What does the author mean by saying ...the Je
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What does the author mean by saying "...the Jews, the Muslims—had lower disease and death rates; which did not always count to their advantage" in Paragraph Four？
A．The zealous religious belief of the Jews and the Muslims delayed their adoption of industrial innovation.
B．The Jews and the Muslims were often accused of conspiracy because their low disease and death rates were seen as suspicious.
C．No washable underclothing was available for the Jews and the Muslims at that time.
D．The Jews and the Muslims had other unhealthy habits despite their cleanliness.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：B
语义题。第四段倒数第二句提到，犹太人、穆斯林等人群的发病率和死亡率较低，但这并非总对他们有好处。文章接下来提到“人们极易被说服并且相信，如果犹太人死得太少，那是冈为他们向基督徒的水井里投了毒”，可知尽管犹太人和穆斯林因为有较好的卫生习惯而相对患病较少，却招致基督徒的猜忌，被怀疑为暗中投毒，因此作者才说犹太人和穆斯林讲卫生的习惯并非总给他们带来好处，故[B]为正确答案。文中并未表明犹太人和穆斯林的宗教信仰妨碍其接受创新成果，也没有表达他们存在其他不卫生的习惯，因而[A]和[D]均不正确，故排除；尽管当时人们都没有使用易于洗涤的棉织内衣，但犹太人和穆斯林由于其良好的卫生习惯，并未因此过多地患病，所以这也和他们招致的麻烦无关，故[C]也不正确。
