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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] the words in bold. Organic Farming 1 Agriculture _____ is finding itself in increasing difficulties. It is
[002] rization" soon became used throughout the world, and _____ it remains a foundation of both food and beverage pr
[003] f fermented foods, and the Bible refers to wine. 5 _____ , microbial fermentations remain a significant part o
[004] ed for centuries as medicines and to preserve foods. _____ there is renewed interest in the potential medicinal
[005] also occurred in classical music, and are still alive _____ . Franz Joseph Haydn: The Mass in Time of War 4 The
[006] e where ultrasound is utilized even more widely than _____ . Adapted from R.E. Berg and D.G. Stork, The Physics o
[007] th virtually no people- will largely be gone before _____ 's young Africans have grown old, never to be restor
[008] eputation public reputation. Six experts, appointed _____ , will devise an experiment to assess whether culling
[009] sor of preventive medicine, and colleagues report in _____ 's issue of the journal Cancer that estrogen replacemen
[010] with these words:- "Ask the average American citizen _____ why the Civil War was fought, and the chances are th
[011] g skills and evaluation techniques are so crucial for _____ 's student. That much said, I should note that in my o
[012] conference held at the legislature complex in Jakarta _____ , October 24. Studies of implicit learning have show
[013] reserve for class viewing. The proposal, announced _____ in a Federal Register notice, seeks public comments
[014] biochemistry at Edinburgh University in Scotland said _____ that, borrowing from techniques used to clone Dolly
[015] MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson, in a statement issued _____ , insists his company will prevail in its legal battle
[016] in this ever evolving process. Is there any relevance _____ for verification of a historical King Arthur hidden i
[017] ability in Tibet. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) _____ called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafa
[018] MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson, in a statement issued _____ , insists his company will prevail in its legal battle
[019] in this ever evolving process. Is there any relevance _____ for verification of a historical King Arthur hidden i
[020] ability in Tibet. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) _____ called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafa
[021] President Sam Moore pertain to the agreement reached _____ in Raleigh, North Carolina on allocation of farmer c
[022] tucky fared very well in these settlement talks here _____ . We're very pleased that we got the settlement decis
[023] stage of decomposition. Pest control, as practiced _____ in most developing countries relies mainly on the use
[024] as ordinary in our lives as microscopic circuits are _____ . But before this dream becomes a reality, they will h
[025] e. What exactly these particles were he did not know. _____ scientists understand not only the physical location
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[001] their letter. It is difficult, if not impossible, to _____ on a reasoned scholarly discourse under these circums
[002] l strength, and that outrage about the incident would _____ him to victory in the Democratic primary on Sept. 9.
[003] believe she is tough enough to master kung fu or to _____ out the sometimes heart- stopping stunts in "Xena: Wa
[004] that already has its share. Louisiana is a "right to _____ " state, where citizens can wear concealed weapons as
[005] Indian outlets are two- pronged and ungrounded, "is to _____ with you a seven-foot copper pole. ") I then bought
[006] e of Nusrat Khan, 'Nusrat told Rahat, 'I want you to _____ on the family tradition. You're the only one I've tau
[007] crime was committed and that elected representatives _____ a greater burden than average citizens to conduct th
[008] he practical matter of finding a pack large enough to _____ books, tapes, lunch, computer disks, money, makeup a
[009] tplace. The major cost is in building the vehicle to _____ the words and images. During the five hundred years
[010] ating under their feet. Small companies don't have to _____ the union costs of unrealistically high wages, rigid
[011] rulings against any "discriminatory" actions does not _____ clout. People are no longer terrorized by bureaucrac
[012] gas/electric recharging service stations. Most will _____ the Campbell's Soup label as Campbell's research, und
[013] ed over present household copper phone cable. It will _____ crunched information that expands once it hits a com
[014] ertz frequencies are now broadcasting in Japan. They _____ the new High- Definition TV (HDTV) with 1125 lines o
[015] flight attendants decide you should. The same set can _____ stereo sound and video games, and you can even opera
[016] intimate TV" in the shape of wraparound glasses that _____ their own TV camera. Specialists at the Johns Hopkins
[017] of the fibers. These fibers, similar to those used to _____ long- distance telephone signals,
[018] long- distance telephone signals, _____ pictures back to miniature solid- state television ca
