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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] t is this man's profession, officer?' The white slave _____ , sir,' said the Chief Warder. Ah yes. Well, I'm afrai
[002] s with hard labour for involvement in the white slave _____ , sir, waiting for transfer to Egdon Heath.' Bring D.
[003] where composers and lyricists learned their exacting _____ on the job. Still, "There's nothing that beats the jo
[004] STAINLESS-STEEL laboratory cabinets are the stock in _____ for naturalists and explorers today, impersonal furni
[005] been investors' sweethearts. Their stocks typically _____ at a discount to the overall market and at a measly
[006] er about asset managers: Michael Ridpath's " Free to _____ . "Creative-writing professors have always said, " Wr
[007] while thumbing through back issues of dishwater-dull _____ publications, I came across this headline: " M. I. T.
[008] and smells like Inside the Beltway. The issue is free _____ , specifically the extent of President Clinton's power
[009] the extent of President Clinton's power to negotiate _____ deals with other countries. The White House plus som
[010] send Congress its request for authority to negotiate _____ agreements on a 'fast-track' basis. That essentially
[011] s the unfairness of the law, and unable to change it, _____ unionists under new activist leadership are resurrecti
[012] hat the rest of the world can offer; it is anxious to _____ , and it is offering many interesting contracts. The
[013] nd of course also beyond any possible contacts with _____ unions. Now, we are in favour of the benefits and fr
[014] campaign over issues such Third World debt, the arms _____ and military research on campus. I remember watching
[015] eminded me how refreshingly eccentric the Minister of _____ is. I had asked Richard Needham something about over
[016] e, writes Roger Trapp. Richard Needham, Minister for _____ , said, when introducing last week's National Languag
[017] e, they say, should be to prepare the way for British _____ delegations, to help sell British goods and services,
[018] nsus but I sometimes wonder why. What's it all for?' _____ - sales, cash and jobs - are an obvious answer, but
[019] blem. There has long been a whiff of snobbery about ' _____ ' among senior diplomats andalthough this has been ch
[020] ests. Posts in embassies were given to Department of _____ and Industry officials rather than Foreign Office di
[021] are urged to do everything in their power to promote _____ and this has been supported by Civil Service reforms.
[022] end, for example, both he and his minister for export _____ , Richard Needham, are on separate
[023] , Richard Needham, are on separate _____ missions(Mr Heseltine in Saudi Arabia, Mr Needham in
[024] ld there be a two-tier Commonwealth according to the _____ figures? 'I'm all for making the Foreign Office more
[025] able in ways that cannot be immediately judged by the _____ figures. For example, Britain still produces the most
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[001] led Woods and Ken up the steps to some seats near the _____ of the stadium. He can go on paying us less for same
[002] like,' he interrupted. 'Our orders come from the very _____ .' For a moment Woods stared at him. What did he mean,
[003] ment Woods stared at him. What did he mean, 'the very _____ '? Then he began to understand. 'Kruger?' he murmured
[004] detective. 'I didn't say Mr Kruger - I said from the _____ .' Woods realized from the man's confidence where the
[005] ddy but laughing. Someone saw the white figure at the _____ of the hill. 'Steve - it's the System!' someone warne
[006] Then Biko went over to the window and opened it at the _____ . 'I'll need your torch,' he said, yawning again. One
[007] put a baby's nappy on their bed, laying the papers on _____ of it. Gently, she lifted the sleeping Samora on to t
[008] cupboard in the hall, reached up, and pulled open the _____ drawer. He took out a gun and moved towards the back
[009] the phone. Woods stepped forward and pulled clown the _____ of the sheet. The sight of Biko's face shocked him. B
