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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

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

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

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

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

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