单选题 In the popular Western imagination, India continues to be a country in backwardness and poverty with little to show______scientific innovation or technological achievement.

A、 by way of
B、 in gratitude to
C、 in contact with
D、 for want of

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：in contact with“接触，有联系”。by way of“经过，通过，当作”；for want or“因为缺乏，缺少”；in gratitude to(sb．)“对(某人表示)感谢”。根据句意，本题答案为C。