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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] They re going to cover black news - weddings, music, _____ , crime. There is nothing illegal in that, and we'll
[002] is country.' In fact there was a whole world of black _____ in South Africa, though no national teams because of
[003] erience, I've got no references, and I can't play any _____ .' You shouldn't be too modest,' said Mr Levy. It's wo
[004] d my bringing Chokey, Dr Fagan? He's just crazy about _____ .' Dear Mrs Beste-Chetwynde!' said Dr Fagan, pressing
[005] ery good at languages. She had also been very good at _____ . After school Monika had joined the army. Ten months
[006] annoys her, you see, and annoying Jennifer is a great _____ . Anyway, I think Jennifer ought to speak to me. We ha
[007] y be low, but I'm not as low as you. I won't kill for _____ ." Proximo found it very interesting. Haken lifted the
[008] t, were not really the right qualities for success in _____ . I believed that strength and skill should defeat bra
[009] ed-out stockbrokers will not only pay the nut on LGE _____ Science, Loehr's health and training facility in Orla
[010] didn't bowhunt but this fall I will. I abandoned the _____ out of concern about wounding and losing deer. Too ma
[011] the future ownership of the Redskins something of a _____ in itself. At the center stands John: His ambitions a
[012] eal, but two of his books, at least, are classics: 'A _____ and a Pastime,' a feverishly compressed, exquisitely
[013] es, well I've taken up golf, which is just the right _____ for an old man. Well, it's not really a
[014] for an old man. Well, it's not really a _____ at all, at least, not the way I play it. It's a good
[015] hildren who are trying to be champions in the world of _____ , and the pressures they can be under to win, win, wi
[016] 't have boyfriends or girlfriends, so they give their _____ the whole of their life. But they're so young that t
[017] crowds, and the press reporters. Doing nothing but _____ is just too narrow - these kids don't have a normal
[018] tball or hockey, but I always thought I would enjoy a _____ like running, skiing, or sailing, where you do it by
[019] for 20 years, can do the marathon. And that this is a _____ in which women can beat men. But is it crazy to do i
[020] almon fishing in Great Britain, and there is excellent _____ on the coast for sea fishermen. Come and catch a big
[021] . Going for walks; playing table-tennis, the national _____ ; sitting outside talking or playing cards. There are
[022] ckey or go skating, or go fishing under the ice. All _____ is very cheap in Russia. I: Is it? Uhm... what about
[023] ly physical, frequently violent, intensely competitive _____ such as rugby union is not a coincidence. Most sports
[024] ans in their senior ranks. Getting to the top of any _____ requires a ruthlessness not often associated with Chr
[025] teaching. And these days the road to the pinnacle of _____ is littered with all sorts of commercial inducements
3. WORDS
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[001] you doing in Scotland?' I asked. 'Oh, I was asked to _____ on the building of a new laboratory. I think it need
[002] situation. You must be careful of your reputation. I _____ you to keep him at a distance until you are married.'
[003] ed. I haven't had time to feel lonely yet.' 'Well, I _____ you to work hard, and not to look back into your past
[004] objects that could break easily must be tied down. I _____ you to remain in your seats and fasten your safety be
[005] to gain the happiness of being his wife, I certainly _____ you to refuse him.' 'How ca,n you say that?' said Jan
[006] e her sister's happiness, and felt it was her duty to _____ her father secretly"1o refuse permission for Lydia to
[007] f a match between Harriet and Mr Elton. 'I shall not _____ you. This is everything you must do to yourself.' Har
[008] his situation. What would they decide? How would they _____ him? He picked up the figure of his wife and kissed i
[009] I do?' 'You must tell this story to someone who will _____ you,' said Nancy. 'We must save Oliver.' 'Where can I
[010] e needed a lawyer?' They shook their heads. 'Did you _____ him of his rights?' 'Of course not. He's not a crimin
[011] ne simple lie. But she was a lawyer and she could not _____ him to lie. Poor kid. 'I think they'll try to make yo
[012] ersonal and political lives of party contributors, and _____ him on how much money to ask for. Afterward are excer
[013] C: Sure, sure, yes, yes. I do indeed. I mean, I would _____ people to find out as much as they possibly can. I m
[014] a solid ring of steel. If you are driving to work, we _____ you to go back home - if you can manage to get off
[015] th had just thrown a typewriter at her, and would she _____ her to leave him? The black thread that ties love to
[016] uiet and sad. We decided to ask my father to come and _____ her. So I wrote another letter, and then we tried to
[017] rs, and the sun beating down on his head. 'I wouldn't _____ my worst enemy to accept your offer,' I said scornfu
[018] . You've got a very good chance with her. In fact, I _____ you to be nice to her. You and I know that Molly's st
[019] d, I don't know what to answer when you say that. You _____ me, then, not to give up hope?' The question seemed
[020] ch. I cannot accept you as a son in law, and I shall _____ Catherine to give you up, which she will do.' Are yo
[021] ecret marriage.' The young man stared at her. Do you _____ me to do that? To marry her without her father's cons
[022] ave,' said Mrs Penniman, with a short laugh. I didn't _____ you to give up your property.' Yes, I am braver tha
[023] o uncover this murder. What was he to do? Who could _____ him? It was late that night that George Peck, listeni
[024] actise your German. When you want something to eat, I _____ you to go to the nearest baker's and get a cake and s
[025] m renting a house for a few weeks,' he said. 'Can you _____ me about shopping, please? What do you think I shall
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[001] to study each word. Behind his back, Ntsiki had put a _____ 's nappy on their bed, laying the papers on top of it.
