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

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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