单选题 The days when the only fender a businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are gone.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】stave off是“延迟，避免”的意思，C项的keep away from“远离”与之相符。shorten缩短；better off富裕；strive for奋斗。