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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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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
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[001] to myself. It was the kind of work I was doing, the _____ of the ambition it awoke in me, that kept me from pa
[002] rm, sympathetic girl, he decided. Sympathy is a fine _____ in a woman. Now Vivian, for instance, was not too lo
[003] ch the door responded. That tap had a slight bangish _____ . "She really is a dear little thing", my mother a
[004] o consider very easily recognizable characteristics-- _____ of furniture, number of chairs, thickness of carpet.
[005] oblems with the drinking water supply. The declining _____ of the drinking water is cited as the main factor in
[006] nks with particular regions in terms of production, _____ control and identity. One thinks here of Florida or
[007] dients, the style and skill of cooking, and the high _____ and palatability of the resulting dishes, for instan
[008] end. So too is processing, for having produced such _____ food, no organic farmer wants to see it degraded, p
[009] textures in food and can increase their nutritional _____ and digestibility. Second, microorganisms may be gro
[010] ions, there are no federal regulations governing the _____ of herbal remedies, including potentially harmful co
[011] s used to inspect welds, establish the uniformity and _____ of poured concrete, and monitor metal fatigue. As a r
[012] ut are costly nevertheless, resulting in poor product _____ , schedule delays, equipment damage, and other signif
[013] ver felt before. Each day you can expect to receive a _____ quotation in the hopes that it inspires you to do an
[014] ons and publications being offered are of the highest _____ , designed to meet the needs of the participants in p
[015] ons and publications being offered are of the highest _____ , designed to meet the needs of the participants in p
[016] ro or nothing to measure. It is possible to produce a _____ spherical mirror which can be used in turn to null a
[017] e government with full knowledge of a contractor’Äôs _____ -control procedure permits the contractor to perform t
[018] s new debate on who should go to college and why, the _____ of what is offered, and academic productivity. Since
[019] epicted, is never specified. This lends a dream-like _____ to the action that may be appropriate to childhood b
[020] is gutteral commentary having nothing to do with the _____ of the food and everything to do with the Mets' losi
[021] ter all, Camrys and Accords are synonymous with high _____ and reliability to the generation of buyers who norma
[022] re. And I don't have the space to list the many high- _____ local actors and designers. And let's give a round
[023] become more common and will continuously improve in _____ and scope during the first century of the third mille
[024] y, because the word virtual carries an "almost there" _____ about it. Artificial reality can take us up to "there
[025] half the cost. In four to five months it becomes high- _____ newsprint paper. Such paper takes longer to fade, req
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[001] chool with her someplace near Baltimore and tried to _____ rather than defend her to the gang having lunch at H
[002] "No". It was flat, definite. "Suppose you let me _____ . Actually, I rather doubt that we'll have to do this
[003] dn't remove her own things, it would be difficult to _____ to the parade of guests which traversed the apartmen
[004] anyone, it'll have to be you". He paused. "I should _____ : there's more here for me than advocating my little
[005] s. Ben Franklin said, "Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg. You _____ English by Greek". Richard Brinsley Sheridan said, "
[006] hey recall Byron's classic comment: "I wish he would _____ his explanation". Similarly, when a reporter once qu
[007] describe them. ’Ä¢ Is equality always a good thing? _____ . 3 Reading The following passage is adapt
[008] bles us to infer an appropriate set of priorities to _____ the given observation skeptically, thereby resolving
[009] to be affected by the disease. The finding may help _____ why these mutant proteins, although they are widely
[010] rd. But judging from the interest that arises when I _____ it, I predict it will be. If there were a scale of co
[011] he sun rotate at different speeds, an action that may _____ the formation of sunspots and solar flares, new rese
[012] he sun rotate at different speeds, an action that may _____ the formation of sunspots and solar flares, new rese
[013] en the inability of the above arguments to completely _____ the Japanese decision (or indecision) regarding their
[014] e activities that people can do, but that they cannot _____ how they do. The Act establishes the quota of 700,0
[015] e activities that people can do, but that they cannot _____ how they do. It is the most current provided by the
[016] do. It takes great courage to know things you can't _____ , stand up for your intuition and honor your inner wi
[017] n generate the elaborate motivation. Usually I try to _____ the four ways in which the mother is kind and then go
