Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

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

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

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

His company promised to pay for his health （）in addition to other benefits.

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

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