[010] put his arms around her as she cried again. From the _____ of the hill, the security policemen still Watched the
[011] ately at the clock. 'I don't know. Once we get to the _____ , it's mainly flat - but I don't know.' 'What if we do
[012] round Wendy's waist. Wendy leaned down and kissed the _____ of her head as they walked on towards that huge umbr
[013] , the computer has them all, even Benson, kept under ' _____ Secret'. I put all the names through the computer u
[014] t think he's allowed to tell me anything. There was a _____ man from the Government in his office when he spoke
[015] ame him, his whole body shook and he screamed at the _____ of his voffice before falling heavily to the floor,
[016] g to take this in when there was a loud noise at the _____ of the hill above us and a huge army vehicle appeare
[017] from the rocks where I had landed. When I got to the _____ , a man came running up. 'Stop! Can't you read?' he s
[018] - not health risks, but risks of security. This is a _____ secret laboratory.' 'But you can't leave her to die h
[019] dressed all in black, with a cold, stony face at the _____ of the column. 'This is the little girl I wrote to yo
[020] h many large, impressive rooms, finally reaching the _____ floor, where there was a narrow corridor with several
[021] Several times in the next few months I went up to the _____ floor again, where I could look out of the high wind
[022] , and women as well as men need action. While on the _____ floor I often heard Grace Poole's strange laugh, and
[023] was saying, staring angrily up at the windows on the _____ floor of his house. It was a look of disgust, pain a
[024] uman sound, then I heard a door shut upstairs on the _____ floor. 'Was that Grace Poole?' I wondered, trembling.
[025] em? just stay here for a moment. I'm going up to the _____ floor. Don't call anyone. I'll be back soon.' I wait
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[001] station in King William's Town. The informer's great _____ is of discovery and revenge, so the police hide info
[002] , typewriters, chairs, children's toys. Shaking with _____ , Dilima quietly moved towards the side door. He slipp
[003] the officer. 'He must go to hospital,' he said, with _____ but with as much determination as he could manage. T
[004] righten you, Mr Woods,' he said, his own face full of _____ . Woods closed the door behind them and Ken took a sma
[005] his only diiculty in finding another best man was the _____ of oending any of his aectionate new friends. Eventua
[006] the criminal mind. I believe you are suffering from a _____ of people, caused by your feelings of personal inadeq
[007] metimes he just threatened me, and I lived in terrible _____ of him. I had no idea how to stop him. The servants
[008] d suddenly for the first time in my life, I forgot my _____ of John Reed. 'You wicked, cruel boy!' I cried. 'You
[009] e dark furniture and the walls in shadow, I began to _____ that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for
[010] my room, while I lay awake all night, trembling with _____ , and eyes wide open in horror, imagining ghosts in ev
[011] d. 'What?' cried Mrs Reed, her cold grey eyes full of _____ , staring at me as if I were a ghost. I had to contin
[012] living conditions, many girls died. While there was _____ and death inside the school, the sun shone on the fl
[013] danger while Mason's in England. I live in constant _____ of a disaster.' 'But Mr Mason's weak! You have great
[014] strange behaviour with the piece of paper I began to _____ that he might be going mad. He looked quite normal,
[015] nows that the end of his life is near, but he has no _____ of death, and looks forward to gaining his place in h
[016] so inviting. I am full of hope. I no longer have any _____ . I shall go into the Globe tomorrow, and the gas will
[017] ad once belonged to Alan Winter. Duncan felt a sudden _____ in his heart. He looked down at the row of dials on h
[018] n a few minutes. For a few moments he was overcome by _____ , and then, suddenly, the
