To his great surprise,there even appeated a little village on the ground ______ mountains.

问题描述:

To his great surprise,there even appeated a little village on the ground ______ mountains.
A.surrounding by
B.by surrounding
C.surrounded by
D.to be surrounded with

填 C
这是过去分词短语surrounded by mountains 作为 village的后置定语
这里,village 和surround 是被动关系,所以要用过去分词
意思是:使他很惊奇的是,地面上甚至出现了一个被群山围绕的小山村.