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

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

The aircraft vanished without（）

Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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