[019] , and then, suddenly, the _____ was replaced by a fierce anger. She had tricked him a
[020] stopped speaking, and looked at his audience. He saw _____ on a number of faces. Mrs Morgan was holding her husb
[021] t would take me back to suer in my old body again. My _____ grew stronger. I was afraid to go to sleep in case I
[022] talked continuously, giving her opinions without any _____ of contradiction or even comment. She then asked Eli
[023] r, a total stranger. Then he had boasted of having no _____ of Darcy, but had avoided the Netherfield ball the v
[024] to hear that it has taken place. There is reason to _____ they have not gone to Scotland. Colonel Forster arrive
[025] tight to the gold ring in its box, with a mixture of _____ and guilt. She tried three jewellery shops before she
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[001] Dusty took him into the tea-tent and gave him a large _____ of cake, and very soon he was walking round again, al
[002] ck Tower, wrote with great feeling that losing such a _____ of English history would be disastrous, and recommend
[003] is place thoroughly we'll have to look inside every _____ of this railway set. The whole thing is so big that w
[004] my arms. 3 He pulled his hand from his pocket with a _____ of paper. 'The... the...' Then he fell back, his ey
[005] Henty threw his gun on the ground as I looked at the _____ of paper that Ashton had tried to give me. It was a
[006] know?' I asked. 'Yes,' Ogilvie said quietly. He put a _____ of paper in my hand and said, 'You ought to read th
[007] d, 'You ought to read this.' Then he drove away. The _____ of paper contained a short article from a newspaper,
[008] was it? I thought about it for hours, but the right _____ of information refused to come to the surface of my m
[009] had been very carefully cut and hidden inside was a _____ of paper. I pulled it out. It was a letter:2 To Whom
[010] Gillian to marry him. I was not too surprised at that _____ of news. Ogilvie had come to visit me in hospital. '
[011] ted. The Minister was another Cregar. He had found a _____ of important information and that gave him power as
[012] would come up to me in my lonely bedroom, bringing a _____ of cake, sometimes she would tell me a story, and so
[013] f water out of the shared cup, and could take a small _____ of biscuit. Then we a went quietly upstairs to the
[014] After lessons we had a small cup of coee and half a _____ of brown bread, then half an hour's play, then homewo
[015] w you haven't stolen them?' All I ate that day was a _____ of bread, which I begged from a farmer eating his sup
[016] he picked up his hat before leaving, something on a _____ of paper on the table caught his eye. He glanced at m
[017] caught his eye. He glanced at me, then tore off a tiny _____ very quickly, and with a rapid 'Goodbye!' rushed out
[018] g to, and remembering his strange behaviour with the _____ of paper I began to fear that he might be going mad.
[019] ck and white.' And he took out of his wallet a tiny _____ of paper, which I recognized as part of my sketch boo
[020] e was full, and that the air in it was pure. He used a _____ of rock to make sure that the outer door of the airlo
[021] es of folded paper out of this bowl. We will hold our _____ of paper unopened until I say the word. Then we will
[022] in the front of it. The cloth was very light, in one - _____ , and there was a great deal of it. I thought it was to
[023] had a good view of her face. At the end of her first _____ of music, Elizabeth said, smiling, 'You intend to fri
[024] top. She looked at what she had found. It was a small _____ of metal, like the top of a pen. 'What do you think i
[025] ack to the SMl offices. Monika walked in and put the _____ of metal on Blom's desk. 'What's this?' she asked. B
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[001] nd night, two security policemen sat across the road. _____ Ken visited and drove Woods to the beach. The two pol
[002] ot happy here. I don't think her dad treats her well. _____ I think she's only marrying me to get away from here.
