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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] imbed halfway up a lamp-post in order to get a better _____ of the guests. He waved cheerfully enough at her, bu
[002] d stepped to one side, to let the guests have a clear _____ of the kitchen, and of somebody who rose from a chair
[003] ain doors and the two men looked out at the wonderful _____ - the hills and a large lake that filled one of the v
[004] ay.' Woods looked at the beauty of the garden and the _____ , and remembered the black township he had visited. Th
[005] , looking at the matter from a business-like point of _____ , taking things as they are for what they are worth, yo
[006] e prisoners to notice the dierence between the oicial _____ and his own. I will consider your case, and give you
[007] gast, Might have been you or me!' From all points of _____ it was lucky that the madman had chosen Mr Prendergas
[008] s. He studied genetics from a mathematical point of _____ , and has shown that genetics has a mathematical basis
[009] decided to approach from the front, to get the best _____ of the house. From there I would be able to see my m
[010] sters, and soon persuaded Jane to take a more hopeful _____ of the situation. That day the Bennets, with Mr Colli
[011] t to stand in front of the piano, where he had a good _____ of her face. At the end of her first piece of music,
[012] tiful wood. At the top of a hill they had their first _____ ofPemberley House, situated on the other side of a va
3. WORDS
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[001] e hill, the8 storm driving at our backs. At the first _____ in the trees I stopped, nodding towards the black s
[002] Violet? Or Elizabeth? Seth - my son... do you want to _____ my heart?' 'Yes,' said Seth simply. The porridge rose
[003] ght she wanders far from those that love her. She'll _____ my old heart, she will.' 'Does she go to school? Ho
[004] ra thoughtfully. 'in cannot understand why you do not _____ away from her.' 'She's mad. If any of us left the far
[005] amazement. Woods smiled. 'I think they're trying to _____ off our friendship.' Biko looked at Woods for a mome
[006] d sympathetically. 'I think the police are trying to _____ off our friendship,' said Woods. Lemick was annoyed
[007] look a fool if he asked the two security policemen to _____ down the door. Sighing heavily, he walked to the side
[008] most.' From then onwards, there was silence until the _____ . By the time the bell rang for the end of the lesson,
[009] dest words in the English language too late.' In the _____ between lessons Grimes said to Paul, Look here, I've
[010] the presence of others. Therefore I shall attempt to _____ down your social reserve in the following way you wil
[011] over Egdon Heath, and Grimes took this opportunity to _____ away from the little group cutting stone in the quarr
[012] still get drowned if he was on the island, trying to _____ into these buildings, couldn't he?' said Cregar cal
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[001] put down the phone. Mother had gone to bed and it was _____ an hour later when I found Fred standing at the kitc
[002] ing lot. It had been a Superman film. After two and a _____ hours of watching him bend iron and jump over tall
[003] t, please,' she said. 'I have something to suggest.' _____ standing, I held out a hand. 'I want the gun.' She no
[004] he realized that he was in the cowshed, that it was _____ -past six on a winter morning, and that he was perform
[005] me.' Quickly she wrote a note and gave it to Judith. _____ an hour later, she sat beside a smoky fire in her room
[006] oke again, it was daylight, and her watch said it was _____ -past eight. There was not a sound from the yard or f
[007] ug should come in. 'Don't worry, he's never in before _____ -past two,' said Mrs Murther kindly, reading her thoug
[008] se simple words).' Flora glanced at her watch. It was _____ -past eight. She could hear the Brothers singing acros
[009] pick her way across the yard, 'and why is it held at _____ -past one in the morning?' 'Ye see, we're violent peop
[010] up all hope of going to bed that night. It was nearly _____ -past two, and everybody seemed happy to go on till su
[011] at?' she asked Elfine, pointing at one who was crying _____ inside a boot cupboard. ''Tes poor Rennet,' said Elfi
[012] t her, and Rennet ran back to her dark corner. It was _____ -past four. Just then Flora felt cold air at her back
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[001] p of Black Consciousness leaders who were helping to _____ it. For a long time they were kept in prison without
[002] ble little groups, looking cold and wet. How shall we _____ the races?' asked Paul. I don't know,' said Mr Prende
[003] as Emperor. And I know what I shall do first. I shall _____ some games. "I shall have a hot bath," said Lucilla.
