问题补充:
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:
A. reducing
B. reduced
(答案→)C. being reduced
D. having reduced
解析:考查动名词做宾语。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,后面接动名词,横线处填的词和suffering是并列的,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;确定答案为being reduced。故选C。