The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

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

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

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）