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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] king similarities to the master plan now proposed by _____ Thompson Associates, one of two firms of architects r
[002] mponent on the valuable City edge of the site, while _____ Thompson Associates - architects who have developed a
[003] the traditional architectural character of the area. _____ Thompson's architecture strikes a very different note
[004] ¢Arts Page 16 891005 THEATRE / An Inca's curse: Royal _____ of the Sun - Palace, Manchester By JEFFREY WAINWRIGH
[005] srecognition of one culture by another, in The Royal _____ of the Sun, at least in this revival, it has no such
[006] l suggest that it took the form of a political witch- _____ , with the intention of intimidating other critics of
[007] Killer Angela ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 12 891010 Dollar _____ BELGRADE (Reuter) - The Yugoslav Prime Minister, Ant
[008] efore his non- appearance promptsa full-scale police _____ for him. The wife of the detained dissident, Sasha Vo
[009] and Colin Laity brought the home team back into the _____ and set up a stirring finale to the heavyweight cont
[010] Harris in New Zealand. However, the Australian Geoff _____ , joint holder of the record of eight British Open tit
[011] against another former world champion, Maqsood Ahmed. _____ went down 15-9, 15-17, 15-13, 8-15, 15-5. The Pakista
[012] thing with the favourite, Red Paddy, before the Royal _____ Cup. I was angry for a while because I was confident
[013] wards the victory he needed in Spain on Sunday, James _____ , a driver familiar with the pressures of a late chall
[014] mself to the forest, where they were going to try to _____ . But on consideration, it was thought necessary that
[015] r they had scarcely gone more than a mile. As yet the _____ had not been successful. However, some birds sang and
[016] d Herbert. "There is Top already in quest." "We will _____ , then," said the sailor, "and afterwards we can come
[017] e fallen wood under the trees. They were also able to _____ with greater success, since Pencroft now possessed so
[018] hich will please you--we must begin by having a seal _____ on the islet." "A seal
[019] on the islet." "A seal _____ !" cried the sailor, turning towards Gideon Spilett. "
[020] left the Chimneys, and Pencroft prepared for the seal _____ , without having received any other explanation. Cyrus
[021] he fine season came round again, they would regularly _____ those musmons which had been seen on the expedition
[022] when shall we begin?" "To- morrow, by having a seal _____ ." "To make candles?" "Yes." Such was the engineer's
[023] ended for the manufacture of boots. The result of the _____ was this: nearly three hundred pounds of fat, all to
[024] at least two days. It would not thus he necessary to _____ . The engineer advised his companions to refrain from
[025] boat. Gideon Spilett and Herbert were to continue to _____ , and neither Neb nor Master Jup, his assistant, were t
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[001] oviet Union that West Germany's first concern is the _____ , well-disciplined reform of East German society, not
[002] experience alter millions of years; others, from the _____ extinction of the fires in the interior of our globe,
[003] ion all around and may result in import quotas. _____ , controlled expansion of the world's textile trade i
[004] ess of science over these last few centuries and the _____ replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of
[005] er to reduce feeding costs? Have you considered _____ withdrawal of subsidies to your in-plant feeding ope
[006] the first penetration. The false reasoning is that a _____ advance prolongs the pain while a swift powerful act
[007] ences, expressing the Anglican viewpoint, mirror the _____ change that has taken place among Protestants genera
[008] e breaking away from the prison house of Brooklyn is _____ . First, the student trains on his hapless parents th
[009] nomy as he did in an agrarian one. This represents a _____ change in an ever-present social problem. But there
[010] therners into speechlessness. Other examples of _____ changes that have affected the Negro have been his m
[011] y rare. Just as the Negro situation points up the _____ and abrupt changes affecting Southern life, it also
[012] t and overpowering saga of Yoknapatawpha County, the _____ changes which seep into the South, building layer up
[013] legal; if he is legal, he may not be good. It is the _____ unfolding and deepening of this contradiction which
[014] As a group they should be favorable to a concept of _____ Germanic infiltration although the specialist nature
[015] W. Shore and Arthur Wade-Evans, are on the side of a _____ and often peaceful Germanic penetration into Britain
[016] these increases on our industry's shipments will be _____ , on balance I look for another good increase in ship
[017] July, 1957, in an initial dose of 40 mg. daily with _____ tapering to 10 mg. daily. This medication was contin
[018] rs, are rendered inactive prior to polymerization by _____ addition of initiator, a mixture of butyl-lithium an
[019] t out that modern speciation theory would not predict _____ transitions over millions of years, but instead the s
[020] ing sentences to those taught in the classroom. This _____ process of experimenting with different ways of cons
[021] ion Labor Party today urged swift negotiations for a _____ withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, a
[022] again, although this time the transition won't be as _____ . Much of the turbulence of river rapids is caused by
[023] ten or fewer employees. There is a similar but more _____ trend in the United States. At this rate, in ten year
