I don't know who on（）stole the diamond last night.

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

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

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

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

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

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