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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] et me stay with you, sir,' cried Oliver. 'Please dont _____ me away! Let me be a servant in your house.' 'My dear
[002] ' said the old gentleman. 'You can stay. I will never _____ you away unless you give me a reason.' 'I never, neve
[003] t go back to the shop this evening, sir,' she said. ' _____ Oliver with them,' said Mr Grimwig. 'If you can trust
[004] in's feet.' He looked after me when I was ill. Please _____ them back. He will think I stole them. Oh, please
[005] them back. He will think I stole them. Oh, please _____ them back.' 'The boy is right,' said Fagin. 'Ha, ha!'
[006] up a stick. 'You want to get help? You would like to _____ for the police perhaps? We will soon stop that.' He h
[007] illness. Mrs Maylie's sadness was terrible. 'We must _____ for Dr Losberne at once, 0 liver,' she said. 'I have
[008] d. 'Now what are you going to do about it. 'I need to _____ a killer to Memphis,' said The Blade. 'You're going t
[009] rry. 'First we need to know if they know something.' ' _____ Gronke,' said his uncle. Back in Memphis, Slick Moell
[010] , Memphis Police,' he said in a deep voffice. 'Please _____ me forty pizzas for a surprise party here in the poli
[011] said Foltrigo. 'Good,' he said when he'd heard it. ' _____ it to Memphis. I want Judge Rooseveh to hear it today.
[012] p Mark Sway in custody for the weekend. Tonight we'll _____ papers to call Mark to New Orleans. The courts are cl
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[001] They continued to search for the two men, but without _____ . The next day Mr Giles was sent to all the inns in the
[002] ways his father, King Philip, was responsible for his _____ . When Philip became king of Macedonia, he threw all h
[003] uffering will be worse than the Persians'. After his _____ at the Granicus, the Greek cities in Asia quickly ope
[004] people who were watching. Some said that Alexander's _____ with the knot was real; others said that they saw him
[005] on its way to Persepolis. There was only one hope, of _____ , but it was very dangerous. With half his soldiers, A
[006] nders; too few of his Persian appointments had been a _____ . Alexander next planned a great wedding celebration,
[007] ainstream popular culture, from commercial recording _____ , from hip, from cool, from now - lots of people stil
[008] about 60 stores in five years. WITH the teamsters' _____ in their two-week strike against United Parcel Servic
[009] of crime, has become the most serious threat to the _____ of South Africa's fledgling democratic government. Ev
[010] is first box-office hit, 'Moonstruck,' one notes that _____ becomes him. The skittish bravado of Cage at 23 has
[011] the new services are losing money, with the odds of _____ thus favoring companies with pockets deep enough to
[012] borators themselves, who felt that in the wake of her _____ Crow was assuming too much credit for some of the ma
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[001] en program. The article also misstated the selection _____ for the program. Corrected information is provided.
