_______ no buses , we have to walk home．
| A．There were | B．There being | C．It was | D．It being |
I __________ read books rather than go to the countryside this weekend.
| A．prefer to | B．prefer |
| C．am preferring | D．am preferring to |
All of my classmates have __________ fond of the new teacher since he came to teach us.
| A．gone | B．become | C．changed | D．had |
Travelling is interesting but ______________.
| A．tired | B．tire | C．tiring | D．tires |
The movie "Red Sorghum" __________________ the novel written by Mo Yan.
| A．based on | B．is basing on |
| C．is based | D．is based on |
The man was a stranger in the city and the police had no clue to his _____________.
| A．transport | B．disadvantage |
| C．shortcoming | D．identity |