听力原文：The theory once advanced in the nineteenth century—that the productivity of the l

and can be infinitely increased by the application of capital, labor, and science—is wrong. History has shown that once the natural life-support systems of a civilization have been sufficiently damaged, they cannot usually be repaired. The ancient deforestation and overgrazing of the Mediterranean region is a famous example. Today, a global civilization is mining the global environment.

The Mediterranean region is cited as an example of ______.

A．the ability of nature to remedy human destruction

B．the ability of people to make use of natural resources

C．the manner in which people replenish the environment

D．the effects of human abuse of natural resources