An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

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

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

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

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