[002] asked the Doctor politely. Well, just you hear that, _____ ,' said Chokey. Am I interested in music? I should say
[003] ft France. But a few months before, Celine had had a _____ girl, Adele, and she claimed that Adele was my child.
[004] couple were both dead. I've seen their grave. Their _____ daughter was brought up by an aunt, a Mrs Reed of Ga
[005] her angry nor enthusiastic. 'And stop talking like a _____ ,' Duncan told her. 'It's not "yith", it's "yes". Y-E-
[006] e said. 'You see, you've got to give me more food. My _____ must have the chance to live.' The Captain closed his
[007] errible,' he said. 'No. It isn't terrible - not if my _____ lives,' she said. 'It wouldn't be stealing from anyon
[008] nyone. Bowman doesn't need his food any more - but my _____ does. It's simple, really. And it isn't selfish. I'm
[009] If you don't let me have it, you will be murdering my _____ . So you must. . . must... My
[010] . So you must. . . must... My _____ has got to live - he's got to... When she had gone,
[011] told her the truth? Should he have told her that her _____ had no chance of being born? Should he have told her
[012] ecessary.' 'But if I draw it, two must die. Me and my _____ . Do you call that fair?' Alice asked. The group look
[013] interested in me, and they are madly interested in my _____ . It will be the first
[014] . It will be the first _____ ever born in a spaceship... 'Now do you begin to see?
[015] may be believed. But if there is no sign of me and my _____ - or of our bodies - how are you going to explain tha
[016] en by a thin, clear voffice singing: Go to sleep, my _____ . Close your lovely eyes. Alice sat on the side of he
[017] he side of her bed, rocking a little, and holding her _____ close to her. The
[018] close to her. The _____ smiled and put up one tiny hand to touch her face as
[019] a smile. Her eyes became brighter. She let go of the _____ , and it floated in mid-air, laughing a little to itse
[020] y as they stood there, too surprised to move. 'Look, _____ ,' Alice said. 'Look there! Food! Lovely food...' 'Loo
[021] Alice said. 'Look there! Food! Lovely food...' 'Look, _____ .' Alice said. 'Look there! Food! Lovely food...' BODY
[022] a cross word to me, and I've known him since he was a _____ . Some people ... call him proud, but I've never seen
[023] it to the doctor's with big news: she was expecting a _____ ! We were extremely happy. We had often talked about s
[024] a small room in our flat so that it was ready for the _____ , and on 16 September our daughter was born. We gave h
[025] d even more as we got used to all the dierences a new _____ makes to her parents' lives. It was hard work, but we
5. WORDS
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[001] . I want to prepare you for Kerr's job. He's going to _____ in two years, and you're the right man for the job.'
[002] was number two to Ogilvie in the Department. 'When I _____ in seven years' time,' Ogilvie continued, 'you could
[003] would permit thousands of New York City teachers to _____ at 55, rather than 62, without jeopardizing their pen
[004] the time they leave school or university until they _____ . So it is essential that children do well at school t
[005] . I want to prepare you for Kerr's job. He's going to _____ in two years, and you're the right man for the job.'
