Question

  _____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.

A．Lacking	B．Being lack
C．Because of lack	D．Lack

Answer 1

D  

lack 作名词，后加of短语。如用A项,lacking是及物动词的动名词，后面不用介词of或作不及物动词,后面加介词in…。