单选题
Human-centered, or anthropocentric, views
favor an instrumental
view of the natural world and value it only as
a means to human ends
. Such views place great value and trust in science and technology, believing that the powers of control over nature
conferred by them
are non-problematical and that ongoing technical development
will be crucial to ensure
a world bereft of poverty, drudgery and disease etc.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] be crucial to sth.意为“对……来说是至关重要的”。D项中该短语中的介词to后面接的是动词“ensure”,应改为动名词的形式“ensuring”。