单选题
As most new buyers soon learn, it is not that easy for a novice to use, particularly when the manuals contain instructions like this ______ from Apple: "This character prevents script from terminating the currently forming output line when it encounters the script command in the input stream. "
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] A选项：excerpt意为“摘录，摘要”，如：This is an excerpt from a novel．(这是一部小说的摘录。)句意：正如多数新的购买者很快就会了解的那样，手册对于一个新手来说使用起来不是那么容易，尤其是其中包含了诸如这种从苹果手册中摘录的使用说明。故选A。
B选项：manipulation操作，操纵；C选项：retrieval重获，检索；D选项：reminder令人回忆起……的东西。