[002] ority to negotiate trade agreements on a 'fast-track' _____ . That essentially means Congress cannot amend such p
[003] thief of the 19th century, could have furnished the _____ of a great novel. No need though: In 'The Napoleon of
[004] ncertainties of operating [in China] on a day- to-day _____ are very, very high,' said Denis Simon, head of the
[005] nding bay, the seafood industry is no longer the sole _____ of the economy. It was just a hole bored beneath a
[006] er harassment, abuse and discrimination on a personal _____ -also are delighted by the memorial. They see it as a
[007] m every department is visited on a subject-by-subject _____ . Previously, they were classed in three broad bands:
[008] illicit.' This takes us a long way from acting on the _____ of 'mere probability'. In its treatment of euthanasia
[009] sts has recently claimed to have established a sound _____ . He generally held views sympathetic to the Soviet go
[010] n maybe we have done something . . .' So what is the _____ for the authority claimed by religious leaders in an
[011] ike Michael Portillo, agonise publicly about the moral _____ for their politics, they tend to end up by stressing
[012] view, and has shown that genetics has a mathematical _____ . He's been able to show what genetic arrangements a
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[001] you.' He gave us all a weak smile. He disappeared. A _____ later we heard him scream from the jungle. 'He's ver
[002] ctor. I will speak to him.' We waited quietly for one _____ - a
[003] - a _____ which I will never forget. Then the door opened and t
[004] dle. Please ring the bell.' Bannister tells a lie A _____ later, the servant Bannister arrived at the door. He
[005] ht, thank God. He's just woken up. We'll see him in a _____ .' 'And your father? Is he at home?' asked Yury. 'No,
[006] n your coat? Where are you going?' 'I'll be back in a _____ ,' said Yury. 'There's a lot of smoke in here, and I'v
[007] waiting for us, but we must go now; there is not one _____ to lose.' 'I don't understand you, Komarovsky. You ta
[008] rs from Europe canceled trips to Mombasa at the last _____ . A charter jet from Italy, for instance, landed in M
[009] human's closest feeling to flight. It is a long, long _____ as they fall at a rate of almost 200 miles an hour. T
[010] year's honorees was kept under wraps until the last _____ in an effort to circumvent some of the anti-Nazi prot
[011] houses and cluttered pawnshops. For Alejandra, the 80- _____ midafternoon ride from the three- story house she cl
[012] firm of Bowie Gridley gets frantically busy with last- _____ details. The reason is simple: Schools are what the f
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[001] ears ago in a town in England where there is a famous _____ . At that time, we were staying in a small hotel near
[002] that time, we were staying in a small hotel near the _____ library. Holmes was working in the library for a few
[003] otel, one evening, Mr Wilson Soames: a teacher at the _____ - was waiting for us. Both Holmes and I had met him
[004] important. 'I am very lucky that you are visiting the _____ this week, Mr Holmes. Something very bad has happened
[005] p will get a large amount of money for his studies at _____ . 'I teach the Greek language here, and this is one of
[006] this afternoon. . Someone is cheating 'I live at the _____ in one of the colleges, where there are rooms for bot
[007] dents' rooms, because he was writing a book about the _____ . Holmes sat down and made a few drawings in his book
[008] ade a few drawings in his book as he talked about the _____ with Gilchrist. As he was drawing, Holmes's pencil br
[009] ill begin there.' There were only four shops near the _____ selling pencils. In each shop, Holmes showed them the
[010] 1911 Yury, Tonya and Misha were in their last term at _____ . In the spring they would all graduate: Yury in medic
[011] n her eye. She danced with a young man she knew from _____ and continued her search. Suddenly she saw Komarovsk
[012] s living in her own flat and spending her time at the _____ or with Pasha. Mr Kologrivov, Nadya's father, had hel
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[001] loody battles against the Brahmins, which brought the _____ number of Indian dead in the last six months to a qua
[002] ight now. OUTLOOK: Last year the Giants were last in _____ offense, passing, third-down efficiency and yards per
[003] begin to recover from the war. Since war's end, the _____ economic output in the Muslim-Croat Federation has d
[004] 30 there were 367,168 filings - the largest quarterly _____ ever, according to the Administrative Office of the U
[005] r to 1019 this past year. The composite scores are a _____ of the verbal and math sections of the exam. Osbourn
[006] cores remain lower than male students' in math and in _____ scores. They had told no one. Not their wives, thei
[007] nd expected from heterosexual readers in an age when _____ openness about such matters was impossible. At the s