[018] $110. 80 and interest of $48. 82. The notice did not _____ why they would owe penalties and interest on no addi
[019] d twice Winn-Dixie's. On fundamentals, it is hard to _____ why Safeway fetches so much more than, say, Albertson
[020] nt afterward. The players did not have the words to _____ what Cynthia Cooper had just done to them. With her g
[021] anassas. Then he bought one, for $180, 000. He can't _____ exactly what made him do it, except a general fear th
[022] y won't watch over us, Someone Else will. How else to _____ an August of sparkling blue skies, golden weekend af
[023] director of the Pinacoteca of Sao Paulo, attempts to _____ this in the catalogue: 'A profile of 20th century Br
[024] round reductions to Hawaii and Mexico. First, let's _____ that 21- day advance purchase fares (APEX, or excursi
[025] ntial for fax, and it's too complicated and costly to _____ over the phone. What to do? Call Low-Earth Orbit Mob
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[001] instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge _____ from you, he was a man, and that because Gratt Shafe
[002] controlling the waves. He was a knight of the Round _____ , "Sir Quintus the Brave", slaying evil spirits and b
[003] e never had polio". In the light from the bedside _____ his father looked so worried that the promise spille
[004] id between bites of a chicken sandwich at a luncheon _____ at Le Mont. "Now you know she could've, but she isn'
[005] m. I dressed in the kitchen, then left a note on the _____ telling him what had happened. I drove off through t
[006] l, Gladdy's bright smile greeted me at the breakfast _____ . Her first class wasn't until ten, but she always go
[007] to move her down the hall where we had an examining _____ . "Better do a Papanicolaou", I told Pete. It was onl
[008] he bottle and paid her bill, she came directly to my _____ and said: "Handsome soldier, I have assuaged one
[009] tter. He looked around his little Eden: bureau, bed, _____ , chair, two-burner stove. Then he remembered. "
[010] am of Vivian, and woke, only to crash into the night _____ , bruising his other shin. He took a yellow pill, onl
[011] l to do in the kitchen, bobbing up and down from the _____ so that talk was impossible. Well, Martin thought,
[012] relief or disquietude he could not tell. Across the _____ , Hamrick saluted him jubilantly with an encircled th
[013] to a couch on which she had taken refuge was a small _____ on which she noted a vase of red rosebuds; while pro
[014] anda's dumping the contents of the sugar bowl on the _____ , and various screeches, thuds, and giggles. Under th
[015] postponed, only to be served dry and overcooked at a _____ where the host's chair was vacant; a "splash party"
[016] p of outspoken and offbeat students sitting around a _____ in a cafeteria and their collective and ultimately f
[017] on-making for that product? Look back at the _____ on page 4. Which of the roles from the
[018] on page 4. Which of the roles from the _____ did the members of your family assume? UNIT
[019] e complete vibration per second = 1 hertz [Hz].) The _____ below gives the range of hearing for humans and selec
[020] the number of participants, the closer the polygonal _____ approximates to a "round"
[021] approximates to a "round" _____ . Consider the possibility that the "local" roundtable
[022] n our session with a prayer over coffee at my kitchen _____ ("My talent is an instrument given to me by God"), t
[023] arrot slices and broccoli florets was brought to the _____ , along with a basket of bread chunks and long- handle
[024] ends that minimize labor's leverage at the bargaining _____ and lingering attitudes among unorganized workers tha
[025] er 25-point performance by leaping on to the scorer's _____ . Comets players hugged and danced in world champion T
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[001] iment, seven days of relentless rain that turned the _____ to mud so the burial had to be postponed. I waited.
[002] adows until she came to a little hollow in the rocky _____ with a big stone in the center behind which she knel
[003] group of cowbirds again bobbed and gobbled over the _____ , but now, gorgeous among them, was a beautiful red c
[004] mmed into the catcher. Both fell heavily to the _____ . Only Mike got to his feet. He went back to touch
[005] ould soon come across the broad black area of plowed _____ , carrying the jar of cool water. The boy usually was
[006] he savage determination, the dance of his feet as he _____ the snake with his heels, and the pirouette of his a
[007] ure of your visit, by the way- and, returning to the _____ floor, entered the master bedroom. From the curio ca
[008] es, especially where there is little water below the _____ which could be utilized by pumping. The fear of any
[009] ure. Yet the likelihood of soil nutrient toxicity and _____ and surface water contamination is minimal if suffic
[010] ive walker is to include knees, which provide natural _____ clearance without need for any additional mechanisms
[011] hich is the way many travelers see it) than from the _____ . And there's a good reason why that's so. Early Europ
