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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

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

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

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

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

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

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