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Tens of thousands of alleyways have been _________________ in the past few years.
(knocked down)
And their houses are said to be next for ____________.
(demolition)
And when the old communities go, the traditional family _____________, in which children take care of their elderly parents, goes, too.
(structure)
But for now, the Qus keep the old ways. The grandfather, Qu Huanjun, 84 and frail, is the ____________ of the family.
(center)
My father lives here, so this is the _________________ of the family,” says his son.
(headquarters)
My brothers and their families ________________ most weekends. We are very close.”
(come to visit)
They are sad that their daughter has _______________ alone because she has no brothers or sisters.
(grown up)
“Our daughter is __________,” says Liu. “I always wanted to have two children.”
(lonely)
Qu and Liu are proud of their daughter. Chen is bright and ______________. She wants to study archeology.
(well-balanced)
“College will cost _________________ of money,” says her father. “So we try to live frugally and save for our daughter.”
(a great deal)
Boniface and his wife Pauline live in Ongata Rongai, a small ____________ near the capital, Nairobi.
live
They have two ........................................: Joyce, who is in her third year of school, and 16-month-old Sharon.
daughters
Their home is a two-bedroom apartment, one of 20 in a single-storey ..................
block
Boniface ..................as a taxi driver at the International Airport in Nairobi.
works
Each morning he leaves home at 4:30 am in his white Toyota—................................ windshield, 200,000 miles on the speedometer—and is ........................by 10 pm.
cracked-back
On a good day he __________ two clients. In a typical month, he _______________ about $215.
finds - takes