[012] ansferring their maps "from parchment or paper to the _____ itself. " IN Louisiana, if a person tries to steal a
[013] in hard hats perching on staging or burrowing in the _____ , Mr. Faude was already making plans for the return o
[014] he fears and joys of patriots traversing the "Neutral _____ " between the British outposts north of the Harlem R
[015] ht up the gamey flavor of duck breast, and a crust of _____ hazelnuts and garlic sealed in the succulence of thic
[016] said. 'The longer it takes to put the shovel in the _____ for a great stadium, the bigger the challenge to rein
[017] Water and mud are bubbling up from the crusty yellow _____ all around us; vents are belching steam 20 feet in t
[018] r cone that formed as new magma welled up out of the _____ and solidified. Until this month, Soufriere Hills w
[019] s worth $59 billion. Still, regional banks are losing _____ to a handful of increasingly nationwide banking comp
[020] harder. THE RECALL last week of 25 million pounds of _____ beef sold by Hudson Foods was a forceful act, but i
[021] are becoming more costly to produce. Still, books are _____ out in increasing numbers with less profit to all co
[022] rstand the new technologies. You can't get in on the _____ floor after a new industry is already established. Do
[023] ustry is already established. Don't even wait for the _____ floor. Look for the excavations! 5. Knowledge is doub
[024] to get rid of its sewer sludge by pumping it into the _____ -- 4, 500 feet into the
[025] -- 4, 500 feet into the _____ . But it will not be left there. It will come back as
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[001] ft companies are going to tear into the government _____ , looking for anything they can get and making the co
[002] ick's reaction to A- Z going into the passenger car _____ was discouraging. He thought the financing, the adve
[003] here. Sure, Ticonderoga went broke in the low-priced _____ bucking the Big Three. Their cars weren't small enou
[004] and other forms of entertainment consumed by the mass _____ --is both a marketing product and an inspiration for m
[005] , local music acts are grabbing a larger share of the _____ and pushing international (that is, English speaking)
[006] required by the FDA, water bottlers are promoting a _____ perception that bottled water is pure, safe, and goo
[007] that the products of particular places will be given _____ dominance. We can recognize four variations of such
[008] which was taking potatoes from the college farm to _____ ! Our present system may be profitable for some, but
[009] y a gain in ivory trade, because there will not be a _____ for it. 9 Thus a pattern will emerge as time goes b
[010] to offer the right products than to be first in the _____ ," says Lines. The latest evidence that diet plays a
[011] g causes to them [Gilovich, p. 26]. Things like stock _____ prices, golf scores, and chronic back pain inevitably
[012] ry provisions generally tend to inhibit the impact of _____ conditions. As regulatory reform proceeds at the Stat
[013] other large consumers, who often rely on short-term _____ purchases or arrangements without fixed price terms,
[014] majority of voters in different geographic and media _____ settings. If those things are known, it would not be
[015] rbed the selling of stocks, setting off a region-wide _____ convulsion that sent the Philippine
[016] convulsion that sent the Philippine _____ index tumbling 9 percent on Thursday - its biggest on
[017] me stores. A struggling local chain, Harry's Farmers _____ , pulls in customers from 20 miles away with the most
[018] s simply bullied its way into the $6 billion Atlanta _____ , spending more than $300 million to open about 60 sto
[019] firm. And when dollar-denominated bonds of emerging- _____ countries are included, issuance of low-rated debt h
[020] pting some pundits to say that one of the best stock _____ runs in history was over. The Dow finished that day
[021] ady-to- eat entrees like those made popular by Boston _____ . The company also has processing operations that pro
[022] sh entrees, some of which Harry's supplies to Boston _____ restaurants in the region. Boston Chicken's plans for
[023] stocks typically trade at a discount to the overall _____ and at a measly fraction of their own annual revenues
[024] could accurately predict the direction of the stock _____ . Cool. In the same way that America is having to mak
[025] Unemployment is down. And, notwithstanding the stock _____ 's gyrations, the news seems only to get better. Just
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[001] ig wide federal highway, instead of peaceful corn to _____ your eyes on while you tried to
[002] your eyes on while you tried to _____ your heart, while you tried not to look at the ballo
[003] pettiness and greed- and guilt. She was finally at _____ in truth, of her own proud free choice. At
[004] in truth, of her own proud free choice. At _____ with my darling Ellen, the first Mrs. Salter. ##
[005] then tore away the blood-soaked parts and wound the _____ around his neck like a scarf. Sam would be amazed to
[006] inner meeting as well, that kept me up late. But the _____ of it, the main part, wasn't based on logic at all.