[006] was number two to Ogilvie in the Department. 'When I _____ in seven years' time,' Ogilvie continued, 'you could
6. WORDS
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[001] hey drove through the streets until most of them were _____ and the evening rush was over. 'Let's stretch our le
[002] on a guided tour of the cold dark bedrooms and great _____ halls. Later they drove away in their comfortable car
[003] ky in his hand. The bottle in front of him was half _____ . 'I'm so sorry about what has happened,' said. ' kno
[004] door to the strong-room. Ogilvie's mouth fell open. ' _____ ?' 'Absolutely!' I replied. 'There wasn't a thing in t
[005] ld that strong-room, and then not use it? Why was it _____ , Malcolm? Why had it never been used?' 'I've spent
[006] e wanted us to think that because the secret room was _____ , there was no secret information to hide.' 'But you
[007] wanted to do was look in his secret room, but it was _____ .' I began to see why so many misunderstandings had h
[008] we could not eat it, so we left the dining room with _____ stomachs. After breakfast came the one happy moment o
[009] so much! My hopes were all dead, and my future was _____ . I lay on my bed, faint and wishing for death, while
[010] gas with fresh air. The sides of my compartment are _____ of air. We must have arrived on that beautiful, shini
[011] ls to the open country beyond. The plain behind us is _____ , the Globe has gone, and if we stay here we shall st
[012] s of metal. Otherwise this central space was entirely _____ . 'So that's the secret weapon! It disappointed the Wa
[013] for the remaining food, but several parts of it were _____ . He decided to keep the dead body in the freezer room
[014] mbique is a very big country, and Vitjord lives in an _____ area near South Africa. People say he has his own arm
[015] e the room was. She kicked open the door of room 613. _____ ! Room 614.
[016] ! Room 614. _____ ! In room 615 the man was ready to shoot. Then there w
[017] did was to open the driver's door and get in. It was _____ . She got out again, and looked at the coach. It was v
[018] atch where you're going!' - my words were loud in the _____ street. The man turned to look at me for a moment. 'S
[019] him going into a doorway. I walked quickly along the _____ street, and found it was the entrance to a wine cell
[020] over and opened the door. It was cold and dirty. And _____ . I didn't know what to do. I decided to stay and see
[021] He gave it to me. I paid, and then I moved over to an _____ place. There were no chairs, so I stood up against a
[022] was not just because I had drunk too much wine on an _____ stomach. 'You smell of wine and smoke!' said Andrea,
[023] roken stones. I looked and looked, my mind completely _____ . Suddenly, I understood what had happened. 'My wife!
[024] d at his notebook. He wrote the date at the top of an _____ page and drew a big thick line down the middle of the
[025] was probably where she was going today. She felt very _____ now that the chance of getting away from the village,
7. WORDS
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[001] itecture to be beautiful, but I am doing my best. All _____ comes from mankind,' he said gloomily, please tell yo
[002] of humanity, but no punishment is too heavy for those _____ men who make financial gain from providing such pleas
[003] an ordinary child. Nothing about her tells you she is _____ . But she is all wickedness! Children, don't talk to
[004] y. In the end Mrs Reed was so afraid of this child's _____ influence on her own children that she had to send he
[005] the chair, publicly displayed as an ugly example of _____ . Feelings of shame and anger boiled up inside me, but
[006] ht for a moment they looked like prison doors, hiding _____ secrets. No sooner had I turned away to go downstai
[007] safe with you, and I know, too, that it can't have an _____ influence on you - your mind's too strong for that.