[003] e vicar, Mrs Beste-Chetwynde turned to Lady Circle. I _____ think I'm getting rather bored with black people,' sh
[004] rinks. Another thing I used to use French expressions _____ in conversation. I never thought about it, but I supp
[005] I feel that God's hand is hanging over this prison. I _____ dream of a great red tunnel, with men running down it
[006] ad. 'Not always. It depends on how my work is going. _____ earlier,
[007] earlier, _____ later.' We went to the theatre and had dinner afterwa
[008] 'No problem, sir,' said Max unfeelingly. 'The waves _____ break right over the island.' 'You'd better be caref
[009] hat I was completely hidden. I sat there for a while. _____ I looked out of the window at the grey November aft
[010] the time. My whole body trembled when he came near. _____ he hit me,
[011] he hit me, _____ he just threatened me, and I lived in terrible fear o
[012] utting on their new dresses and going out to parties. _____ Bessie would come up to me in my lonely bedroom, bri
[013] to me in my lonely bedroom, bringing a piece of cake, _____ she would tell me a story, and
[014] she would tell me a story, and _____ she would kiss me good night. When she was kind to me
[015] er question. Do you enjoy reading the Bible?' 'Yes, _____ ,' I replied, hesitating. 'That is not enough. Your an
[016] tells us to do good, even if other people hurt us. _____ you have to put up with some hard things in life.' I
[017] ng children, and needed more food than was provided. _____ the big girls bullied us little ones and made us ha
[018] floor I often heard Grace Poole's strange laugh, and _____ I saw her too. She used to go silently in and out of
[019] as she is. But then, I'm not beautiful either, and I _____ think he loves me. Last night - his words, his look,
[020] oves you, you are handsome enough.' Mr Rochester was _____ able to read my thoughts, but this time he just smil
[021] h, Jane, like old friends saying goodbye. You know, I _____ feel as if you and I were connected by a string tying
[022] not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me. _____ he was angry with me and called me a 'hard little t
[023] pay Grace Poole well, and trust her absolutely, she _____ drinks too much and allows the creature to escape. Tw
[024] my cottage very much.' 'I'll come and help you teach _____ . I get so bored at home! Mr Rivers, I've been away v
[025] gular studies again, St John sat with us more often. _____ I had the impression he was observing us. One day, wh
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[001] l not accept society as it exists in South Africa. We _____ confrontation.' The Prosecutor stared at Biko in amaz
[002] ent. Surely he was trapped now! 'In other words, you _____ violence?' 'No,' Biko replied calmly. 'You and I are
[003] rint the truth. Biko, despite his sorrow, was able to _____ an inquest and Wilfred Cooper agreed to represent Map
[004] earest hospital, without delay. He was determined to _____ this. He looked up into the cold, angry eyes of the p
[005] iko himself, when Mapetla died, that the family could _____ an inquest. Kruger was claiming that Biko had died be
[006] gh price which Lord Pastmaster was sensible enough to _____ . So the news that Lord Pastmaster's rich sister-in-la
[007] n they wanted advice about magic or spells. I used to _____ three pence for any help that I gave them. I also bec
[008] Russians, and a growing number of people continued to _____ change. Between 1914 and 1918, many Russians were fig
[009] up with a crazy plan: she would go to Komarovsky and _____ enough money from him to rent her own flat and to fin
[010] 't reply I forgot about it. " Soon the state added a _____ for 1994. The Shulmans did not owe any additional tax
[011] s not worth the main concession that cigarette makers _____ , a ban on class-action lawsuits. Two- thirds expect
[012] every day of the year. And the sad truth is that the _____ for blood will only increase and become more urgent
[013] m working. There is simply more supply than there is _____ in this industry. Even the Navy isn't buying any ne
[014] annual conference has just decided that they want to _____ the old funding. They are wrong and risk weakening t
[015] churches think of their participation in sports which _____ behaviour some would regard as far from holy? These i
[016] es 'Prison works!' mean? It means it satisfies public _____ for retribution, an important function. But do the pu
[017] FER-Nelson, one of the biggest test publishers, says _____ for baseline tests has increased dramatically in the
[018] des Ecoles in France. In the past 25 years, however, _____ for internationally recognised post- graduate qualifi
[019] part of the Indian educational story. For the schools _____ considerable back-up from home. What they are offerin
[020] studies and creative writing are generating the most _____ . In the year that Sophie's World, a book about philo
[021] food, drink and other expenses, and not unreasonably _____ a certain degree of competence. 'A beginner ceases t
[022] R The law of the market is a mighty law. There is a _____ , in these wicked times, for moral certainties and for
[023] individualism of the 'me generation'. Answering that _____ has come supply: turn on Radio 4 or open a broadshee
[024] r higher education had been based on the principle of _____ . In the early 1980s, it was decided by the amount of
[025] four strong men with weapons to Wuthering Heights, to _____ my young lady's freedom. I was very angry when they r
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[001] meeting, he was going with Woods to a black township _____ East London. 'It's not worth the risk, is it, Steve?'