[004] king loudly to a man called Cassius, whose job was to _____ the contests in the Colosseum. He also had to please
[005] fe. As the fighting continued, the Persians failed to _____ a strong defence. Many of their oommanders were kille
[006] ld be fixing it. That's exactly how the mayor thinks. _____ your neighborhood, find the responsible parties, let
[007] letters to Parliament, send telegrams to the king, _____ petitions, and put up posters explaining their ideas.
[008] still be seen. *** Here's how different students _____ their vocabulary learning: STUDENT 1 - I have a litt
[009] s that I do best. So I told the others that I would _____ it. They agreed to this idea too quickly. That was ra
[010] ourse, what I had expected. When I said that I would _____ it, I meant that I would tell them what5 to do. The
[011] in your apartment, and you can hear us, and I'll also _____ some alarms. If he's coming, he'll arrive soon, becau
[012] ase don't ask me. I'm determined to make you children _____ everything this year. Forget that I am your mother. P
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[001] h ago.' 'Can you prove you were the other side of the _____ at the time of the murder?' Nudger asked. 'No, but
[002] ceremony had been performed in a little stone church _____ the hill. Then the house had begun to fill up with
[003] is. And your second cousin, Charles Fairford, is in _____ . The tall, serious, dark one.' 'An excellent choffice
[004] lage of Howling, and a little further from the small _____ of Beershorn. It was surrounded on all sides by rough
[005] lace, she will only go and open a caf in some seaside _____ , and try to look artistic in long flowery skirts and
[006] and begin working on him during the long drive to the _____ . So, on the Thursday evening of her second week at th
[007] take seriously. The ball was being held in Godmere, a _____ near Beershorn, in the Grand Hotel there. Flora's dri
[008] imagined anywhere, in a country village, in a seaside _____ , in a busy city, and he would still remain for ever t
[009] raid on the black township called Crossroads, in Cape _____ , more than a thousand kilometres away on the south we
[010] se them ?' Woods examined the pictures again. In Cape _____ black workers could get work without work permits. So
[011] ers accepted. However, from time to time, so that the _____ did not become permanent, the police came with whips
[012] o can still save South Africa. He's in King William's _____ - that's his banning area. You ought to see him.' Wo
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[001] And he ought to know,' she said. 'None of this means _____ unless the driver comes forward and says he was some
[002] on Hammersmith's desk. 'I'll let you know if I learn _____ interesting.' 'It's over, Nudge,' Hammersmith said.
[003] ve to die.' She looked into her glass, and didn't say _____ for a long time. Then she said, 'I didn't want to s
[004] Colt by letting him die for you.' 'You can't prove _____ ,' she said, still with the same frightening smile. 7
[005] room. 'Let's have some people in for drinks, Fred.' ' _____ you say, my love.'
