An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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