问题
选择题
More and more people will fall in panic, as the expert predicts, if not _______ properly.
A．comforting
B．comfort
C．comforted
D．being comforted
答案
答案：C
考查非谓语动词，句意：按照专家的预测越来越多的人会陷入恐慌，如果不被适当安慰的话。根据语境被安慰，应用过去分词，所以用comforted前省略了they are，故选C。
