单选题 Landes believes that ______

A、 Europeans set out to bring civilization to an unfortunate world.
B、 the Europeans dominated other countries simply because they were strong.
C、 the desire of Europeans to colonize other countries stemmed from specific cultural values.
D、 the colonized countries themselves were to blame for being victimized by Europeans.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】该题要求理解第4段前半部分的内容，在解释欧洲殖民问题时，Landes依靠的是常识，即弱肉强食。在欧洲在科技上的进步使得它们以征服世界上其他地方的人民。因此选项B为正确答案。