[019] can distinguish us from everyone else on earth. I now _____ a holographic representation of my DNA (deoxyribonucl
[020] y pure sunlight reaches the plants, allowing them to _____ out photosynthesis. Solar panels on the roof collect
[021] lorida, is growing crops in this way. Long conveyors _____ the plants around the Kraft Foods "Creative House". D
[022] satellites that bring the world the nightly news and _____ a high percentage of overseas telephone calls. Remot
[023] ese are then placed in surrogate "scrub" cows, which _____ the high-quality calves to birth. Dr. Seidel points
[024] mal or plant. The resulting improved trait would then _____ on in all the offspring of that animal. Various exist
[025] als that never existed before. Animals will not only _____ genes from other species but will also deliver offspr
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[001] clothes," said Joan Darrow, who had agreed to a one- _____ consultation with a peek in my closet as a perk. A s
[002] ich I wanted to reform my wardrobe - elicited a half- _____ infomercial about Ms. Darrow's history of impeccabl
[003] area are playing host to formal trivia quizzes: two- _____ team games, complete with live emcee, public address
[004] y quiz night, armies of young men and women arrive an _____ early to commandeer tables; bar business has increas
[005] lden era is just about over for "Mr. Show, " a half- _____ burst of pop- cultural commentary and cutting- edge
[006] s. Upwards of 20,000 people pelted one another for an _____ - and, before and after, bought food and drinks and
[007] velyhood " ... If you're a workfare mother, $5. 15 an _____ . If you're a school custodian, $10. 35 an
[008] . If you're a school custodian, $10. 35 an _____ . If you're a nursing home aide, $8 to $15 an
[009] . If you're a nursing home aide, $8 to $15 an _____ . If you're with U. P. S. full time, $17 an
[010] . If you're with U. P. S. full time, $17 an _____ . If you're a new public school teacher, $24,000 a yea
[011] bland, even Friday night, normally a major witching _____ at the Open. The unseeded Venus Williams - "I'm tall.
[012] minute as they fall at a rate of almost 200 miles an _____ . Then, at a defining moment (2,000 feet or above) th
[013] ellout crowd remained, some staying for more than an _____ after the game. 'This has been a thrill of a summert
[014] ut on it, often working through the night, pulling 16- _____ shifts for days if the problem is big enough. Brian
[015] across mammoth Los Angeles County in the span of an _____ or more drive from the human seals on short boards p
[016] e Fairlie-Poplar Historic District into a lively a 24- _____ community. To date, the scene remains just that -fant
[017] the airport's local service was restored in about one _____ . The ruling resulted from a convoluted turf battle b
[018] nd a curiosity second, as she popped her 110-mile- an- _____ serves to upset eighth-seeded Anke Huber, 6-3, 6-4.
[019] ercent are children. One thousand children die every _____ from diarrhea. Clean water will dramatically reduce t
[020] s been produced. It can be set for a four- or eight- _____ life. Your name is put on the badge, and from the mom
[021] ppon Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) produced a three- _____ television series exploring nanotechnology research a
[022] th propellers, the engine mechanics worked about one _____ for every
[023] for every _____ of flight time per engine. In the dying days of the
[024] plant that handles subcontracting (at around $10 an _____ ). Higher value-added, higher productivity, but at les
[025] ally are already in place. Less gas is used as rush- _____ traffic drops when fewer people drive downtown. That
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[001] . Are you aware of any cultural traditions which link _____ foods to health remedies? If yes, give some examples
[002] lat or spherical) which shoot out ultrasonic waves in _____ patterns. For example, a convex surface will spread
[003] erate mice with conditional deficiencies in which the _____ gene of interest can be switched "on" or "off" by the
[004] then when the animals reach an appropriate age for a _____ experimental procedure the gene of interest can be t
[005] efined routine definitions. Such identifiers denote a _____ (constant) object. The type of an equated identifier
[006] rce doesn't feature that term in his triad) has had a _____ appeal for media theorists who stress the importance
[007] s on a long period of intimate acquaintance with one _____ community of the society under study. These thorough
[008] issue of prepositional meaning is that instances of a _____ preposition in varying contexts do not seem to retain
[009] issue of prepositional meaning is that instances of a _____ preposition in varying contexts do not seem to retain
[010] phy attempts to determine why natural phenomena have _____ spatial patterns and orientation. Geography and exp
[011] ic mechanical principles which govern movement, with _____ emphasis on locomotion. One major research theme in
[012] at he engaged in questionable financial dealings. In _____ , he has been faulted for hiring a woman who had plea
[013] its restoration. The "Danae " had always engendered a _____ affection. The story of how Zeus came to Danae in th
