In spite of all stories of prosperity in the Unites States,not only does poverty exist there,but cnmes of Varlous types have bee

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问题     In spite of all stories of prosperity in the Unites States,not only does poverty exist there,but cnmes of Varlous types have been increasing at an alarming rate.  Most  acts of violence were committed by young people 57%of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age.
    EVeryone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions:poverty.lack of education,living within a settled home,being parentless,sufferings from other kinds of misfortune.etc.
    There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharpincrease of crime rate.In the first place,some state laws provide a death penalty but some not.Secondly,  the  Constitution  allows  every citizen to carry  weapons  for  his  own protection.  It  is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun.Finally,there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime,the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they haye seen or read.All these have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals andby nonprofessional ones in murder drug smugghng robbery etc.
The author intends to tell the readers that_______.

选项 A、the United States is a wealthy country although poverty and crime exist there
B、crime has become a serious problem in the United States,although it is said to be aprosperous one
C、despite the fact that crimes have been increasing rapidly in the United States,it is acountry of prosperity
D、in spite of stories about poverty and crime in the United States,it is prospering at anincreasing rate

答案B

解析 根据文章第一段第一句话可知,美国尽管繁荣。但还是存在贫困,而且还存在不断增长的高犯罪率。只有B选项符合题意。
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