleEuro-Americaninfluenceonthefolktales(B)donotpayenoughattentiontothefeaturesofafolktalethatbestrevealanAfricaninfluence(C)overestimatethenumberoffolktalesbroughtfromAfricabytheslaves(D)donotconsiderthefactthatafolktalecanbechangedasitisretoldmanytimes(E)plextraditionsoftheslavesancestralhomeland18. Theauthor’smainpurposeisto(A)createanewfieldofstudy(B)discreditanexistingfieldofstudy(C)changethefocusofafieldofstudy(D)transplantscholarlytechniquesfromonefieldofstudytoanother(E)restrictthescopeofaburgeoningnewfieldofstudy19. Thepassagesuggeststhattheauthorwouldregardwhichofthefollowingareasofinquiryasmostlikelytorevealtheslaves’culturalcontinuitieswithAfrica?(A)eenth-centuryAmerica(B)Specificregionaldifferencesinthestylesofdeliveryusedbytheslavesintellingfolktales(C)ThefunctionalmeaningofBlackfolktalesinthelivesofWhitechildrenraisedbyslave(D)Thespecificwaytheslavesusedfolktalestoimpartmoralteachingtotheirchildren(E)plexitiesofplotthatappearmostfrequentlyintheslaves’tales20. Whichofthefollowingtechniquesisusedbytheauthorindevelopi