Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so______Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charte

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问题 Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so______Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in ______the Western Hemisphere.

选项 A、decimated... abeyance
B、corrupted... quiescence
C、ravaged... secret
D、terrorized... contention

答案A

解析 句意:黄热病消失了近20年后,又在西半球重新出现。这种疾病在1793年致4000费城人丧生。同样,田纳西州的孟菲斯因人口大量死亡而失去厂特许状。decimate大批杀害。abeyance中止。corrupt腐败。quiescence静止,不出现。ravage破坏。terrorize恐吓。contention争论。
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