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

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

The aircraft vanished without（）

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

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

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