[008] said, 'You can't rely on a human being to cure you of _____ and give you peace. You must ask God's help.' 'But
[009] rned into a sort of god? I would not think of him as _____ , but he could not have felt real love for me. How fo
[010] he tunnels we shall find a world that is not mad and _____ like this one. Is it too much we ask - simply to live
[011] en in by my frightened act. 'Lisa,' he said, 'you are _____ .' But he kissed me anyway. Well, of course he did, an
[012] re. He was dressed in strange clothes and most of his _____ - looking face was hidden by his red hair. Half the ti
[013] Nancy and I got him for you. Give us that money, you _____ old man.' He took the note from Fagin's fingers. 'Tha
[014] r, 'what do you think of him ? ' There, instead of an _____ man, lay a small child. He was weak with pain and was
[015] ieves.' 'Who can say? ' answered the doctor. 'We find _____ , like death, among the old and the young.' 'But at su
[016] .' 'I can never do that.' replied Nancy. 'Fagin is an _____ old man - but I will never do it! ' 'Tell me why,' sa
[017] what I have done.' 'You know what you have done, you _____ girl! You were watched tonight. You were followed to
[018] ,' said Mr Brownlow. 'You have tried everything every _____ plan - to destroy Oliver. You told Fagin, your
[019] plan - to destroy Oliver. You told Fagin, your _____ friend, that everything is lying at the bottom of the
[020] said Sikes. 'Have you nothing to say tome?' 'You are _____ .' shouted Charley Bates.' I am not afraid of you! To
[021] the woman that she saw. She knew that Komarovsky was _____ and that he had made her
[022] and that he had made her _____ , too. She wanted to be innocent again, but she could
[023] eel that the windows are staring at me, giving me the _____ eye. No! I don't want anything to do with this prince
[024] That girl! Again in a sensational situation! And that _____ man! But Yury had no time to- think about Lara and Ko
[025] ry. Do you know what I think was the root of all the _____ and blood and tears and insanity that we have gone th
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[001] t outside the town. A few minutes later a bus stopped _____ and Ntsiki got o. Woods had phoned to ask her to meet
[002] taxi to the railway station but Ashton went o in the _____ direction. At the station Benson bought two tickets
[003] y to hold her, she sailed across the room and hit the _____ wall. Duncan went after her, caught her, put her down
[004] at it as it sailed past him. The figure hit the wall _____ , and stayed floating against it. The man with the gu
[005] a week, to visit their aunt or a dressmaker who lived _____ . The youngest daughters, Kitty and Lydia, were partic
[006] hink not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the _____ . There is a mixtUre of servility and self importance
[007] pted him without thinking, and found herself standing _____ him on the dance floor. 'What an honour for me, to be
[008] her conversation with Elizabeth produced exactly the _____ result to what she had intended. 'It taught me to ho
[009] ecame clearer. Monika turned. There was another door _____ and she ran over to it. The door wasn't locked. She
[010] been the night before. As the time got near, I stood _____ the entrance to number 7 with the wall behind my back
[011] rteenth District. By half. past six we were standing _____ number 7 Felka utca. It was evening by now, and the s
[012] man sitting inside the van. 'Take a seat.' I sat down _____ him. 'Is there any news yet?' I asked him. 'Not yet,
[013] don. He was worried that someone would arrive and sit _____ . This would leave Tom no room for his mobile phone, h
[014] hone and from behind the newspaper of the man sitting _____ him. The man
[015] him. The man _____ put his newspaper down and looked at Tom. (I see you
[016] his head and said aloud, 'the latest one?' The woman _____ him on the train said, 'Sorry, what did you say?' But
[017] h God, I've been so stupid!' he said aloud. The woman _____ looked at him again. Maybe it was not too late. He lo
[018] s teeth and hit the envelope with his hand. The woman _____ him looked at Tom again but before he could say 'sorr
[019] rst he didn't see his older brother, Gareth, standing _____ him. They smiled at each other, but didn't speak. The
[020] donald Arms Hotel. Huw was sitting in a big armchair, _____ the front entrance where he could watch everybody who
[021] country very much. The sun was rising over the block _____ hers like a big, wet, orange ball. A man in yellow cl
[022] ckly, talking and laughing at the same time. The shop _____ the school was full of students from the internationa
[023] Mr Stanyer stood up and walked back to his own seat _____ her. 'Sure. Well, not exactly give you lessons. I mea
[024] a bottle of water he had bought at the Chinese shop _____ the school gates, and Hu had some of her morning snac
[025] ather sat down at the table. Mr Grisman took his seat _____ Mr Stanyer and the Hu family. On his left Mr Riding s
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[001] 's Secret,' said God's chosen one. Too soft for me. I _____ the Bible. There's a lot of killing in that.' Oh dear
[002] an it really does.' 'And men want that to happen.' 'I _____ to believe that I was mistaken in thinking he cared f
[003] ed but 1 couldn't see who won. Not my game anyway, 1 _____ football. Do you play yourself?' 'Can you please tell
