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.

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

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

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

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

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

Some say yes and others say no; I don't know （）to follow.

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

I just managed to（）a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.