（）students often find it difficult to live in China at first.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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