______ to computer games, the boy began to dislike school, which made his parents worried.

The noise from the top floor, loud and constant, of the meeting-room ______ can be clearly heard in our classroom.

They would not allow him _______ climbing Mount Everest.

The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _____ the desert.

With the world changing fast, we have something new _____ with all by ourselves every day.