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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

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

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

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

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

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

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