[014] over the viciousness of the training scenes. In one _____ scene, an instructor slams his fist into Ms. Moore's
[015] a lot of other poetry didn't - and in a way that made _____ sense in a place where I, a pale, unathletic New York
[016] tyle of her new friends - and to one rugged friend in _____ . Mixed book review. MY SUMMER VACATION was a kind of
[017] tomers through the Southeast -having a choice and no _____ reason to pick BellSouth. Perhaps the scariest news
[018] s a "log" in the dimension and length required for a _____ part of the building. This zero inventory procedure g
[019] to think of that word as meaning "people living in a _____ district" or "a social unit within a larger one and h
[020] er hardware, choosing the best available to solve any _____ need. Can you imagine the price that EDS staffers ge
[021] rning off" the body's normal rejection system in this _____ area. They could also instruct the body to release mo
[022] rmine, with a high degree of accuracy, the stage of a _____ fruit or vegetable at the moment. The savings in spoi
[023] e green or red, and it might also offer relief from a _____ allergy. The technique of transferring genes from one
[024] hree days enough seeds to produce twenty pounds of a _____ protein. The process hasn't yet been perfected, but i
[025] uitable for apples, peaches, and other fruits. This _____ technology was developed after publicity attracted t
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[001] izers or chemical pesticides; it is not, however, a _____ input system. Contrary to popular opinion, these tw
[002] e not at variance with each other. Organic may be a _____ 'external' input system, but, more importantly, it
[003] gnostic applications of ultrasound involve relatively _____ intensity levels, surgical applications generally inv
[004] ti- unit housing developments for an estimated 10,000 _____ - income and inner-city families. The Nations Housing
[005] n of multi-unit projects that qualify for the federal _____ -income-housing tax credit. The Genesis script lets
[006] y for talks with the prime minister. Use of pulsed _____ voltage electric current to restrain sheep for autom
[007] nd chronic back pain inevitably fluctuate. Periods of _____ prices,
[008] prices, _____ scores, and little or no pain are eventually followed
[009] not reach most cell phones, and spam clogs expensive, _____ - bandwidth links to laptops. Research on focus gr
[010] icky brown rain of malathion, a pesticide sprayed by _____ -flying aircraft to kill the Mediterranean fruit flies
[011] al police estimate of 7,000 marchers was deliberately _____ . Mr. Sharpton, speaking at the weekly rally at his of
[012] unk's junk has been huge: at $9 billion, issuance of _____ -rated junk is running nearly 50 percent higher than l
[013] emerging-market countries are included, issuance of _____ -rated debt has nearly doubled, to more than $12 bill
[014] solved that mystery. The Redskins will still run the _____ -risk, run- oriented attack that features Terry Allen
[015] ias and Mr. (Mirza) Rahman are among a fortunate few _____ - income people in New York City who are beneficiaries
[016] o that 20 percent of the apartments be set aside for _____ -income tenants while the remaining 80 percent are re
[017] o replace retiring cartoonists, rely increasingly on _____ -cost syndicated cartoons or simply go out of business
[018] the San Gabriels. Maybe you have seen it yourself on _____ - flying, southbound airline approaches into LAX- mean
[019] udio review. We can read a lot of griping about the _____ estate of singing today, compared to various putative
[020] ering from the broader American trend of cynicism and _____ expectations of public officials. Wright's vision of
[021] ty Aug. 14, Hickman was freezing in temperatures as _____ as 30 degrees 2,600 miles north, on the Tree River 30
[022] s Bureau counted too few residents on the Hill, the _____ - income neighborhood on the south side of this state
[023] intraday high of 2. 8630 to the dollar from a record _____ of 2. 9650 to the dollar earlier in the day. By the
[024] old traditional, physical highways of the past. This _____ - cost network brings millions of buyers to sellers al
[025] when print first hit the masses with what were then _____ -cost books. Millions found a reason to learn to read
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[001] sion whether his party should continue in the NDA or _____ out. The CM is slated to visit New Delhi on Monday fo
[002] sion whether his party should continue in the NDA or _____ out. The CM is slated to visit New Delhi on Monday fo
[003] t doesn't mean we should just throw up our hands and _____ away." There is now increasing evidence that the te
[004] t doesn't mean we should just throw up our hands and _____ away." There is now increasing evidence that the te
[005] of sports or politics. "Before the quiz started, I'd _____ in and be one of five people here all night," said Ro
[006] anford and Son. " What makes Urkel run (or at least _____ peculiarly in a bent-kneed crouch)? He wasn't even su
[007] fferent course has energized the organization. People _____ the corridors of Weeb Ewbank Hall with a more purpos
