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

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

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

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

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

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

She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

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