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

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

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

Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as （）at the party.

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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