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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.
Which
word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
advertise
blind
curve
entertain
key
knee
lean
mystery
pair
upper
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2. WORDS
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[001] his hour? He started down the steps to meet the near- _____ preacher, who had been one of the early Gospelers in
[002] judgment from God against both Kate and himself. In _____ panic of grief she accepted Jonathan's dictum, and b
[003] activism. We are here because all our paths travel a _____ course through a thick forest, seeking human dignity
[004] "? "How can you tell an insane man to reason or a _____ man to see"? "But we are neither
[005] man to see"? "But we are neither _____ nor insane. The men of your company would not allow
[006] r could it be, Watson thought bleakly, how far can a _____ man crawl? Another body length or all the rest of hi
[007] yke did mental health. Mrs. Trenchard worked for the _____ . Mrs. Horowitz was in charge of diseases of the nose
[008] h hung from the chandelier. He knew the house like a _____ man, through his fingers, and he did not like to thi
[009] ngs of fear stirred in his mind. Unless he was stone- _____ , the person who'd just left couldn't have missed see
[010] to leave. He would have had ample time to go into a _____ somewhere and wait his prey. Consider him seriously,
[011] pectacle she was making of herself, pretending to be _____ to the way Julia Fortune had taken Dean's affections
[012] did not seem possible that they hadn't been spotted. _____ fools. Now! Greg's fingers closed on the sti
3. WORDS
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[001] er with her tomorrow night". He handed Harold a _____ to the front door, and cautioned him against leaving
[002] t was the end of the afternoon when he took the huge _____ out of his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole.
[003] wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition _____ which he had dropped a moment before, she came out o
[004] a clean handkerchief through the window. Finding the _____ under his shoe, he started the engine, and while it
[005] d until my man was coming out of the office with the _____ to a cabin before I went in to register. The card
[006] glance at the other registration card, then took the _____ to Unit 13 that she had given me and went down long
[007] 's the automatic signal that shows when the ignition _____ is on. I didn't turn it off". I reached over and swi
[008] sound meant to convey agreement. He inserted the car _____ in the lock. Roberta was violently trembling. S
[009] el it on his face and in his hair. He found the _____ to the Jeep, got it started and warmed it up for fiv
[010] he drizzle, to the storehouse. Sarah found the right _____ and unlocked the door. It was a long, low room, l
[011] e didn't care. He got into the car. Putting the _____ into the switch, pressing the accelerator with his f
[012] . After all, the murderer is still at large. And the _____ to the suite is still missing". ## On the train
4. WORDS
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mystery
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upper
[001] d Baltic Auxiliaries, and the Einsatzkommandos waded _____ -deep in blood and turned into drunken, dope-ridden m
[002] and, slipping an arm about his shoulder, sat on his _____ . He drew her close and, hand on cheek, turned her fa
[003] rawing his lips from hers, he set her upright on his _____ and started to undo it, unhurriedly as if she were a
[004] . Watson gesticulated wildly. One man dropped to his _____ for better aim. -Let me help him, for the love of
[005] before", she said with enormous coyness, patting his _____ . "I've seen you walking your dogs on Sunday and driv
[006] eye had fastened on her leg; bending, he touched her _____ . "If I catch you one more time down here without sto
[007] and a momentary sting under his left ribs. He got a _____ up into Roberts' belly, used both hands and heaved h
[008] , clamping his arms around the shinbone to press his _____ into an incredibly scrawny gut. It was the posture w
[009] fusion and congestion". He rocked back in the chair, _____ locked against stomach, his beady eyes fixed on Mats
[010] d comfortably with his arms still wrapped around one _____ . "Let's just remember, Sergeant, that we must all ca
