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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?