[002] a duty.' Mamphela was not amused. 'If you get caught _____ your banning area, you go to prison. Mr Woods would o
[003] ach other. But as the taxi reached the black township _____ East London; and moved slowly in a long, dusty line o
[004] whole area. Several old men were cooking over fires _____ . Women carried buckets of water from taps on the stre
[005] r the women washed the dishes, bringing water from an _____ tap and heating it on the cooker. Then, they began to
[006] hurch in King William's Town, was disturbed by noises _____ in the yard. He was sleeping in the sewing room, but
[007] ilima quietly moved towards the side door. He slipped _____ and closed the door softly behind him. He wanted to g
[008] er's office and Kruger agreed to meet him at his home _____ Pretoria on Saturday. It was early afternoon when the
[009] n. 'Ah, Mr Woods, you are here.' Kruger was standing _____ the front door, very relaxed, wearing an open shirt a
[010] get it. Charlie! Get back here!' There were two men _____ the front door. 'Yes?' she said. 'Can I help you?'
[011] oup of black men were playing rugby in a lonely field _____ King William's Town. As they played, a white man appe
[012] his family lived m a tiny house in the black township _____ King William's Town. One night, about a week later, B
[013] ko quickly went past him into the hall. Woods glanced _____ , saw only one car, and shut the door. 'What the hell
[014] car and a police van with bars at the windows parked _____ the office. Three policemen got out of the car and m
[015] -block, it was bad luck. On this night the road-block _____ Port Elizabeth had just been put up. Only two cars ha
[016] y. Woods spent hours on the phone talking to friends _____ South Africa so that the story was printed in almost
[017] ty for Biko's death. Yes, Mr Biko had been arrested, _____ his banning area. Once in custody, Mr Biko had refuse
[018] o King Wilham's Town, and parked in a small road just _____ the town. A few minutes later a bus stopped opposite
[019] Wendy nodded. Suddenly they heard the sound of a car _____ . Quickly Wendy turned off the light and went to the w
[020] sound of glass breaking. Then they heard a shout from _____ . And finally the sound of the car being started and d
[021] w why? Because we have to spend so much time sitting _____ your gate. That's what the trouble is!' The oicial g
[022] n to return to Woods' face, and he left the building. _____ , a black frontier policeman was standing by the Land
[023] and there was a loud noise of whistling and running _____ . The door opened again, and a very short man of about
[024] e said. I'm Captain Grimes.' Then he added to someone _____ , Come in, you.' Another boy came in. Why did you whi
[025] of having any.' The guests' cars will be parked just _____ the tent,' said the Doctor. It will give a pleasant b
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[001] ild within ourselves a sense of our own humanity, our _____ place in the world...' The whole court was silent, fi
[002] ers. The government was admitting that an inquest was _____ , and at the same time punishing one of the people who
[003] d been on Cladach Duillich for one more day without _____ medical attention, she would be dead now,' he said. '
[004] 'We're only one point three six five degrees off our _____ course. Let's correct it before we go further o.' Th
[005] mined. And because they're so quiet, you can't have a _____ quarrel with them. They don't seem to be resisting, b
[006] room. Perhaps one day they would be able to give it a _____ funeral. Twenty four hours had passed since Bowman's
[007] ury enjoyed the kind of life that society believed was _____ for a Zhivago. 5 In another part of Moscow, anoth
[008] the people and put everything and everybody in their _____ places. Both Yury and his uncle supported the princi
[009] s north along the coast, up and across the highlands _____ and down Cape Breton's eastern, Atlantic shore to Ba
[010] n the train in a cardboard box since I haven't got a _____ suitcase. I'm gradually losing all my friends becaus
[011] door. DO NOT allow strangers into your home without _____ authority. In these times of danger, anyone could be
[012] ith the terrible taste. And they don't serve it in a _____ cup and saucer, but in one of those awful paper cups.
