单选题 If we don't stop flirting with those deathly nuclear weapons, the whole globe will be ______.
A. empowered B. punished C. polluted D. annihilated

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题是说如果我们不停止摆弄那些致命的核武器，整个地球将会被摧毁。D项annihilated“消灭，消除”符合题意，如：The naval force was annihilated during the attack．在这次袭击中海军被彻底消灭了。其他三项中，empowered的意思是“授权予，使能够”，punished的意思是“惩罚，处罚”，polluted的意思是“弄脏，污染”，都与题意不符。