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Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?
When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.
[Excerpt from The Truth about Stories by T. King]
It is a child's description of what he or she likes.
It is an adult's memory of what he or she liked as a child.
The child in the passage read stories about interplanetary travel only in parts.
It teaches us that stories are good for children.
The given passage states: "When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet."
From this, we can infer that:
(b) It is an adult's memory of what he or she liked as a child.
This is because the passage reflects the narrator looking back on their childhood interests and memories of enjoying stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel.