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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] hey, too, had been woefully ignorant when it came to _____ . Convinced that the club's time has been well spent
[002] e club's stockbroker, have come out with a book, "The _____ Club: How We Taught Ourselves the Secret to a Secure
[003] ch more than, say, Albertson's. The latter makes more _____ , has higher margins (3. 6 percent of sales versus 2.
[004] office. They offer a new glimpse at the mechanics of _____ politics at the highest level of American government.
[005] ves of party contributors, and advise him on how much _____ to ask for. Afterward are excerpts from thank-you le
[006] s from the operation of its top to its value for the _____ . And they ranked the cars subjectively to answer this
[007] getting $400 million or $500 million a month' in new _____ from investors impressed with Magellan's returns. Tha
[008] nt of his father's business, must now try to find the _____ to buy the team from the estate and continue the fam
[009] xpense Trust. The trust reported that the checks and _____ orders were delivered in a Manila envelope by Yah Lin
[010] d out a weapon against which gangs couldn't compete: _____ . Lots of it. Using the millions of dollars at its dis
[011] Hundreds of women were lured by promises of a home, _____ , trips around the world and the opportunity to be th
[012] o needed comforting and a little help spending their _____ . He didn't just wine and dine them at expensive hotel
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[001] art restaurants. Billed as "singing bonfires, " Water _____ is an art event that waits for nightfall, then seizes
[002] d soft, chanted music plays in the background. Water _____ lightings will occur this Saturday, Sept. 27, Oct. 4
[003] xt weekend at Waterplace Park to coincide with Water _____ . Riverside events include the Providence Waterfront
[004] om its custom-fit pocket on the flap of my backpack, _____ up the solar-charged batteries and plug my fax- mode
[005] crashed his car into the limo, jumped out and opened _____ . Police said they believe the shooting stemmed from
[006] which the students methodically empty like columns of _____ ants bearing stereos, computers, lamps, bookcases an
[007] ontested town of Brcko. In Doboj, NATO troops had to _____ shots at Serb police protecting the extremist-run ra
[008] scarred by smoke and water damage from a suspicious _____ -was an eyesore. Thigh-high grass, blighted roses and
[009] According to the Yorkshire Post, it was a 'baptism by _____ , with the press as high priest.' Diana resigned her t
[010] ble to me about the restoration of the I. R. A. cease- _____ and about Sinn Fein's commitment to exclusively peace
[011] l be installed in a shoddy, unsafe manner, warned of _____ hazards and polluted water. And people in the buildi
[012] ives continue to doubt the sincerity of the IRA cease- _____ and have called on Sinn Fein to begin turning in its
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[001] assionately hoped, for a winner. Almost always, they _____ . Not long ago the Jets fired a coach who had lost hi
[002] often told that going to a mortgage broker is a no- _____ proposition. The broker's fee, the reasoning goes, is
[003] ply is not here in Westchester. " "You win some; you _____ some, " Mr. (Terence J.) Masterson said last week, p
[004] Manassas residents are concerned that the city will _____ a treasure trove of Manassas memorabilia. Scott Harri
[005] sn't know exactly what historic items the city might _____ and is awaiting an inventory from owner Chip Rohr. R
[006] companies -business that BellSouth does not want to _____ . What especially worries $19 billion-a- year BellSou
[007] loods, so then the whole area is under water, people _____ their farm land and people drown. There is no pure
[008] with wheat, with barley, all that applies. And if we _____ those wild strains, we could well be devastated - I
[009] ole of their life. But they're so young that they can _____ their childhood, and they're adults before they're 1
[010] s enjoyment. If, if you win, you're happy, and if you _____ , it's the same. I mean if you start getting upset eve
[011] me. I mean if you start getting upset every time you _____ , I think it's time to stop. I: The sports stars of t
[012] THAT REFRESHES! *** WHAT PRICE PRIVACY? You could _____ a job, a home, a loan through the contents of a fil
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[001] to his credit, sits quietly as if on a bus whose next _____ is his. It is. Four thousand feet up. At once, Brouil
[002] aggressive dog, and the dog is destroyed, what will _____ the irresponsible owner from going out and getting an
[003] es. Once he got into fixing up Old Town, he couldn't _____ . And he's turned this piece of the city into somethi
[004] the campus' steep driveway, the exhausting throb of _____ -and-go traffic from U. S. 441 fades. From the cathedr
[005] he finger." Mr. (Dennis C.) Vacco has gone to court to _____ the makers of the beer, known as Bad Frog, from sell
[006] has to come a time when those foolish things have to _____ . I think this is definitely the beginning for me. " I
[007] for the disease. The D. C. government has agreed to _____ awarding small business loans to spur economic devel
[008] scene is better for your tireless cheerleading. Now _____ calling me. Every summer, as Washington gradually s
[009] spoiled. Be a bit thoughtful of others. YOU chose to _____ eating meat, not your parents. Your mother is proba
[010] ay. S: Our shopping list has grown a bit. I'd better _____ at the cash machine on the way and get some money out
[011] ven better help us prevent a terrible crime. Help us _____ trouble before it happens. 5 Women: If you are alone
[012] tting upset every time you lose, I think it's time to _____ . I: The sports stars of tomorrow, and good luck to t
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[001] ght companies - which range from the global consumer- _____ giant Coca-Cola to a Boston consulting firm, Work/Fa
[002] p down, is how the roadsters stacked up. Comparative _____ review. MOST modern cars are cocoons, isolating occ
[003] inal Tamagotchi. Bandai has thoughtfully modified the _____ for Americans. In the toys sold in Japan, the creatur
[004] ional Congress or any other party. Instead, she is a _____ of black consciousness, the current in black politica
[005] like most about writing and they'll say the finished _____ . They like to see the paragraphs finally in print, t
[006] tment authority to order the recall of a contaminated _____ . The department can now only try to persuade a compa
[007] t can now only try to persuade a company to recall a _____ voluntarily. Mr. Glickman, a former Representative f
[008] ing overnight laxative, pulled three versions of the _____ off store shelves today after the Food and Drug Admin
[009] ictment of Mike Espy cannot be dismissed as the petty _____ of an overreaching Independent Counsel, as Mr. Espy's
[010] 1997 that it had sold its Miles Kimball home and gift _____ catalogue division to a management- led group for $2
[011] ompany, which ended up having not just to destroy the _____ but also to sell its Columbus, Neb., plant after the
[012] city centre where somebody is selling every Western _____ you can think of. The public transport system in Bud
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[001] hen he picked up an envelope from the New York State _____ of Taxation and Finance. But his mood turned to bemu
[002] of the American labor force, according to the Labor _____ . Although they are still concentrated in technical,
[003] a few scary - and optimistic - answers. In the Labor _____ 's list of "occupations with the largest job growth,
[004] ssessions. He bought Harrods Ltd., London's greatest _____ store, and more recently acquired a leasehold on the
[005] arassment class action against the D. C. Corrections _____ as 'quite a bargain.' Seen from the perspective of a
[006] es, now the subject of Senate hearings and a Justice _____ probe. Trie himself continued to raise about $400,00
[007] up its presence in Macy's, Bloomingdale's and other _____ stores with in-store mini- shops. Esprit has also re
[008] e son of billionaire Mohamed Fayed, who owns Harrods _____ store, the Egyptian-born Fayed had been romantically
[009] oposed legislation that would broadly strengthen his _____ 's powers over companies found to have produced tainte
[010] ned next week from recess, would give the Agriculture _____ authority to order the recall of a contaminated produ
[011] ty to order the recall of a contaminated product. The _____ can now only try to persuade a company to recall a p
[012] Agriculture Secretary to propose added powers for the _____ , which regulates the nation's food supply. And like
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[001] d prices were plunging. "It's important that funds be _____ to capture the performance of securities other than
[002] om generation retires, younger generations may not be _____ to keep their part of the bargain. In most developed
[003] class talent for the game, the psychologist will be _____ to raise his visibility in his nightmare field of the
[004] wo years ago, she was seriously ill with AIDS, barely _____ to get out of bed, ready for the funeral she had alre
[005] o have a scholarship named for Arthur Ashe and to be _____ to see the U. S. Open in a stadium named for him. Ashe
[006] e standpoint of a city swimming in red ink and barely _____ to help its neediest citizens, however, the requireme
[007] uthor Maxine Hong Kingston in 1991, that Mulligan was _____ to return to a stable, productive life. Favorable bo
[008] nrecognized genius of our time,' yet March was never _____ to overcome the sense that his work was marginal. The
[009] ican culture, so profound was his genius that he was _____ to comprehend where development was headed-even when
[010] which I do not enjoy. I can't see how I'll ever be _____ to leave it - I lack the education for anything bett
[011] er father was a former senior policeman that he was _____ to discover the reason. WHOSE FILE IS IT ANYWAY? Ap
[012] e score is, even if it's 20-nil; I'm just happy to be _____ to play!' says Phil. So far eleven people have been
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[001] en, " said Steven Montano, who lead the preservation _____ as well as organizing the petition drive. "The house
[002] . But no place will retain its special appeal without _____ . If the destination is too crowded, too commercial or
[003] xt year. Like the previous two, Return is a handsome _____ , with attractive crypto-punkish illustrations and an
[004] papers and private meeting notes reveal a concerted _____ by the White House to deal with the issue months earl
[005] ees was kept under wraps until the last minute in an _____ to circumvent some of the anti-Nazi protests that usu
[006] mong 50 youths participating in the program, a joint _____ among the marketplace, Lawry's Foods and local resta
[007] ations with Latino voters, the party's rehabilitative _____ is being hindered by a brewing fight over bilingual e
[008] igration initiative the centerpiece of his reelection _____ . Unz unsuccessfully challenged Wilson in the 1994 GOP
[009] twin's famous journeys to Patagonia or Australia, an _____ that would easily have overwhelmed the scope of this
[010] s theater on 44th Street. Friends are charmed by the _____ Williams has made to expose the athlete to the arts.
[011] in a spectacle of audacity, bravado or sheer physical _____ . He makes an impression by turning a strangely famili
[012] ich began even before Nusrat Khan's death) will be an _____ to reestablish the classical roots of his music. G
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[001] an instructor tortures a male trainee by twisting his _____ broken leg. THINGS were falling apart in Europe whe
[002] ribute to the number of flying bullets in a city that _____ has its share. Louisiana is a "right to carry " state
[003] Cabot Trail in several hours; I opted for six days. _____ , I'd spent the first two relaxing at the minimalist D
[004] ppressor, and you're talking 10 more pounds to a load _____ burdened with such necessities as a binder full of gu
[005] hould improve dramatically as quarterback Dave Brown _____ looks like a different player and the defense, ranke
[006] on staging or burrowing in the ground, Mr. Faude was _____ making plans for the return of Mr. Steward's museum.
[007] avyset man with a wispy moustache and tight smile, is _____ feeling the heat. After a particularly hard day spent
[008] d start enforcing the numerous dog-related laws that _____ exist. Third, when we talk about passing laws to seiz
[009] Wellstone. Along with a slew of Republicans, they are _____ traveling in key states, staking contrast-and-compare
[010] ora of wreaths, painted geese and wooden flowers has _____ had its moment in too many places and for too long.
[011] able to get out of bed, ready for the funeral she had _____ planned. Today, the 36-year-old Philadelphia woman r
[012] a in public education for the District. The District _____ has two charter schools, with two more set to open in