[007] and again put her out of my mind. I was busy the _____ of the day. Late in the afternoon, I was up on Seven
[008] l month", the doctor had said. "Lots of sun, lots of _____ . The red pills are a vitamin-and-iron compound. This
[009] brave enough to grow beside Peony, Larkspur, and the _____ . The sweater was gone from the refrigerator, and
[010] ill and a beer and then, on impulse, transferred the _____ of his salami to her side of the refrigerator and sc
[011] when he came home that evening. He was wrong. The _____ of the bedroom had been groomed to a superhuman
[012] then been superseded by some luckier chap. I did not _____ until I had tracked the mystery down. Well, here it
[013] ligula", and even F.D.R. had to concede that "if the _____ of this nation showed the foresight and patriotism o
[014] than I care to count, storming off the "set" for the _____ of the day. As for his finances, I was never privile
[015] ly cut down to three short speeches? Did he show the _____ of the cast- numbering four thousand- the considerat
[016] e. We would have preferred, however, to have had the _____ of the orchestra refrain from laughing at this and o
[017] he gods, much more so than Jehovah and Allah and the _____ . 'Fess up- don't you? Well, ordinarily he is, except
[018] s now transmitted to the backrest and hence does not _____ on the spine (see illustration). One summary of the
[019] arbonated water predominates in Germany, while in the _____ of Europe and the United States, non-carbonated water
[020] il work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the _____ of one's mind free to respond with attention and sen
[021] the margins for plaintiffs to litigate rather than to _____ satisfied with the internal remedies offered by a pla
[022] rnor who stepped up and took over from Mr. Weld. The _____ of the state political scene is shifting and swirli
[023] upon as a delicate condition requiring constant bed _____ or some measure of confinement. Travel - for work or
[024] pany Museum and the Manassas Museum. But most of the _____ of it will be auctioned, he said. Of the county's s
[025] st two are in the twilight of their careers, and the _____ are dead. They may all have written classics but th
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[001] Chris fretted. "I wish we were in a position to _____ a little money to tide them over". I said I wishe
[002] a chance, Bill, but availing myself of your generous _____ of assistance. Good luck to you". "All the in-l
[003] pant. The most costly chairs are generally those that _____ the most movement, but these have come to be associat
[004] urniture companies targeting those with home offices _____ an executive high back chair, as well as a leather e
[005] cally cancel additional noise. Additionally they can _____ consultations with doctors for annual hearing tests.
[006] TISC then you are given the opportunity to defer your _____ for a period of 12 months. If you accept your
[007] for a period of 12 months. If you accept your _____ and enrol in a course then you will not have the oppo
[008] ion. "It's much more important for these companies to _____ the right products than to be first in the market,"
[009] ander Vishniakov. Among the more exotic goodies on _____ at various printers: an in-house chef, pinball machi
[010] omparisons prove e.g. that Germany is more likely to _____ bribes than Sweden. Or that Belgium/Luxembourg has a
[011] omparisons prove e.g. that Germany is more likely to _____ bribes than Sweden. Or that Belgium/Luxembourg has a
[012] ard those future studies, as we move ahead, I want to _____ three unconvincing methodological premises pertinent
[013] th ongoing and short-lived inconsistent behaviors and _____ a chance for other users to add their own reports of
[014] n identified in peanuts and peanut products. SIT may _____ protection from colon, prostate and breast cancer, a
[015] the insulin receptor substrate-2 (IRS-2) protein may _____ alternative avenues for the treatment of diabetes an
[016] n may expand Harry's in a Hurry nationally or simply _____ Harry's food at additional Boston Markets. Boston Chi
[017] ll of them were made from his West Wing office. They _____ a new glimpse at the mechanics of money politics at t
[018] ated up in late 1995 and early 1996. The call sheets _____ the Vice President schmoozing trivia by updating him
[019] - terms somewhere between the wholesale rate lenders _____ brokers and the retail rate available to direct custo
[020] udents in at least 18 colleges and universities that _____ full degree programs. Nearly half the students come f
[021] nt public schools in the District, schools that would _____ students, teachers and parents the opportunity to esc
[022] artet and the Kalichstein-Laredo- Robinson Trio will _____ programs of his chamber music, and William Sharp wi
[023] June 1996 he was all set to pursue a degree. Nynex's _____ , he felt, was too good to pass up. Brown decided to
[024] ice as well. And BellSouth hopes before too long to _____ long- distance service, pitting itself against some h
[025] ocal service, scores of companies have permission to _____ competing service. So far, most of the competitors'
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[001] he had a day of things to do; among them, she had to _____ the guest room. How long would it be occupied? she w
[002] plans) and results of empirical studies in order to _____ them for secondary analyses and to make them availab
[003] es are probably beginning to wonder how they should _____ for the 21st century. As the nation returns to work a
