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DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items.
Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
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[001] , when he turned against Post-Modernism - the school _____ architectural thought he had named and helped to esta
[002] ican professor, who has been based in London for most _____ the past 30 years, has posed a nagging problem to ar
[003] pursued the task he began in 1977 with The Language _____ Post- Modern Architecture, identifying trends, givin
[004] ew and most visionary book to date, The Architecture _____ the Jumping Universe, rolled off the presses. Comple
[005] career began with his gut belief, shared by millions _____ laymen, that the Modernism which had dominated the w
[006] a richer, pluralistic architecture was in the process _____ being born, founded technically on Modernist principl
[007] inciples but free to find inspiration in all corners _____ architectural history. Post-Modernism, rapidly abbrev
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[001] ost-Modern movement, then turned his back on _____ . Now Charles Jencks is reinventing the very way we l
[002] he had named and helped to establish - and condemned _____ for selling out. Since then, the tall, courtly Americ
[003] ave been his main adversaries since 1977, don't like _____ . Yet Jencks's charm, generosity and intellectual bread
[004] spluttered. But, in fact, although the book is flawed, _____ marks a crucial juncture in his intellectual journey.
[005] sm became mass culture, and then I started attacking _____ ,' Jencks says now. He had left home, however - had l
[006] describing for us how the universe and everything in _____ - from galaxies to mammals to strokes of human inspir
[007] Modern architecture builds models of the universe as _____ was mistakenly believed to operate, Jencks suggests,
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[001] year that Post-Modernism became mass culture, and then _____ started attacking it,' Jencks says now. He had left
[002] portant: it's a worked-out piece of architecture -and _____ speak as a professional.
[003] speak as a professional. _____ know that the room has integrity. It's a nice Mies van
[004] Symmetry is the code of the whole thing. . . Likewise, _____ have two pockets in my suit jacket, one for each han
[005] pockets in my suit jacket, one for each handkerchief. _____ look at the door and
[006] look at the door and _____ say, 'You've got maybe 30 signs saying symmetry and o
[007] saying symmetry and only one saying asymmetry' - and _____ 've always found that perverse.' But because he has a
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[001] f thought. And now he has finally arrived somewhere - _____ , one supposes, his final destination but a fascinatin
[002] rnt only in the past 20 years - that the universe is _____ like this. Newtonian physics describes only a fractio
[003] takenly believed to operate, Jencks suggests, should _____ the task of the architecture of the future be to lear
[004] d and manoeuvre within it. She's got a real skill for _____ being overwhelmed by systems and structures. I still
[005] on very well with her daughters. I made the choice _____ to have children. I can't say I regret it, because I
[006] and see these two small girls running about. Sarah's _____ this hard person the media make her out to be - that
[007] r waking up one night. I was crying silently, trying _____ to wake anyone else up. But Michele did get up and ju
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[001] PHAM Charles Jencks's brush with serious fame ended _____ 1981, when he turned against Post-Modernism - the sc
[002] tall, courtly American professor, who has been based _____ London for most of the past 30 years, has posed a na
[003] em to architects and the architectural establishment. _____ book after book, he has pursued the task he began
[004] book after book, he has pursued the task he began _____ 1977 with The Language of Post- Modern Architecture,
[005] one off the deep end this time, they spluttered. But, _____ fact, although the book is flawed, it marks a crucial
[006] hough the book is flawed, it marks a crucial juncture _____ his intellectual journey. Jencks's public career bega
[007] done, and that a richer, pluralistic architecture was _____ the process of being born, founded technically on Mod
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[001] n my late twenties, I left the house, because I met a _____ . For quite a long time we lost contact. Then, about t
[002] st in the field.' One of my grandsons, a bright young _____ , has had several offers from well-established and wel
[003] a group of us had a greeting for each other: 'Peace _____ , bread and freedom'. I'm secretary of the Labour Club
[004] remarkable 1982 series of colour photographs of the _____ , and Irmeli Jung's black-and-white studies are profo
[005] rever - But the kids from 'Fame' didn't make it. One _____ kept the faith, however: David De Silva, the show's c
[006] vid De Silva is, where are they now? De Silva is the _____ who created Fame, the musical fairy-tale which is ab
[007] bull, but off the pitch the All Black is a shy young _____ and a devout Christian. He doesn't drink or smoke, an
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[001] ef, shared by millions of laymen, that the Modernism _____ had dominated the world's architecture since the Sec
[002] it enfolds equally sinuous, curving artificial lakes _____ twist like the moat of a canal or a river winding acr
[003] outh-east Asia, we lived together in a communal house _____ I had discovered in Peckham, south London. I have a s
[004] r woman presents The Late Show. She was caricatured, _____ , in a way, was quite hurtful. But I've really noticed
[005] tten seven novels, including Daughters of the House, _____ was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and also w
[006] s of financing. The contrast with the climate within _____ the last great enquiry into higher education (essenti
[007] and risk weakening their position in the discussions _____ must follow. We should be able to work out, from an
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[001] chaos, entirely unknown to the Newtonian world-view. _____ Modern architecture builds models of the universe as
[002] guage and wore the kind of clothes you can only wear _____ you're a traveller. She stayed at my flat and we qui
[003] ry comparing campuses, facilities, accommodation and, _____ they are lucky, offers. Then they and their parents
[004] ppers and I was in her room one day. She said, 'Here, _____ you're serious, take this collection box and say you'
[005] ed dropping out, but I sat myself down, asked myself _____ I wanted a degree and the answer was yes - so I staye
[006] e. On the other hand, I could never have dropped out _____ I had been unhappy. Certainly, I felt I owed it to t
[007] takes about 20 hours of research per essay, and more _____ you count writing time and ordering library books. You
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[001] r dynamics - Jencks has really gone off the deep end _____ time, they spluttered. But, in fact, although the boo
[002] in the past 20 years - that the universe is not like _____ . Newtonian physics describes only a fraction of what
[003] n hill as steep as the cone of a volcano. Look again: _____ , too, is artificial, named 'snail mound': a fat, gree
[004] nifested in an interior design. Taking as his matrix _____ straightforward rectilinear space, Jencks demonstrate
[005] is the design world's White Knight; but he might just _____ time have hit on something rather fine and suggestive
[006] s the real seal of the friendship. I had also started _____ very passionate affair. What was so nice was that Sa
[007] ht. Another time, Sarah was wearing a short skirt in _____ Malaysian village - she was more daring than me - an