2006年考研英语第22题,我怎么都想不明白

原文是：

Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifference,”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse,andthecasualnessandabsenceofdeference”characteristicofpopularculture.Peopleareabsorbedinto“acultureofconsumption”launchedbythe19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere.Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite,”thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact.”Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization.

22题：

22.Accordingtotheauthor,thedepartmentstoresofthe19thcentury________.

[A]playedaroleinthespreadofpopularculture

[B]becameintimateshopsforcommonconsumers

[C]satisfiedtheneedsofaknowledgeableelite

[D]oweditsemergencetothecultureofconsumption

正确答案为A.

选A固然没错,但B选项根据原文“Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite,thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact”来看,商店一度只对精英知识阶层友好,而现在不论你的阶层背景,商店变得public的democratic.感觉B选项和原文意思完全一致啊,为什么不对?