There_______nothing more for discussions, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.

A． to be

B． to have been

C． be

D． being

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【答案】D。解析：考查独立主格结构。英语中的两个简单句之间一般不能只用逗号隔开．因此在此句中，分词结构“There being nothing more for discussions”为一个独立主格结构，此部分在整句中充当原因状语．起到对主句进行补充说明的作用。句意为“因为再没有更多可讨论的，会议提前半小时结束了”。故选D。

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