【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 本题是一道细节题。参看文章的首句“It was the worst tragedy in marl- time (航海的)history，six times more deadly than the Titanic，When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷)fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World WarⅡ，more than 10 000 people—mostly women，children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany—were packed aboard” 即讲述的是：Wilhelm Gusfioff 被认为是世界上最惨烈的悲剧原因是死亡人数最多。
A．它被俄罗斯的鱼雷所袭击。原文只说他被俄罗斯的鱼雷所碰到。
B．大多数的乘客都被冻死。原文只是说大多数乘客的死亡，而没有说他们被冻死。
C．死亡者大多数是小孩和妇女，原文没有提到。
D．它引起大量的伤亡。与原文的意思一致。