单选题 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

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】【解析】句意：那座城市在遭受强震而变为废墟之后不久，就呈现出全新的面貌。此题空白处与suffering为并列关系，同为after的宾语，应用动名词形式。B可以排除。而reduce的固定搭配为reduce sb./sth. to sth./doing sth. 沦为，被迫使变为。与主语the city为被动关系，故选C