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.

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

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

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

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

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

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