[008] As Bill Bradley headed to the shore on Friday for the _____ at the beach that has been a New Jersey tradition si
[009] takes readers on a long, eventful, sometimes harrowing _____ from a Confederate hospital in Raleigh to the mounta
[010] he Confederate cause after Petersburg. Inman's is a _____ on the wild side, through a semifrontier society on
[011] ide, Michael Jackson's moonwalk to Neil Armstrong's _____ on the moon. It is a giddy guided tour of pop culture
[012] ngulfs your face at the discretion of the wind. On a _____ to the Kings Creek waterfall, I spent most of the tr
[013] named for an Egyptian saint, Onuphrius, is a joy to _____ . The aptly named Bluffs Beach, part of San Onofre Sta
[014] med as one more obstacle. To get to school you had to _____ through The Tunnel. Unless you caught a ride, a rare
[015] r excursion fares) are discounted from full, one-way, _____ -up fares. They require a Saturday-night stay and are
[016] ther day the Comets are not on the road, Cooper will _____ out the door and go home to her mother, Mary Cobbs,
[017] and still- changing global environment; those who can _____ on quicksand and dance with electrons; those who amas
[018] w a switch or connect thermal sensors so that as you _____ through each room you "turn on" your home. The princi
[019] two major institutions in America today where, if you _____ into them, you would feel like you could be there a c
[020] sy mound north of the crumbling Berlin Wall. A short _____ along the western sector are the remains of the Gesta
[021] the remains of the Gestapo headquarters. At night you _____ across the Potsdamer Platz, newly rescued from what
[022] he Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to _____ back. As I recrossed into Djibouti, villagers sympathe
[023] g reformer, and two of his close allies threatened to _____ out. Mr Pozsgay, Mr Nemeth and Gyula Horn, the Foreig
[024] given Neath a stay of execution following their pitch _____ -off in France two months ago. The Welsh Cup holders'
[025] f the coast where Harding might have landed. After a _____ of a mile and a half, the shore presented no curve w
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[001] ilized for war and it was a violation of local law to _____ of peace until the French were defeated. Haydn -a man
[002] ties exist for a certain binary operation then we can _____ about inverses (should they exist). If e is an identit
[003] dentities do not exist then it does not make sense to _____ about inverses. Even if there is an identity then el
[004] adquarters here, "The Fabulous Sports Babe," a radio _____ show host, used to announce that she was broadcastin
[005] this year, with the Abner Louima brutality case the _____ not only of West Indians but of the entire city, the
[006] expected to take on a more political tone. And on the _____ radio programs that serve as a sounding board for th
[007] than just an opportunity for the women to gather and _____ about stocks. Ms. Felenstein describes it as a "finan
[008] dog- related laws that already exist. Third, when we _____ about passing laws to seize and destroy dogs that "s
[009] is Beethoven is Beethoven. In general company, if you _____ of a 'Ninth Symphony,' it will be assumed that you a
[010] Cannons, they think about their decision often, but _____ about it infrequently. It is simply something they mu
[011] p its model AIDS prevention program in which inmates _____ straight to other inmates about the perils of dirty n
[012] life-who return music to the wood. * If wood could _____ , this maple Rena Weisshaar holds in her hands would
[013] ve a camcorder trained on a sleeping child while they _____ with neighbors over coffee. The clear picture of the
[014] n software now available and use the eyewear to have _____ translated into printed words and displayed inside the
[015] may serve as translators and as robots that can see, _____ , and react to your commands. Nanotechnology can proba
[016] ying to reach -- often because that person wanted to _____ to you and left you a message yesterday! Meanwhile (
[017] m heads to tails are also possible with this process. _____ about virtual reality. Holograms change the color of
[018] hic feel, and because of this, it does make sense to _____ of a global Islamic architecture. After several decad
[019] alues. The majority of architects in the audiencewill _____ about the possibilities offered by new technology and
[020] ues. The majority of architects in the audience will _____ about the possibilities offered by new technology and
[021] "It has often been said that if Parliament ceased to _____ for 12 months, the country would suffer no inconvenie
[022] euphemisms really mean. As soon as planners start to _____ of inviting "artists" into streets or call squares "p
[023] . "White people!" he spits disgustedly at Ruth, "you _____ of life and death and other rubbish - because you ha
[024] eth and Henry, on the stage or battlefield and off it, _____ their different ways to triumph. This, though, unlike
[025] the Opposition leader has claimed to be too busy to _____ to the boisterous crew. But, explained John Gapper, th
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[001] esponds with the brain alpha waves. Exposure to this _____ of sound can prevent clear thought or concentration.
