题干:
Yellow fever,the disease that killed 4000 philadelphians in 1793, and so __ Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its character ,has reappeared after two decades in___ in the Western Hemisphere.
A terrorized ... contention
B ravaged ... secret
C disabled ... quarantine
D corrupted ... quiescence
E decimated ... abeyance
答案选E,但个人认为 B也说得过去,求区分,求解释 谢谢~