单选题 In this great global clash of interests, it is time for both sides to soften their anger and seek new ways to get along with each other. If sanity is to prevail, the guiding policy must not be ______ but cooperation and conservation.
A. confrontation B. reconciliation C. ration D. resumption

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] A选项：confrontation意为“对抗”，如：Our purpose was to show that there was a positive alternative to confrontation(我们的目的是要表明，除对抗之外，还有另一条积极的方针。)句意：如果要使理性占上风，指导政策就必须是合作和保存，而非对抗。故选A。
B选项：reconciliation和解，和谐一致；C选项：ration定量，配给量；D选项：resumption重新开始，回收。