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

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat（）

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

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

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

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

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.