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

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

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

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

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

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

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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