单选题 When an Alexandrian wrote a book,

A、 encyclopedias are close at hand.
B、 he can refer to a biographical dictionary.
C、 he may recopy every word he wrote.
D、 he can ask a copyist to help him to write.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查事实细节。根据第三段第五句“The Alexandrian author had to dictate or recopy every word…”可知，他在写书时，有可能口述，也有可能自己复写一篇。选项[A]、[B]说的是现代人写书可以参考的资料，因此可以排除；而抄写员只有写完书后进行复写印刷时才起作用，因此[D]也应排除。