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

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

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

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

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

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

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

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

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

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