Complete each sentence with a word or expression from the box. One word or expression will not be used. Pay attention to verb forms.
ban • claim • defy • deserve • gunman • prominent • speak up for • strike • take action

a) You may know Hilary Swank from movies like Boys Don’t Cry or Logan Lucky, but did you know that she’s an animal rights activist? Every chance she has,
Miss Swank ____________ the adoption of abandoned animals.
b) Tommy, you were nice to your sister when she was sick, and you helped me in
the kitchen today. You ______________ a million kisses!
c) In his defense of heliocentrism, Galileo Galilei __________ the Inquisition, because the Roman Church said that heliocentrism contradicted the Holy Scripture.
d) After a doping investigation in 2012, American cyclist Lance Armstrong was _________ from all sports for the rest of his life.
e) Come on! We can’t just stay here doing nothing while corrupt politicians steal our money. We have to _____________!.
f) After facing several safety problems in recent years, the workers in the shoe factory decided to go on ____________ yesterday.
g) The ____________ who invaded the shopping mall and shot dozens of clients last summer was found guilty and will spend the rest of his life in prison.
h) Politicians who _____________ that climate change is not happening are simply ignoring plain scientific evidence and risking the future of our planet.