[004] nd Anna attempted to sing along with her. 'I think 1 _____ Ella Fitzgerald to you, if you don't mind,' joked Ste
[005] she was here earlier this year, though, she seemed to _____ to eat at his house or in the village somewhere. The
[006] hink I would go to Harry if I was in trouble. I would _____ to go to you, Basil.' 'You will sit for me again?' 'I
[007] ot about myself. lam tired of myself tonight. I would _____ to be somebody dierent.' 'It is about yourself,' answ
[008] e sweets. You could sell your vegetables now, but you _____ to wait. Then people will have to pay more for them i
[009] titillatingly toxic slurry that infuriates those who _____ their fact and fiction unmixed. (The drug-dependent S
[010] nner. My friends think I'm mad to live like this. I'd _____ not to! I'd rather have lots of money - but how to ge
[011] t's nonsense. What is the reason behind it? Who could _____ such an unusual system? A shop like Foyle's should
[012] ter the environment. I mean, they're part of it. So I _____ not to kill animals to eat their flesh. Animals eat f
[013] re's plenty of city entertainment, if that's what you _____ , like movies and museums. The prices charged are qui
[014] om the railway station. Despite the disadvantages, I _____ travelling by train to travelling by car, chiefly be
[015] But next year I'll have a BSc. So at that point I'd _____ to do something else if possible'. *** RED STRAD M
[016] time favourite singer/songwriter. I don't do drugs; I _____ to get my highs from life. University for me has mean
[017] says he knows several famous sportsmen and women who _____ to keep their beliefs quiet. But if either Jonah Lom
[018] ork; she may like and be good at technology and I may _____ music. Our different aptitudes are reflected in the
[019] ertainly didn't understand at the time why she would _____ the professor to young, glamourous Laurie. I suppose
[020] Act entitled parents to state which school they would _____ , and made it possible, in theory at least, to apply
[021] ced? Parents will differ in the style of regime they _____ . The important thing is to know whether you are auth
[022] lso played their part in creating his doldrums: Do I _____ to forget it? This middle stretch Of life is bad for
[023] ozen political parties. Some of those in power would _____ to forget their previous careers as apparatchiks. Ch
[024] e!' The Cranford ladies are not fashionable, and they _____ the old ways. When I lived there, they had exact rul
[025] nd,' she said grandly as she put the book down, why I _____ Dr Johnson as a writer. Beginners should copy his sty
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[001] hat she had finished. She picked up Samora, with his _____ nappy, and held him against her shoulder. Finally, Bi
[002] to talk about getting married. She said she thought a _____ wedding would be nice - Michaelis had asked Gillian
[003] we all went out for dinner and planned a wonderful _____ wedding. Ten days before the wedding I went back to s
[004] window. He forgot for a moment that the glass of the _____ window was too thick to let the sound through. But hi
[005] no other way. He would have to cut a hole through the _____ skin of the dome. He took the electric cutter from it
[006] f natural sound depressing. Samine led me to a row of _____ seats against the wall, and pointed to the end one. I
[007] rd which is used in English. It means something like ' _____ -walker' or '
[008] -walker' or ' _____ - goer' - a ghostly
[009] - goer' - a ghostly _____ of a living person, who comes to give messages about
[010] dington?' This was not possible. How could she lead a _____ life like this without him knowing? Had he really bee
[011] detective was even more surprised when Tom offered to _____ his pay. 'No, I don't want any more money Tom,' the d
[012] ow the car right down. I put the windscreen wipers at _____ speed and water from heavy lorries, driving out of Pa
[013] nes of light in the wall. They were in the shape of a _____ door. I was just going to get up into the roof, when
[014] things. Then I walked slowly and softly across to the _____ doors. I couldn't see how they opened in the afternoo
[015] seum stage. All wore the same armor and carried long _____ -pointed spears and heavy metal shields. They stood in
[016] gh ground, with gardens, a large park and a farm. The _____ stairs to the first floor are an interesting example
[017] H. Maudsley, of the City Bank, London. I thought the _____ stairs were the most beautiful part of the house. The
[018] he bell rang at nine o'clock, and then went down the _____ stairs. I easily remembered the side that had to be u
[019] I think so.' I waved goodbye to him and ran down the _____ stairs. Several people were waiting at the front door
[020] friends at school would not understand or accept her _____ life. Her best friend was a boy named Pavel Pavlovich
[021] derived from Jamaican dancehall toasting, along with _____ -time rapping and even faster triplets. Mixed audio r
[022] nts showing that Vice President Al Gore made roughly _____ the number of fund-raising telephone calls from his
[023] thing. They just work. A contract employee can charge _____ the cost of a regular employee and still be a bargain
[024] rting in the river town of Hudson, where I reserved a _____ for one night at the recently opened St. Charles Hot
[025] nn in Stockbridge and found that their lowest priced _____ (with bath) goes for $117. The biggest change over