[024] ow" of obstacles or slowing traffic that will require _____ braking. Such sensors will standardize traffic flow,
[025] oviet Union that West Germany's first concern is the _____ , well-disciplined reform of East German society, not
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[001] Classical ornament. If Quinlan Terry is the Jehovah's _____ of the new Classicism, Krier, although more Darwinian
[002] ce of the party or the voice of the people?", asked a _____ in Red Dynasty (BBC 2). The speaker was a Chinese te
[003] the judge and now the firebombing directed at a key _____ . Mr Edmond has the dubious honour of being tried by
[004] sunshine. Some of them, by no means all, paid £7 to _____ Mark Calcavecchia, Curtis Strange and Tom Kite win d
[005] t the confrontation that every racegoer would love to _____ , will take place. I would be surprised if it was deci
[006] ring our absence." And, at this moment, as if to bear _____ to the truth of the sailor's words, two or three quad
[007] es, both by their height and their thick foliage, bore _____ to the vegetative power of the soil, more astonishing
[008] eruption." "Well, captain," said Pencroft, "we shall _____ the eruption; and if it is a good one, we'll applaud
[009] in are accused of paying $800 to Sears. The first _____ , Moses Winston Mardis, 5835 Michigan av., a real est
[010] y. About 500 employes of the firm will be on hand to _____ bestowal of the honor upon Mr. Sorrentino. Mr.
[011] actories, liquor firms, and other businesses. #LEE A _____ # Among the witnesses were Ed J. Lee, director of M
[012] carry the economy back to full employment levels and _____ a renewal of our traditional growth pattern. "I
[013] very resources on which the continued success of our _____ most certainly depends. In arguing in this way,
[014] efits from magical powers. And this is only natural- _____ the haste with which modern man gobbles the latest
[015] et forth boldly their religious convictions and bear _____ to the power of faith to solve the endless problems
[016] a boat ride and go to Ethan Allen Park. There you'll _____ a view which includes the Adirondack Mts. and the Wi
[017] or 1820, you will have to reckon. This we might well _____ ". Ritter died in 1810 and Oersted not only lived to
[018] riced call girls.) Diane was needed as a material _____ in the case and New York police searched three conti
[019] columns. It was when she was seized as a material _____ that she got the designation she liked best. Cl
[020] District Attorney's office. Held as a material _____ in the compulsory prostitution trial of Mickey Jelke
[021] e horrors are losing their effect. And still another _____ , one who had crawled out from under a heap of corpse
[022] aven of comfort and peace but as a base of Christian _____ and mission to the world. There is a humorous but
[023] mpty world. Their artistic rationale is given to the _____ of unreason. These polar concerns (imitation vs.
[024] ory of disorder. And it would seem that history is a _____ to this truth. As a further characterization of t
[025] . Your self-control in this respect will be the only _____ to your understanding of what I am saying. I have fu
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[001] y architecture could yet emerge that would once again _____ both layman and architect. ’Ä¢Money Page 30 891101 A
[002] y architecture could yet emerge that would once again _____ both layman and architect. ’Ä¢Media Page 21 891108 A
[003] charges made by the tabloid New York Post, failed to _____ Mr Rather's critics, who had been promised a "point-
[004] would give the engineer no peace till he promised to _____ his desire. Gideon Spilett, however, supported Pencro
[005] as bestowed upon him with the approbation of all. To _____ Captain Pencroft, it was now necessary to give a name
[006] e would soon become accustomed, having no desires to _____ , better fed, better clothed, it was natural that his
[007] is all the answer I can make." A reply which did not _____ Pencroft at all. He stuck to "an explosion," and did
[008] , in view of the approaching winter. But this did not _____ Pencroft. The brave, honest sailor was not content wh
[009] meeting was desirable if for no other reason than to _____ world opinion that the U. S. was not inflexible and
[010] alized nature than individual libraries, adequate to _____ everyday needs, could afford. Nassau is currently bu
[011] e human liver synthesizes only enough cholesterol to _____ the body's needs- for transportation of fats and for
[012] lf, not religious functions "about" Him. Only He can _____ the deepest longings. That is why the Bible commands
[013] eople agree it is going to take redoubled efforts to _____ future requirements. Have you estimated your sa
[014] llege who are candidates for the A.B. degree and can _____ the academic requirements of the medical and busines
[015] affairs but no one offered to make any sacrifices to _____ this interest. ## ONCE again, as in the days of th
[016] s the inability to postpone gratification, a need to _____ impulses immediately without the pleasure of anticip
[017] y differentiable functions f on the real line which _____ the differential equation **f where **f are some fix
[018] age of self-sustaining growth. They must continue to _____ basic capital needs; and there persists the dual pro
[019] ous; the instrumentalities follow. Religion seeks to _____ human needs of great pertinence. The significant thi
[020] fe and permanent home. A number of religions also _____ for many the need of being linked with the ultimate
[021] ther than federal question, jurisdiction. This would _____ what presumably was Congress' major purpose- the sua
[022] ere drawn full size, after sketches had been made to _____ all the authorities. There was some difficulty here.
