专四

单选题During the famine, many people were __________ to going without food for days.

A.sunk 
B.reduced 
C.forced 
D.declined

参考答案:B进入在线模考
【译文】在那次饥荒中,许多人沦落到数日没有食物充饥的地步。 
【解析】短语用法。be reduced to sth./doing sth.是固定短语,表示“使沦落为……”,“使陷于……地步”,如:The DepreSSion reduced many people to begging on street comers.(大萧条使许多人沦落到街头乞讨的田地。)故B正确。A.sunk和D.declined没有be done to的用法.be forced to表示“被逼做……”,但是to为不定式符号,后要跟动词原形。