单选题
Dr. McFarland emphasizes the great menace of accidents by comparing it to ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据第四段中“...now constitute a greater threat to the safety of large segments of the population than diseases do”,可见罗斯博士视“交通事故比疾病更严重地威胁着人们的生命安全”。这里博士把交通事故和疾病相比较,因此B为正确答案。