Lexis Usage 18

1. Joan, meanwhile, who was un___________ to have children, remained in Africa and showe____________ her mat_____________ love onto the orph___________ animals she cared ____________.

unable, showered, maternal, orphaned, for

2. ______ 1982, Alan met a woman who he would _____________ it difficult to ext________________ himself from.

In, find, extricate

3. Jennie was dia___________ with leukaemia and was g________ two years to live.

diagnosed, given

4. Making films together in the future was __________ of the question.

out

5. We had something unique and very special and I am broken-h______________ that I scre____________ it up.

broken-hearted, screwed

6. Joan's neighbours realised that roses would th_____________ in the area, and dem__________ for the blooms was high.

thrive, demand

7. The fer______________ soil and warm climate were ri_________ for exploitation.

fertile, ripe

8. This boo_____________ new industry brought economic and ecological problems in its w____________.

booming, wake

9. The flower farms have dis_________________ the ecological balance.

disrupted

10. The refugees, who were den____________ work, ended ________ living in slums - cont_____________________ the lake with human waste - and had no other op______________ but to become poa______________ to sur____________.

denied, up, contaminating, option, poachers, survive

11. She decided to _______________ action.

take

12. Her position as a lone woman made her an easy ta____________. She talked about how people tried to t_____________ advantage __________ her.

target, take, of

13. ______ one occasion, after going to the bank in Nairobi to get the pa___________ for her workers, she was car______________ ______ gunpoint and beaten.

On, payroll, carjacket, at

14. After inst________________ steel doors and window gri___________ she became what she had always dre___________: a living creature conf_________ to a cage.

installing, grilles, dreaded, confined

15. John was ________ an assignment in Tanzania.

on

16. Too much in love ___________ the lake to leave it and too stubb__________ to surr______________, she had made a last st___________ on her land.

with, stubborn, surrender, stand

17. I have written you so many letters in my he_________, but when I try to write I go to pi_______________.

head, pieces

18. You need a good family to back you ______ and a pride _____ your own identity.

up, in

19. People see how we stand ________ for _________ other at school.

up, each

20. She went abroad ________ herself as a ref___________

by, refugee