You can either fly to Abu Simbel or you can take a boat from ____ the lake.
| A．across | B．through | C．on | D．in |
17. Children brought up in cities are often full of _______ about how beans, peas, cucumbers, eggplants, mushrooms carrots, which they eat as daily vegetables, _______.
| A．ideas; are grown | B．curiosity; are grown | C．fantasies; grow | D．imagination; plant |
16. There was so much noise produced by the machine outside that the professor had to ______ his voice so that it would not ________.
| A．rise; be drowned | B．lift; drown | C．increase; drown | D．raise; be drowned |
15. A group of children ______ around the old man, listening to him telling the story and they ______ when it came to something really exciting. 
| A．were gathered; held their breaths | B．gathered; held their breath |
| C．gathered; held their breaths | D．were gathered; held their breath |
14. Day and night, the little boy is at his compute
r, playing computer games, as if ______ with them.
| A．to have great fun | B．having great fun | C．having a great fun | D．to have a great fun |
13. In common ______ other boys of his age, my young son is looking forward to _______ the permission to date.
A． to; be given |
B．with; being given | C．like; being given | D．as; be given |