There was a big earthquake in Japan but luckily many people . A. saveB. savedC. are saved

问题补充：

There was a big earthquake in Japan, but luckily many people .

A. save

B. saved

C. are saved

D. were saved

答案：

A. save

B. saved

C. are saved

(答案→)D. were saved

解析： 本题空格主语是动作的承受着，要用被动句，地震是过去发生的事，所以要用过

去的被动句，结构为was或were+过去分词，故选D。