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He was a funny-looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was {{U}} (36) {{/U}} by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man." Yet this same man was {{U}} (37) {{/U}} to death for his beliefs by a jury composed of the leading figures of the time in Athens.
The man was the Greek philosopher Socrates, and he was put to death for not believing in the recognized gods and for {{U}} (38) {{/U}} young people. The second charge steamed from his {{U}} (39) {{/U}} with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the {{U}} (40) {{/U}} world to study under him.
Socrates’s method of teaching was to ask questions and, by {{U}} (41) {{/U}} not to know the answers, to {{U}} (42) {{/U}} his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had {{U}} (43) {{/U}} influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet for all his fame and influence,

[单项选择] He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as" the best and most just and wisest man." Yet, the same man was condemned to death for his beliefs. The man was the Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him. Socrates’’ method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word. Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silence
A. contrast
B. a sequence
C. emphasize
D. an example.