[011] The bullet had torn through the flesh just above the _____ , inflicting an ugly gash that was forming a pool of
[012] He grabbed her by the shoulders and went down on one _____ , taking her weight so that some of the wind was driv
5. WORDS
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[001] ile I was away where I couldn't watch, dying just to _____ Hans and making me go up snapping steps and down a d
[002] ack said, "why we must have a treaty. We will gladly _____ your young and give them proper living quarters, in
[003] at much as she regretted it, they would be unable to _____ Mrs. Robards and the children. She hoped they were w
[004] f politely, "Now, look here, lady: I know you got to _____ these kids and all. But this is a public park and it
[005] mation Resources Inc. of Chicago and others plan to " _____ and extract" information about your lifestyle and sh
[006] t solutions. Central banker to the core, he would not _____ the notion of crisis. "I did not get the impression
[007] to enable it to take place at Wakefield. The Eagles _____ Widnes at Bramall lane on Sunday, a venue arranged b
[008] the big show at the Stadium Nov. 25, when Danny will _____ thousands of underprivileged kids. You can mail cont
[009] tel. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Robert F. McDermott will _____ at a black tie dinner Wednesday, May 3, in the Offic
[010] lton House", Rockhall, Md. Mrs. Edward App will _____ the members of her Book Club on Tuesday. Mrs. A
[011] next week from Bermuda. Mrs. H. E. Godwin will _____ the members of her Book Club at her home on Tuesday.
[012] Tuesday evening at midnight at which time they will _____ in the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel following
6. WORDS
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[001] er joined them. She had a dried-out quality- a gray, _____ woman, not unattractive. Both were dressed rather fo
[002] to hold her son on her lap; and a Jesus who, though _____ , was strong even in death ... a look he remembered w
[003] ter. He always slept close to the wall so you had to _____ to reach him. Oh he was smart. It put you off. I kne
[004] the ground, and others liked to sit where they could _____ back against the wall. Howard, who had been sitting
[005] r we want him dead". Kodyke took the picture in a _____ hand, studying it thoughtfully. "Dangerous"?
[006] came well equipped to die". Some odor made him _____ over the man. He sniffed and recognized it. Sake. So
[007] ide her, a man with weather cracks furrowed into his _____ cheeks, with powdery pale eyes reflecting all the dr
[008] "Things may smooth over yet", Chris said, his nice _____ face grave with honest concern. But I couldn't help
[009] e sweet machines other than women: an old Bugatti, a _____ Farina coachwork on an American chassis, a Swallow,
[010] was clear. I was hungry as a wolf, and my body felt _____ and vital. "Bon jour", I said brightly, sitting u
[011] d written most of his letters for him in those first _____ days of Partlow Products. Anne had a way with words.
[012] , without doubt, Felix Fing and Anna Pulova. Fing, a _____ , chiseled, impeccable gentleman of the old school wh
7. WORDS
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[001] plots of the skiff's course into the computer. The _____ on the card the computer spat back at him couldn't b
[002] s- eleven lemon, nine mint, seven orange- around the _____ to a deserted stand with an "Eats" sign jiggling in
[003] , in the fifth, Anniston's kid catcher caught onto a _____ and smacked the ball into left center field. @ Eddie
[004] her, standing across the room at a party. The smooth _____ of her neck, very white against hair which curled ag
[005] ittsburgh's South Side and designed with an 18-degree _____ , is the longest ever built in Pittsburgh. The still o
[006] to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. By the first _____ in the campus' steep driveway, the exhausting throb of
[007] w industry at the beginning of a learning and profit _____ ; young, vibrant, and innovative methods are used to
[008] will reduce its bulk, while the periscoped roof will _____ over a central atrium open at the edges to the elemen
[009] ves of Foster's new streets, for example, follow the _____ of the main line railway tracks below. The architects
[010] s snooker rooms and a library strung out in a gentle _____ overlooking a wood. It was in conception a humane, u
[011] a walk of a mile and a half, the shore presented no _____ which would permit them to return to the north. This
