How on earth does she cope? - Unit 11

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

Richard Evens has spent the last year surviving the wilds of Alaska living alone in a cabin in (0) ___ to 'discover himself'. It sounds fantastic, momentous and admirable – the only trouble (1) ___ , he has a wife, Emily, and two children, all of (2) ___ he has left behind. Emily has not seen her husband for the (3) ___ part of twelve months. So why on earth did she let him go? Emily explains, 'Well, as (4) ___ as I'm concerned, it's not a question of 'letting' him do anything. Marriage shouldn't hold you back. You see, in our marriage vows we said we'd support each other in our separate dreams as well as in our collective ones. And this was a (5) ___ in a lifetime thing for Richard. If he hadn't gone to Alaska, I couldn't have lived with that on (6) ___ conscience. Being separated for a year is tough, but it's not as bad as having an unhappy husband. The time apart is a small (7) ___ to pay if it means we get a better life at the (8) ___ of it.'

How on earth does she cope?

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