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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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.

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