Because it was very contagious, everyone in the family came down with the disease.
句意:因为这是传染性疾病,所以家里每个人都被感染了。 contagious有传染性的。superfluous过多的。paternal父亲般的。 sanitary清洁的。infectious有传染性的。两者意义最接近。因此,本题的正确答案为D。