Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat（）

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

She is very nice, but because she has a（）way of speaking, she is slow in making friends

（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.