Question

Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and        to ruins, the city took on a new look.

A．reducing

B．reduced

C．being reduced

D．having reduced

Answer 1

C

试题分析：考查动名词做宾语。句意：在遭受大地震，沦为废墟之后不久，这座城市就呈现出新的面貌。Shortly after在……之后不久，后面接动名词，横线处填的词和suffering是并列的，根据短语reduce the city to ruins（使城市沦为废墟），可见reduce与逻辑主语the city构成被动关系，排除A，D；确定答案为being reduced。故选C。