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11.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay ____________.(  )
A.ruinB.ruinsC.in ruinD.in ruins

分析 一座巨大的城市在短短十五秒内就变为废墟了.

解答 答案:D解析:根据题干及所给选项分析可知,本题考查 lie in ruins"变为废墟"这一固定短语.因此本题答案为D选项.

点评 本题考查介词短语的辨析,做此类题目时一定要清楚各个选项的含义及用法,再结合句意及其它要求选出最终答案.

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