[012] he shore was continued to a great distance in a wider _____ . There the shore was low, flat, without cliffs, and
8. WORDS
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[001] ove sensual patterns off, carefully shaving his long _____ lip. It is harder, he muttered, to meditate on man (
[002] He reached down and closed his fingers on the man's _____ arm. Beneath his clutch, a flat strip of muscle surg
[003] says, but the empty stomach and the findings in the _____ gastrointestinal tract indicate that Mrs. Meeker die
[004] indows with many small leaded panes swept across the _____ stories. On the second floor he saw the animated fac
[005] h to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the _____ Laramie country in a single week. "My reputatio
[006] again at the week-old blond mustache shadowing Dan's _____ lip. "But honest-to-Betsy, I've seed more hair than
[007] hed his shirtsleeve, and he felt a brief burn on his _____ arm. Another snarled close overhead. "Jumping J
[008] uo lifted his rifle, easing the sling under his left _____ arm for steadiness. Fresh on his mind were events
[009] ng head was a poor target, so Matsuo shot him in the _____ trunk. The marine spun, clapping a hand high on h
[010] onger the marine quieted down. His head slumped. The _____ part of his packet had stained dark. "Marine. There
[011] d by the stove and ran groaning and shivering to the _____ polar regions and plunged into icy beds. Grandma sai
[012] been lost. Anything is possible when anarchy has the _____ hand". He paused, then added, "Everything on a ship
9. WORDS
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[001] ot-water heater, and on the side of the tub he saw a _____ of blue wool swimming trunks. He felt them. They wer
[002] flower garden. When Marsh called to his aide and the _____ rode off down the River Road where the gentians burn
[003] dden movement at a crossroads. David reached for the _____ of pistols in the saddlebags at his feet. He pulled
[004] "Well"? Andrei demanded. Grabski looked at the _____ of them. He grunted a sort of "yes" answer. "My cous
[005] esk, next to several old and dusty hats, was a clean _____ of roller skates which he occasionally used up and d
[006] ntion, he quacked with the ducks, and cackled with a _____ of exceedingly flattered geese. The dawn progressed
[007] nds for supper, and he wandered around the yard in a _____ of sweaty old corduroys. The velvet smoking jackets,
[008] iting on me, who was clothed in the tightest-fitting _____ of slacks I had ever seen on a woman and a sweater t
[009] e this evening ...". Shayne nodded grimly. "The _____ whom Petey is officially commending for slapping me
[010] said, swallowing the toast. "Didn't you have an old _____ of painting overalls in the garage? You used them th
[011] n Las Vegas. It was an odd combination ... a strange _____ to stumble upon the wreck of the Trinidad. But Graha
[012] Jones said. "We had to do something". They were a _____ of lost, whipped kids, Morgan thought as he went to
10. WORDS
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[001] ara asked, standing in the doorway. "I've solved the _____ of the little bag. There it is ... and there is what
[002] etend modesty, but neither must she be crudely bold. _____ - that was the thing. In the bedroom she would insist
[003] but what a young woman half his age saw in him was a _____ to me. He already had that slow pace that comes over
[004] luckier chap. I did not rest until I had tracked the _____ down. Well, here it is. One day over a year befor
[005] up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a "quickie" called The _____ of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young Ameri
[006] ast the moment was postponed when he had to face the _____ of the power tools. He followed Mr. Blatz up the cel
[007] comfortable being straight. They wanted to touch the _____ . Arlene was boosting them up when the policeman came
[008] heir last seven. What happened is still somewhat of a _____ and how well the Redskins do this year depends on wh
[009] do this year depends on whether they have solved that _____ . The Redskins will still run the low-risk, run- orien
[010] How this rather unlikely partnership was struck is a _____ , but it has produced a combination of legal analysis
[011] Mixed book review. MY SUMMER VACATION was a kind of _____ reviewer's busman's holiday. This past June, I serve
[012] y leader' on a Smithsonian-sponsored 'Classic British _____ Lover's Tour of England. ' In exchange for my humble