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【单选题】The world has spent on preparations for war more than $112 billion a year, roughly $ 450 per head for every man, woman, and child in the worlD、Let us consider for a moment what could be done with this sum of money if it were spent on peace and not on war. Some of it, at any rate, in the more prosperous countries, could be spent on the reduction of taxation. The rest should be spent in ways that will, at the same time, be of benefit to mankind and a solution to the economic problem of conversion from war industry to the expansion of peace industries.As to this expansion, let us begin with the most elementary of all needs, namely fooD、At present, the majority of mankind suffers from undernourishment, and in view of the population explosion, this situation is likely to grow worse in the coming decades.
A、very small part of what is now being spent upon armaments would rectify our predicament. Not only could theAmerican surplus of grain, which was for many years uselessly destroyed, be spent in relief of famine, but, by irrigation, large regions now desert could be made fertile, and, by improvement in transport, distribution from regions of excess to regions of scarcity could be facilitateD、
Housing, even in the richest countries, is often disastrously inadequate. This could be remedied by a tiny fraction of what is being spent on missiles.Education everywhere, but especially in the newly liberated countries ofAfrica andAsia, demands an expenditure many times as great as that which it receives at present.But it is not only greater expenditure that is needed in education. If the terror of war were removed, science could be devoted to improving human welfare, instead of to the invention of increasingly expensive methods of mutual slaughter, and schools would no longer think it a part of their duty to promote hatred of possible enemies by means of ignorance tempered by lies.
By the help of modern techniques, the world could enter upon a period of happiness and prosperity far surpassing anything known in previous history.All this is possible. It requires only a different outlook on international affairs and a different state of mind toward those nations which are now regarded as enemies. This is possible. I repeat, but it cannot be done all at once. To reverse the trend of affairs in the most powerful nation of the world is no light task and will require a difficult process of reeducation.
According to the text, schools at the present time
A、often have ignorant students.
B．have to make use of enemies for the target of hatreD、
C．have to make use of lies to gain a certain purpose.
D．only need more lies to carry out their duty.

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[题眼] 段尾处复杂句设题 [解析] 推理判断题。第二段最后一句的假设说明，现阶段学校的任务之一就是在谎言调剂下宣传国家对于被认定为敌国的政策，使国民支持政府的观点。也就是说通过谎言达到一定的目的，故答案为[C]。其余三项曲解了文意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>