单选题 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.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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。