5. Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and ______ to ruins,
the city took on a new look.
A. reducingB. reducedC. being reduced D. having reduced
5. C。本题考查时间状语从句的省略用法。
【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,引导时间状语从句。
时间状语从句中,当主语与主句主语一致时,为避免重复,从句可用省略句。
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;
而and连接两个并列成分,suffering from a massive earthquake and ______ to ruins,
根据suffering的形式,确定答案为being reduced。故选C。
选择B 意思是:这座城市在遭受大地震化为废墟之后不久就呈现出了新的面貌。
reduce sth to ruins使某物成为废墟.如:The earthquake reduced all the houses to ruins.地震使所有的房子成了废墟。
sth be reduced to ruins 某物成为废墟 如:The castle was reduced to ruin.那座城堡化成为废墟。
这里的主语是the city 所以选b
你确定题目没有错误?我想大致的句意是——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,reduce the city to ruins(使城市沦为废墟),而城市是被夷为平地,所以用被动语态。所以我想正确答案是being reduced
选C,与前面并列