Before the earthquake, mice ran out of the fields for places to hide.
A. look
B. looking
C. looked
D. were looking
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A. look
(答案→)B. looking
C. looked
D. were looking
解析：地震之前老鼠从地里跑出，寻找藏身之地。looking for places to hide是现在分词做状语，对句子做补充说明。故B项正确。本题最容易错选的为C项。如选择C项，该句出现两个谓语动词，应在第二个动词前面加上连词and。