Question

(2013·高考辽宁卷)Laura was away in Paris for over a week.When she got home，there was a pile of mail ________for her.

A．waited	B．to wait
C．waiting	D．was waiting

Answer 1

选C。句意：劳拉去了巴黎一个多星期。当她到家时，有一堆邮件正等着她。分析句子结构可知，空格处用作后置定语修饰mail，因为mail与wait之间为主动关系，且wait的动作不是发生在将来，故不用不定式而用现在分词结构。D项若改为which/that was waiting也正确，这样可构成定语从句修饰mail，但是作为从句主语的关系代词不可省去。