According to Landes, the main reason that some countries are so poor is that ______.

A．Europeans set out to bring civilization to an unfortunate world.
B．the Europeans dominated other countries simply because they were strong.
C．the desire of Europeans to colonize other countries stemmed from specific cultural values.
D．the colonized countries themselves were to blame for being victimized by Europeans.

A．to hit her husband with a slipper.
B．to carry on calmly with what she was doing.
C．to pull herself towards the chair she was standing on.
D．to calm down and behave sensibly.