-- Can we enter the park now?

-- Sorry, anybody can’t go in without ________. It’s not free of charge.

A. agreement       B. equipment        C. permission      D. ticket

The group of students went to the suburb, did some research work, and ________ the water in the river to see if it had been polluted.

A. proved          B. boiled           C. tested          D. exchanged

-- How much did the salesmen ________ for this machine?

-- Almost four hundred dollars.

A. paid            B. charged        C. cost             D. order

Few people can imagine what ________ it is to have a swim on a hot summer day.

A. a great fun       B. great fun       C. great a fun        D. great funs

请从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语，并用其正确形式填空。

come to life, get close to, variety, be based on, advance, profit, charge, test, settle, involve, name after, up-to-date

1. Our school is famous all over China. The school headmaster has ________ ideas on education.

2. Scientific knowledge has greatly ________ since the 16th century.

3. It would be difficult not to ________ the child’s father in the arrangements.

4. The hotel ________ me ＄30 for a room for the night.

5. You will find it hard to ________ the tiger to watch their actions.

6. When the girl ________ again, she found herself lying in a hospital bed.

7. He ________ his daughter Rachel ________ his grandmother Rose Stevens.

8. You don’t expect to make much ________ within the first couple of years of setting up a company.

9. The girls who attend the performance come from a ________ of backgrounds.

10. Many Native Americans were killed during the ________ of the American West by Europeans in the nineteenth century.

11. The film ________ a short story by Thomas Mann.

12. She had to take a ________ before she was admitted into the key middle school.

China achieved brilliant a________ achievements in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

The works of the great ________ (翻译家), Zhu Shenghao, are still popular.

Most of the relief work (救济工作) was done by ________ (志愿者).

You can imagine them to be ________ (生物) from outer space.