The sentence “Children are a relatively modern invention” underlined in Paragraph 1 means that children .
A、were exactly the same as adults a few hundred years ago
B、did not exist at that time because there were no families yet
C、were not different from adults in physical appearance
D、were not different from adults
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语义题。第一段第二句指出“几百年前,孩子们看上去就像成人一样:他们穿着成人的衣服,带着成人的表情并且完成着成人的任务”。由此可知划线部分所描述的“相对而言,孩子是个现代发明”,指的是“几百年前的孩子和成人一样,并不会受到区别对待,故选D。