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【题目】．Days of snowstorms have left the city under thick layers of ice and some 50,000 homes without power．

A．to be trapped B．trapped

C．having trapped D．being trapped

【答案】B

【解析】

试题分析：考查非谓语动词做宾补。根据句子，trap作city的宾补，应是被困，城市不能自己困，故要用ed形式表被动。句意：连日的暴雪使这个城市陷入厚厚的冰雪中，并且5万户家庭停电。故选B

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