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

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.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

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

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

We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great （）

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

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