【题目】______his death, one of the England's greatest writers is lost _______the world.
A.For; in
B.By; in
C.By; to
D.On; to

【答案】C
【解析】考查介词。句意：到他死去为止，英国最伟大的作家之一就永远离开了这个世界。by his death是一个状语，句子为了强调这个状语，才把它放在句首；is lost过去分词作形容词；to the world对世界来说，to是介词，表示指向。故选C。