问题补充：
To their deep sorrow, there was nothing left the city except ruins after the violent earthquake, which turned the whole city into a silent world.
A. in
B. of
C. for
D. with
答案：
A. in
(答案→)B. of
C. for
D. with
解析：考查介词辨析。根据题意 使他们更为悲伤的是，地震后除了废墟什么也没有剩下，地震把整个城市变成无声的世界，句子还原为nothing of the city was left. 因为nothing 与left之间是被动关系，整个句子应为there was nothing that was left of the city, 分词做后置定语,把that was ,省略，故选 A项。认真分析句子结构，采用还原方式进行分析。
考点 考查介词辨析。
