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单选题 By using the example of“snake—oil salesmen”，the author intends to emphasize　that______．

A．the results of genetic tests may fall into hands of dishonest people
B．the salesmen of genetic tests are malicious like snakes
C．the prediction of genetic tests are largely misleading nonsense
D．legislation should be strengthened to prevent the abuse of genetic test results

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【解析】通过题干中的线索词锁定原文第五段。本题也是对第五段中一个细节点的考查。
第五段的第五句话作者提到夸夸其谈的销售员可能会向顾客承诺自己可以预测顾客的孩子是否会成为体育冠军。很明显基因测试结果不可能预测一个孩子有没有可能成为世界冠军，因此这个例子表明基因测试的结果有时候只是夸夸其谈，可能会被心怀不轨的人利用。有人因此觉得[A]和[C]是正确的。但是要注意这里考查的是作者的意图，根据上下文，作者举这个例子的真正意图是想要强调对基因测试可能导致的诈骗行为的立法的重要性，因此[D]为准确答案。

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