(单选题)

In the author’s opinion, the countries that ruled over a large number of other countries are ______.

A.certainly both the greatest and the most civilized

B.neither the most influential nor the most civilized.

C.possibly the most civilized but not the most powerful.

D.likely the greatest in some sense but not the most civilized.

参考答案：D

参考解析：

推理判断题。根据文章第一段倒数第二句“And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized.”可知虽然这些国家统治了很多其他国家，但是他们使用的是武力和暴力，却未必是最文明的。故选D。

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