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

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

I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

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