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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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