Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

My maternal grandfather, it is true, was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of sixty-seven.（ ）

Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

My maternal grandfather, it is true, was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of sixty-seven.（ ）

A.

My maternal grandfather retired from gardening at sixty-seven.

B.

My maternal grandfather died young, when he was sixty-seven.

C.

My maternal grandfather lost energy when he was sixty-seven.

D.

My maternal grandfather was considered no longer young at sixty-seven.

正确答案是B