问题
选择题
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
答案
答案：C
句意：就在遭遇一场大地震被夷为平地之后不久，这个城市又呈现了新的面貌。此句中的“after”是介词，后面需要动名词，而且城市是被夷为平地，所以用被动语态。
【考点定位】考查动名词的被动语态。