Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness（不穩(wěn)定） of big businesses will （） down the economy.

In China,it is quite (nature)（） for people to go back home for the Spring Festival.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）