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The 1920s ushered in the era of the motor car, thus greatly ______ the amount of time it took people to travel to work.

A.reduced B.being reduced C.to reduce D.reducing

 

D 【解析】 考查非谓语动词。句意:20世纪20年代迎来了汽车时代,从而大大缩短了人们上下班的时间。分析句子结构可知reduce在句中作非谓语动词,且表自然而然的结果应用现在分词reducing。故选D。  
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