Question

Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.

A. damaged                B. were damaged

C. were damaging          D. are damaged

Answer

B

【解析】

试题分析：句意：很多房子都被地震毁坏了，成千上万的人无家可归。damaged毁坏，过去式；were damaged被毁坏，被动语态；were damaging正在毁坏，过去进行时态；are damaged被毁坏，一般现在时态的被动语态。根据句意和句中的thousands of people were left homeless可知，这里用的是一般过去时态，并且Many houses和damage构成被动关系，故应选B。

考点:考查动词的时态和语态。