Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to（）your voice.

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.

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

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

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

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

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

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