[002] pression, its value is the object it denotes, and the _____ of the expression is the
[003] of the expression is the _____ of the identifier.The following kinds of identifiers
[004] s are introduced by declarations, which specify their _____ , and are caused to denote objects by means of assign
[005] entifiers denote a particular (constant) object. The _____ of an equated identifier is the
[006] of an equated identifier is the _____ of the object it denotes. Thus a phrase is denotin
[007] approach justify an alternative. Independent set and _____ definitions result in operations which are easily fo
[008] name of the associated base quantity shown in italic _____ below the rectangle. The lower image is a butterfly
[009] function, label, package, procedure, signal, subtype, _____ , or variable), the name class of the item (e.g., arch
[010] ther. The major issues for PCS members will be what _____ of job will we be doing in the Agency and what
[011] of job will we be doing in the Agency and what _____ of service will be delivered to claimants. The union
[012] ), a sole proprietorship is the cheapest and easiest _____ of business to create. Just get a business license a
[013] ), a sole proprietorship is the cheapest and easiest _____ of business to create. Just get a business license a
[014] much more 'realistic' than many other games of this _____ because players can never exactly know how long or h
[015] Christopher Corbett Baltimore writer... makes Jack a _____ A personality with cardiovascular problems desperatel
[016] that shows visitors lining up to enter a boxcar of a _____ that transported Holocaust victims to gassing centers
[017] to 1995 featured a central character puffing on some _____ of tobacco, according to one study, as do five of this
[018] Gutenberg, was the first European to develop movable _____ , and the first printed copy of a book -- the Bible --
[019] -- was printed in 1455. Fifty years before Gutenberg's _____ , movable
[020] , movable _____ from metal molds was being used in Korea. These deve
[021] n fifty cents each wholesale, depending on disk size, _____ , and manufacturer. Packaging, distribution, and marke
[022] electronically, delivered on any size of disk, for any _____ of computer; or a thousand books of 300 pages each ca
[023] e carriage. The airplane, the ship and train. Movable _____ replaced the scribe; the newspaper, the town crier.
[024] with Nintendo games. The Powerglove is a long, sleeve- _____ glove that contains, in essence, a computer terminal
[025] en control the action on the screen. Now an advanced _____ of glove allows supermarket shopping without leaving
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[001] rasound readily reflects off cells, it can be used to _____ blood in places where there is no other simple proced
[002] readily aimed along an artery under investigation to _____ blood flow, allowing immediate determination of the e
[003] ls their realization. Please enlighten us with your _____ of irrelevance. One very minor but amusing
[004] of irrelevance. One very minor but amusing _____ of relevance is the number of Talkback Posts (52 as
[005] adable adjectives like bright, dense and short denote _____ functions --- functions from objects to abstract repr
[006] art. Write out the amount of notes you want for each _____ . The students transfer rhythms and melodies from no
[007] vefront being tested. A null means zero or nothing to _____ . It is possible to produce a quality spherical mirror
[008] That makes the extent of the problem impossible to _____ . Pat and Jeanne Hurd had been prepared to resist the
[009] leaders disputed the arrests and each side claimed a _____ of victory in a tense but peaceful confrontation ma
[010] icate condition requiring constant bed rest or some _____ of confinement. Travel - for work or pleasure - has
[011] lind' society-plain 'blind' would be more like it-the _____ , in fact, marks a collective surrender on the field o
[012] o- distant past, when Latinos invested an unrealistic _____ of hope and responsibility in their few public figure
[013] found to have produced tainted meat and poultry. The _____ , which Mr. Glickman said would be introduced when Co
[014] Governor Pataki to give them a sign that he wants the _____ sent to his desk for action. Monday would be a perf
[015] r whether the proposal would work as advertised. The _____ , which until yesterday appeared set for easy passage
[016] uses on the fact that the D. C. theater scene doesn't _____ up to that of New York, which is where one must go t
[017] numental. Your fingers could also contain sensors to _____ pulse, blood pressure, heartbeat, menstrual cycle, ch
[018] nar units, such as those on automatic focus cameras, _____ the distance from the orange to the picker and direc
[019] the employer can bounce them back. And if they don't _____ up when they return, as with a car, you stop dealing
[020] d consumer choice. He sees modernism as an emergency _____ , a response to slums and housing shortages. Along wit
[021] sults this week from Next and Sears will also give a _____ of the retail downturn following the 1, 850 job cuts
[022] n Life, the British mutual insurer, which attracted a _____ of opposition from the British group's policyholders.
[023] the public from the proceedings as a further security _____ , but he was overruled by a higher court. The Edmond
[024] inced that millions of Argentines are applauding this _____ ," he said at the weekend. Included in the pardon wer
[025] in various key sectors of the national economy. The _____ is not only the first full- scale law passed by the S