The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

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

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.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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

The survivors（）to a floating tree in hopes of rescue.

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

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