Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary. Each expression can be used only once.
lead by example; embark on; turn down; take...captive; deprive of ; be stricken by; live on; share in
1. Clearly, most of the students there are full-time workers who would not otherwise have been able to _____sustained further study.
2. The court ruled that this man ______ his political rights for a further four years after he has served his 13-year sentence.
3. I would love to have kids. I would _____ an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital.
4. Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he’d been ______.
5. She hoped Vincent would understand that her life had not been empty, because her love would______.
6. All people, whether they be rich or poor, strong or weak, privileged or deprived, are interdependent, and______the common task of seeking to achieve mankind’s full potential.
7. In September 1944 he was able to return to his academic duties, but soon after the war ended he _______a serious illness and did relatively little research thereafter (从那以后) .
8. She retired from the company where she has ____and been a source of encouragement to others.