A. in order to convince the reader that fruit has no intellect B. to illustrate the subject of the passage C. to give color to the story D. to show how foolish logic is 参考答案:B 答案解析:推理判断题。本文以苹果这一具体而又人人熟悉的概念为例，显然是为了让读者更好地理解三段论 (syllogism)这一抽象概念，因此B项是正确答案。
