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单选题The example of tantalize is to show

A．how the word came into existenc
B．how Tantalus was punished in the lower worl
C．how all English dictionaries show word origin
D．how the meaning of the word changed over the year

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【定位】第l段。
【解析】推理题。从“现在你明白为什么他的名字变成了……?”可知作者以tantalize为例是为了说明这个词的来源，因此选A。
【点瞎】Tantalus在阴间受到惩罚的故事是为了说明tantalize词义的起源．B将因果关系颠倒了；根据上面的86题可以排除C：tantalize的词义并没有随着时间的推移而发生变化，故排除D。

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