单选题 The pace of recycling will have to be artificially quickened because ______.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[试题分析] 本题考查学生对文章中关键句子的理解,也属细节题。
[详细解答] 本题可从第三段最后一句中得出答案,“But the margins are getting smaller and if men,in even larger numbers,are going to require even larger quantities,the pace of recycling will have to be artificially quickened.”这里讲到,人类的数量日益增加对资源的需求也随之增加,为了使地球资源保持平衡的消耗速度,就必须人为地加快对资源再循环利用的进程。因此,选D。