Question

______ no bus, we had to take a taxi to go to the station.

A．There was

B．There to be

C．There had been

D．There being

Answer 1

D

试题分析：考查非谓语动词。句意：由于没有公交车，我们不得不乘坐出租车去火车站。根据句意可知，前一个分句表示的是原因，选A、C的话，前后两分句没有用and连接；there to be表示将来，根据句意可知，是发生过的事情，排除B；there being在此相当于because there was。故选D。