[004] center of the site was a key feature of the plan. To _____ for it, the city demapped a portion of the existing
[005] ee that still happens with recent immigrants. As we _____ to enter the third millennium, another monumental tas
[006] eality, and the hospitality industry. So what to do? _____ for what will appear to be chaos. And remember that
[007] plan for continuous upgrading of new technology. 9. _____ to be highly mobile. Don't get locked into Industria
[008] d growth of the computer and microchip industry. Now _____ for liquid- state technology, a new class of materia
[009] decade. Education and experience never taught them to _____ for surprises. The next surprise they hear may be per
[010] apanese- made low- cost and high- efficiency units. _____ for a faster world. Group 4 transmits at two pages pe
[011] hesitate to invest in research and development or to _____ for volume production. In the case of these advanced
[012] - teleconference to help 10,000 mathematics teachers _____ for a statewide exam -- the largest number of schools
[013] information from television. Schooling is supposed to _____ us for handling the world we will enter. But that wor
[014] s not a fan. He claims that it takes too much time to _____ such a report: "You would not have time to do your j
[015] final goal. As Welsh hockey moves up a step and they _____ for their European Cup qualifier next year, their ne
[016] worried frown, pondering perhaps in which language to _____ a winner's speech. Tatyana Scholl, the West German w
[017] H, Welsh and Northern Irish athletes will be able to _____ for next January's Commonwealth Games in Auckland at
[018] m. "Stop here, my boy," said the sailor; "we have to _____ an encampment, and to try and find rather better gru
[019] elter." They now had only to make a fireplace and to _____ the supper-- an easy task. Large flat stones were pl
[020] ive up the feast of hard eggs which they had meant to _____ , and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospe
[021] before commencing an exploration. They must, in fact, _____ some provisions and procure more strengthening food
[022] few days they would remain at the Chimneys so as to _____ themselves for an expedition, either along the shore
[023] t parts of the passage. Pencroft immediately began to _____ the dinner. It appeared best to introduce something
[024] he plateau of the first cone. It was then necessary to _____ an encampment, and to restore their strength by eatin
[025] somewhere. It was then half- past four. In order to _____ for dinner it was necessary that the settlers should
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[001] lls secured Barco's photograph from the gentleman in _____ , rushed to the Hollywood police station to report th
[002] rest and, without informing him of the nature of the _____ , took him back to Hollywood for questioning. Th
[003] ng to think of the source from which the dipole(a +ve _____ and a -ve
[004] and a -ve _____ a distance d apart)acquires the energy to oscillate.
[005] before, the judge had acquitted Monsignor Dunn on a _____ of sexual assault, brought in a previous case by an
[006] ry anything. They just work. A contract employee can _____ double the cost of a regular employee and still be
[007] rde as capable of lyrical moments: Challenged by the _____ that she wasn't black enough, Lorde regrouped with he
[008] some considerable ability, was arrested on a felony _____ of possession of cocaine. The police report said he w
[009] station house. Once inside the station house, they _____ , a wooden stick - possibly the handle of a toilet pl
[010] int accusing Ms. Quindel of a conflict of interest, a _____ she has denied. The maker of Ex- Lax, the nation's
[011] sm of the police in the Louima case from the broader _____ that was the point of the march: that the case is i
[012] ies there give a discount for fireproof shingles and _____ a higher premium for wooden shingles. Although other
[013] ls that "standard"). A rush job takes one hour (extra _____ ). Compare this with your printer's time schedule. In
[014] ng can take place at both locations. Suburbanites can _____ supplementary battery packs during the day when the
[015] arking areas throughout their service area. "Park and _____ " will take on new meaning. Park without Coins How o
[016] pokesman Masanao Kubo of Asahi Foods, the company in _____ of production in Japan, the mushroom spores are cult
[017] and channel. Satellite CD Radio says its operational _____ for the "owner" of any particular channel would be ab
[018] t's parent company, Saison, you require no cash. The _____ is added to your account. A "Cosmo Planet" robot welc
[019] nd surrounding sites since 1985. As LET's partner in _____ of the Bull Ring project, John Newman, says: "We don
[020] rous tunnels. Rodney Karen, the affable architect in _____ of the design of The Galleries, guarantees that they
[021] ditional or modern, is a pastiche of something, this _____ will probably be just, for the Classical architects p
[022] g the Prime Minister's lack of sensitivity in the one _____ that she doesn't like rock n roll; and, proving that
[023] already seen vitriolic language, he responds to the _____ that he is mounting the bid to enrich himself and his
[024] cent higher than the group would like, and an interest _____ that should be declining was a fifth higher than last
[025] tential problems from a Social Charter, the Community _____ , or Poll Tax, to be introduced in England and Wales