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

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.