单选题 Every government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must accept the ______.
A. endings B. consequences C. results D. possibilities

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 名词义辨析题。consequence,result均有“结果”之意,但consequence多指“不良后果”,一般指人为造成的后果;result侧重“直接结果,效果,成绩”。