[006] you say, my love.' _____ Elinor said was all right with Fred. I remembered his
[007] e?' -'No. Not at any time.' He would not speak about _____ Elinor had imagined. His relationships with his patie
[008] his patients, he said, were confidential. If he knew _____ of value he would tell them, but he did not. He sat
[009] 'And to pay you for it, I suppose.' 'Nobody paid me _____ ,' she said angrily. 'If you think anybody can bribe
[010] the doctor knew more than he had told. But why hide _____ ? All afternoon I wondered what Doctor Barclay and the
[011] dinner that evening. During the meal I asked him if _____ had happened to upset Elinor in the spring. 'About E
[012] the spring. 'About Easter,' I said. 'I don't remember _____ ,' he said. 'Except that she started going to that ps
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[001] equipment for finding paid employment. She decided, _____ , to stay with a friend, a Mrs Mary Smiling, at her ho
[002] spent them at her friend's house instead. She felt, _____ , as if she was returning home when she entered Lambet
[003] ich was as unusual as it was unpleasant. She decided, _____ , to cheer herself up by walking to the village to fi
[004] permit for a son or daughter. It was not surprising, _____ , when not long after the football match Biko's 'minde
[005] gs of personal inadequacy in the presence of others. _____ I shall attempt to break down your social reserve in
[006] nability to express himself in his work. The Governor _____ gave orders that the prisoner should be given a numbe
[007] es: GIRL - WIFE IN DEATH ROCKET. You are all men, and _____ not very interesting. I am the one woman. . , so I am
[008] es it individual - in mind and character - are yours. _____ it is Terry's body.' 'And what has happened to Hymore
[009] nion of Jane's state of health. Soon after breakfast, _____ , Mrs Bennet, accompanied by her two youngest daughter
[010] ot accept a proposal of marriage the first time. I am _____ not at all discouraged, and sincerely hope we shall b
[011] racter faults, he ought not to become a priest, and I _____ agreed at once. The business was soon arranged. He re
[012] making Wickham's worthlessness more public, and that _____ it was his duty to assist us in every possible way. I
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[001] ride the lightning?' 'That's the second time in the _____ few days I've heard that expression. The first time w
[002] had taught her to use. Then, just as the man stepped _____ the bushes, she jumped behind him so he couldn't see
[003] ey is nice. I haven't anything against it. But in the _____ eighteen years I've got my fun out of chasing crimi
[004] realized that he was in the cowshed, that it was half- _____ six on a winter morning, and that he was performing t
[005] k he had done at this hour and in this place for the _____ eighty years. He stood up, sighing, and went over to
[006] gain, it was daylight, and her watch said it was half- _____ eight. There was not a sound from the yard or from a
[007] ould come in. 'Don't worry, he's never in before half- _____ two,' said Mrs Murther kindly, reading her thoughts.
[008] mple words).' Flora glanced at her watch. It was half- _____ eight. She could hear the Brothers singing across the
[009] w that in am seventy-nine, in cannot see a bicycle go _____ my bedroom window without having a sick feeling in m
[010] a felt quite weak after the nervous excitement of the _____ five minutes, but, as Elfine's chaperone, made herse
[011] ey were just driving into the farmyard, and, leaning _____ Flora, Seth pointed through the car window at the fa
[012] her way across the yard, 'and why is it held at half- _____ one in the morning?' 'Ye see, we're violent people, w
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[001] his way was easier.' She sat very still. She didn't _____ . Nudger stood up and wiped his damp forehead with the
[002] ine gun from the street, or if this is another' The _____ to that came immediately. The machine gun in the stre
[003] you stole.' I was surprised by how ready she was to _____ . 'Under the garage. We secretly dug a place there som
[004] ?' she said. He was young and she was beautiful. His _____ wasn't hard to guess. 'But not to kill him,' he said
[005] ial for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall _____ , "Collecting material". You know, Mary, I think I ha
[006] elations, Mrs Smiling said, 'I hope none of them will _____ . And I only pray, if any of them do
[007] . And I only pray, if any of them do _____ , it won't be those people in Sussex. I think the name
[008] re meant to do. But they were too far away to hear an _____ now, and Flora, giving one last wave to Mrs Smiling,
[009] t thoughtfully finished her breakfast. 'So that's the _____ !' she was thinking. 'Old Mrs Starkadder is the curse
[010] ut it must be blue. Try it, and see.' Elfine did not _____ this. She said casually, 'Here it is,' as they arrive
[011] pectful and normal manner, that she almost forgot to _____ . But habit is strong, and she agreed pleasantly that
[012] ered if she knew him. 'Mr Mybug,' was the improbable _____ . Flora simply did not believe this, but she was too b