单项选择题

Kaz Tanaka had wakened in a frightening new world—a world whose dominant sound was a silence broken only by the cries of the dying.

A.…a silent world where one could do nothing but make dying cries.
B.…a soundless world in which no one dared to break the dead silence.
C.…a silent world where one could only hear the moans from the dying.
D.…a soundless world in which the threat of death controlled everything