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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to（）your voice.

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.