試題詳解

33. Which of the following most closely captures what the author means by saying "the future will be a divided one" in the third paragraph?
(A) Whereas a number of countries will be industrialized, other countries will not.
(B) Whereas a number of industrialized countries will be able to deal with the problem of shrinking populations, other countries will be significantly affected by the labor shortage.
(C) Whereas a number of industrialized countries will face shrinking populations, other countries will be affected by continued population growth with the attendant challenges of providing education, jobs, and medical care to an ever- increasing number of people.
(D) Whereas a number of countries will be significantly affected by staggering social inequalities, other countries will suffer from overall scarcity.
(E) Whereas in the developing world, environmental devastation will be caused principally by rampant population growth, in the developed world, it will be caused by rampant increases in consumption.