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

The aircraft vanished without（）

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

He will behave(crazy)（）if he drinks too much.

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

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