[013] EMMA COOK MICHELE ROBERTS: In 1973, I got my first _____ adult job as a librarian, working at the British Cou
[014] ve just joined a music club where they sing and play _____ scaled-down instruments. 'Oh yes, and there's French
[015] re responsibility and status for older students, and _____ help for anyone who has missed work because of absenc
[016] all go and look at the horses. Brat did not have any _____ riding clothes, so Simon said, 'Come up with me, and
[017] hat he isn't an Ashby.' 'Very well. I'll try to get a _____ investigation started. Nancy asked if there was anyt
[018] . 'I will not leave my father's house without all the _____ ceremonies,' she thought, 'One for the beautiful godd
[019] ied, and I'll visit her family and ask for her in the _____ way.' 'And if they refuse, Father, what can we do?'
[020] ather. 'Are your parents coming to ask for me in the _____ way, then?' she asked. -'Yes,' he said. 'Every mark
[021] t all. Nna-nndo must come and live with us, and get a _____ education. Also we must send a little money to your m
[022] led. She stood up. 'Come on into the house and have a _____ meal,' she said. 'Can you walk?' 'Yes,' he whispered
[023] thing and another. My lady insisted on my wearing a _____ uniform from the start. . Oh yes - once I felt like a
[024] ed to tea?'she asked me crossly. 'No, but you are the _____ person to invite me: I smiled. For some reason this r
[025] an expert on the cut, fit, colour, construction, and _____ use of brassires, and her friends had learnt that th
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[001] oll over and give all this away.' Woods looked at the _____ of the garden and the view, and remembered the black
[002] was visible across the rolling parkland. The dreaming _____ of the English countryside,' he thought. Surely this
[003] ry and bring down to his own pitiable level a lady of _____ and stainless reputation.' The judge added sternly, S
[004] most rude.' 'Sir, I'm sorry. -I should have said that _____ doesn't matter, or something like that.' 'No, you s
[005] e good when 'Sir, I'm sorry. I should have said that _____ doesn't matter, or something like that.' Getting to
[006] en. All the gentlemen admired her, not only for her _____ but also for her musical skills. When she an Mr Roche
[007] tting room after dinner. I was most impressed by the _____ and elegance of all of them, but was especially fasci
[008] threw back her veil, she revealed a face of perfect _____ . St John glanced quickly at her, but dared not look a
[009] ide for a long walk in the fresh air. I described the _____ of the fields and sky to him, as we sat close togethe
[010] e first time I saw beyond her perfect shape and young _____ . Inside, she was old and tired - her age was far beyo
[011] five adult daughters should stop thinking of her own _____ . Mr Bennet, I beg you to visit him. You know it's co
[012] ce with her. You cannot refuse to dance when so much _____ is in front. . of you.' 'Indeed, sir,' replied Elizab
[013] uperiors! She has no conversation, no elegance and no _____ !' Mrs Hurst agreed, and added, 'She has no good quali
[014] a fine family of daughters. I had heard much of their _____ , but I find them even more beautiful than reports hav
[015] Bennet was pouring the tea. Next to Jane in birth and _____ , Elizabeth was the obvious choffice. Mrs Bennet was
[016] d the increasing number of compliments he paid to her _____ and character, she felt sure that he intended to prop
[017] ide a home for herself. Now twenty-seven, and lacking _____ , she felt she was lucky to have found a husband. She
[018] ntlemen's visit was the way in which Jane's charm and _____ appeared to excite Mr Bingley's admiration all over a
[019] a who I am,' the woman said. 'My name's Tracy. I am a _____ consultant and masseuse. Your friend phoned me and as
[020] ork to make sure that we never lose this richness and _____ .' As Joyce ended her presentation, the water disappea
[021] s. As a thinker, he believed strongly in the value of _____ , in life as well as in art, although. The Picture qfD
[022] king at the summer sky. 'I choose my fiends for their _____ and my enemies for their intelligence. A man cannot b
[023] e into them. Some day I will show the world what that _____ is. For that reason the world will never see my portr
[024] bored before he will. Intelligence lives longer than _____ . One day you will look at your friend and you won't l
[025] red with pleasure. He felt that he recognized his own _____ for the first time. But then he remembered what Lord