[008] interest payments are $1,922. 29, and you will pay a _____ of $442,013. 87 in interest over the 30-year life of
[009] see it as a major step toward equality. The issue of _____ equality is a burning one with many of today's career
[010] mpanies he regulated as Secretary of Agriculture. The _____ value of the gifts was small, under $40, 000, but the
[011] e price of building permits required by the city, the _____ bill could skyrocket to almost $2,000. By giving New
[012] ed to acquire Harbor Bancorp in a transaction with a _____ value of $34. 1 million. Harbor shareholders will rec
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[001] istmas, 1911 Yury, Tonya and Misha were in their last _____ at university. In the spring they would all graduate:
[002] . Lyons, 55, who is in the third year of a five-year _____ , has faced mounting criticism over allegations that h
[003] l writing, according to the latest assessment of long- _____ trends in the nation's schools. On Saturday, the Educ
[004] on Statistics released the latest version of its long- _____ trend assessment: analyses of tests in science, math
[005] ncurring substantial trading costs and creating short- _____ capital gains, which are taxed at ordinary income ra
[006] ons, adding to expenses; it can also generate short- _____ gains that are now taxed at a higher rate than long-
[007] gains that are now taxed at a higher rate than long- _____ gains. But relatively high costs may be acceptable if
[008] trip. If there are no complications, the risk of pre- _____ labor is slight and there is generally none of the un
[009] ot getting better. His contempt for traditional long- _____ therapy seems both pragmatic and self- serving. In sp
[010] 2OO verses. The title derives from the 17th-century _____ Yankee, which then denoted a Dutch West Indian pirat
[011] " is a German derivative for the word simpleton. The _____ dandy referred to 18th-century Londoners. Comparativ
[012] d pressed a subordinate to alter a document. A three- _____ congressman before becoming agriculture secretary, E
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[001] u fell low. Let us see in the future how high you can _____ .' THE DYING DETECTIVE Chapter One Sherlock Holmes l
[002] ter and sewer rates even more than the steady annual _____ of 7 to 9 percent during the last few years. Already,
[003] tion to the just-published 'But Still, Like Air, I'll _____ : New Asian American Plays,' which she has edited. 'Wr
[004] nse high rises at the center, less dense and less high _____ at the edges. Our own city, Los Angeles, looks like
[005] the money-managing professionals. If interest rates _____ , the value of those bonds fall. They may then need to
[006] hort term, just as they buy stocks hoping prices will _____ before they need to cash in. All this is prelude to m
[007] mbition, ability and education, individuals can still _____ far and fast.' 'There's a lot at stake for African-Am
[008] es tribunal on genocide charges. Indeed, she owed her _____ in the governing Serb Democratic Party to Dr. Karadz
[009] of reducing teen-age smoking unless cigarette prices _____ much more than expected, an Associated Press poll sh
[010] say the price of a pack of cigarettes would have to _____ by more than $1 - much more than expected under the
[011] h is awful. My employer refuses to even discuss a pay _____ , because he says he can easily find somone else to d
[012] omen in Art' or 'The Real Causes of the Divorce-Rate _____ ' - you know the type of thing. *** She's absolute
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[001] years of war and struggle, coming home had become his _____ in life - coming home to his family, to himself, to a
[002] feeling that we'll meet again. You may have a greater _____ in our plan than being a farmer in Varykino. For now
[003] a Town Meeting on Thursday, it will be for the sole _____ of deciding the fate of a 19th- century building, a l
[004] arterback Warren Moon from Minnesota to Seattle; all- _____ running back Eric Metcalf from Atlanta to San Diego;
[005] ity. Nothing she does sounds uncontrolled or without _____ , yet somehow everything also sounds completely natura
[006] ficer: Welcome to Britain, Mr Brown. May I know the _____ of your visit? Traveller: I'm a doctor, and I'll be
[007] A TEFL course gives you the chance to travel with a _____ - but expect some tricky times By SARAH ABDULLAH
[008] children, and asks them to show they understand the _____ of reading and writing, and technical terms such as
[009] 'the culture of death', the encyclical fulfils a noble _____ . It is impossible to doubt the sincerity or the urgen
[010] in face of the blunt assertion: 'No circumstance, no _____ , no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which
[011] lly tailored for this. I think Thames Valley sees its _____ in these exchanges as to teach English to foreigners
[012] ince 1987 it has been housed in a notably attractive _____ - built 'East Anglian Asian' (the architect's descript