He never（）to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.

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

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

The student's first attempt at writing a play was a far（）from the work of Shakespeare.

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

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

He will behave(crazy)（）if he drinks too much.

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

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

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