单选题
Which of the following statements can best describe Texans?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型。
文章第一段第一、二句叙述了(美国)得克萨斯州人的性格;随后第三句中When they hear this sort of criticism they usually ascribe(把……归因于)it to the ignorance and jealousy of stuffy Yankees who...及第四句For such avowedly robust people they are surprisingly sensitive.谈及得州人对于批评是敏感、易怒的,他们将对他们的批评之词认作是北佬的无知和妒嫉,……;因此选项D.“他们对人们给予他们的歧视十分敏感,公开且粗鲁地表示愤怒(openly and crudely thin-skinned about)”是答案。