四、閱讀測驗
     I am one of those people who spend much time in coffeehouses talking to and observing others. One time I methalf a dozen gentlemen who were talking about the different kinds of people in Europe. One of these men stated thathe had all of the wonderful qualities of the English in his person. He went on to say that the Dutch were all greedyand hungry for money. The French were not to be trusted. The Germans were a bunch of drunks. The Spanish weretoo proud. In bravery, kindness, generosity, and every other virtue the English were better than the rest of the world.
     The rest of the company, all Englishmen, accepted his statements as truth. I sat there and said nothing, so acompanion of mine asked me if what that man said was not true. I replied that I could not judge until I had spentsome time in those countries. Perhaps I might find that the Dutch were thrifty and saved their money, that the Frenchwere very polite, that the Germans are hard-working, that the Spanish were very calm and quite, and even that theEnglish, although brave and generous, might be too bold and free-swinging when things went well and too sad whenthey did not. Soon after I said this, I lost the goodwill of my companions, and they all left me alone.
      I paid my bill and went home. There I began to think about the silliness of national prejudice. I thought of theancient wise man, when asked the country of his citizenship, replied that he was a “citizen of the world.” We havenow become so English, French, Dutch, Spanish, or German that we are no longer citizens of the world. We are somuch the citizens of one small society that we no longer think of ourselves as members of that grand society thatincludes all of humankind.
46. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(A) Coffee Shops in Europe
(B) Story of an Ancient Wise Man
(C) Citizen of the World
(D) Prejudice against Gentlemen