I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

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

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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