Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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

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

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

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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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