第33题: [单项选择]The author mentioned "Yankee" in his article was to ______. A. show his hatred towards westerners B. give a vivid image of tall tales to us C. laugh at American D. illustrate the characteristic of tall tales 参考答案:D 答案解析:[解析] 事实细节题。据文章第二段第四句可知:作者讲到了tall tales。中的两种典型的人物形象,其中之一即Yankee。可见作者想要举例说明tall tales特点,即D。