单选题
In contrast, when the general population of a society is going through the early stages of social mobilization, language group conflicts seem
particularly likely
to occur. They may develop animosities which take
on a life
of their own and persist beyond the situation
which gives rise to
them. The degree to
which this happens
may be significantly affected by the type of policy which the government adopts during the transitional period.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] give rise to意为“引起，导致”。这里指的是过去情况引起的，因此不用一般现在时，应改为“gave rise to”。