I was shocked by the number of people who seemed to have nothing

I was shocked by the number of people who seemed to have nothing better to do with their time than _______ to know fish better.
A、get
B、gets
C、getting
D、got
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：译文：我对这么多人认为没有什么比学钓鱼更能打发时间感到吃惊。这里缺少的是一个动词。get to know指“开始知道”，与前面的have并列跟在seem to的后面,用动词原形。答案为A。