单选题 What does the writer of this passage want tell readers?

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 归纳题。整篇文章对比了过去和现在的邻居关系,得出"In times of trouble,people still depend on one another."的结论,而[B]、[C]和[D]三选项完全与这一结论相矛盾,因此答案为[A]。