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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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