This is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed or mutilated . And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.

　　11. In the opening sentence, the author indicates that

　　[A] most history books were comprised by conquerors, generals and soldiers.

　　[B] hardly anyone who gave impetus to civilization is mentioned in history books.

　　[C] history writings are more about conquerors than actual creators of civilization.

　　[D] conquerors, generals and soldiers should be least mentioned in history books.

　　12. In the author s opinion, the countries that conquered a large number of other countries are

　　[A] certainly both the most powerful and most civilized. [B] neither the greatest nor the most civilized in any way.

　　[C] possibly either the most civilized or the mightiest in a way.

　　[D] likely the mightiest in some sense but not the most civilized.

　　13. The meaning of the last sentence in Paragraph 2 is that

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