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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）