In traditional societies, whether in China or Europe, because most technical knowledge is reserved as private knowledge by guilds, handicraft workshops, etc., it is difficult to share it with each other and cannot learn from each other's strengths, so people They often simply repeat the work of their predecessors, rather than "standing on the shoulders of giants" for cumulative innovation. So when the average life span and intelligence level of all races are basically the same, there will not be much difference in per capita innovation efficiency. China's demographic advantage over the West will lead to China's technological advantage over the West. Therefore, .
The appropriate sentence to fill in the underlined part is:
A. The patent system is the key to the industrial revolution occurring in Europe instead of China
B .There was a huge difference between China and Europe in the mode of knowledge accumulation and technological progress in modern times
C. Technological progress is an important driving force for long-term economic growth
D. China has been It is far ahead of Europe in terms of total technology.
Answer D. Zhonggong’s analysis: From the central content of the paragraph “Then... China’s demographic advantage over the West will lead to China’s technological advantage over the West”, it can be seen that the concluding sentence after “therefore” must be related to “China’s technological advantage over the West”. Only item D is consistent with this. Item A has nothing to do with the content of the paragraph; item B does not mention "China's technological advantage over the West"; item C does not mention the main body of the paragraph. Therefore, choose D for this question.