Question

(2013·高考江苏卷)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

【解析】选C。句意：“在遭受大地震，沦为废墟之后不久，这座城市就呈现出了新的面貌。”shortly after在……之后不久，引导时间状语。after在此可视为介词，后接动名词作其宾语。根据短语reduce the city to ruins(使城市沦为废墟)可知，逻辑主语the city 与reduce构成被动关系，排除A、D两项；而and连接两个并列成分，根据suffering from a massive earthquake and________to ruins中suffering 的形式，可确定答案为being reduced。