The reported mortality rates from contemporary African famines are inaccurate, due partly to the difficulties of collecting such information, but also to international agencies’ tendency to___________ figures in order to emphasize need for support.

A．Going to bed earlier.
B．Working even harder.
C．Reading more books.
D．Finding its cause.

A．In the early part of the 19th century.
B．In the last part of the 19th century.
C．In the 20th century.
D．In the beginning of the 20th century.