[023] e a work merely to see how it would sound. Merely to _____ the author's curiosity. Rousseau agreed. But he r
[024] l career. Another field had given him fame enough to _____ any egotist. It was for love that he had served the
[025] ithin discrete territories. The agreements help to _____ national honor, and they enable the secure and sus
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[001] r public buildings. Particularly fine is the entrance _____ from Westminster Bridge with rusticated arches and v
[002] encounter is exemplary. Another ethical aspect of the _____ of words into pictures is that of filming permission
[003] t on the former component. While the book charted his _____ through Chicago, New York and finally Los Angeles, i
[004] Mexican Embassy, which they occupied to demand safe _____ ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 13 891009 Drug lords' offer BOG
[005] In Warsaw, hoping to join the 1,436 who have gained _____ to the West via Poland since 30 September, AFP repor
[006] hrew off that chilly dampness which is felt after the _____ of a great meteor. The storm did not seem to have go
[007] nd at low water it is possible we may find a fordable _____ ." "You are right," replied the reporter, "we will no
[008] evidently making. In three hours we will attempt the _____ , and once on the other side, we will try to get out
[009] It will be so, if we can make a fireplace in the left _____ and keep an opening for the smoke." "So we can, my bo
[010] re placed on the ground at the opening of the narrow _____ which had been kept. This, if the smoke did not take
[011] eplace. The smoke went quite easily out at the narrow _____ , the chimney drew, and an agreeable warmth was not lo
[012] d with little birds. The couroucous were waiting the _____ of insects which served for their nourishment. Their
[013] ame cast a bright light into the darkest parts of the _____ . Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner. I
[014] or rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the _____ , so as to take a look in safety at the outside. But t
[015] a way which signified "Wait!" then he reentered the _____ . An instant after he issued with a lighted fagot, wh
[016] diately came nearer, and soon a dog bounded into the _____ . Pencroft, Herbert, and Spilett entered after him. An
[017] . An armful of dry wood was thrown on the embers. The _____ was lighted up with a bright flame. "It is Top!" cri
[018] nt flashed across Pencroft's mind. He rushed into the _____ , but returned almost immediately, and stood motionle
[019] t of all, Cyrus Harding was carried into the central _____ . There they managed to arrange for him a couch of se
[020] remarked on the footprints which indicated the recent _____ of large animals. "Perhaps these beasts will not let
[021] n a state of eruption, the discharge had worn away a _____ , and a large heap of lava had spread to the narrow j
[022] he brick- field, the hunters could discern the recent _____ of animals of a large size, armed with powerful claws
[023] made. What Cyrus Harding was to do to ascertain the _____ of the sun at the meridian of the island, without an
[024] t, "and that it reaches the sea by some subterranean _____ ?" "That might be," replied the engineer, "and should
[025] is the discharge of the water; there, doubtless, by a _____ in the granite cliff, it joins the sea, through cavit
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[001] luding the ruling Apra candidate, Luis Alva, - vow to _____ out corruption. But the figure lurking behind all thr
[002] ve long been regarded as something quite normal. The _____ of the East German church's involvement lies in the
[003] oubt. ’Ä¢Sport Page 37 891005 Football: Nayim is the _____ of Southend's downfall By PATRICK BARCLAY Southend U
[004] orse-chestnut tree, the leaf of the holly, the snake- _____ , etc. It was evidently necessary to make trial of thi
[005] n of joining where "liberal" organizations once took _____ . One specific example is a secret "fraternity" wh
[006] ing on someone else's instructions. This is the _____ issue for which the United States should stand. We s
[007] e from an advance copy. If this practice should take _____ and spread, the man who submits a manuscript to a pu
[008] ny interesting comments. Here are several: "The _____ question in American politics is always: Who's the M
[009] ened, and each of the pegged-down branches will take _____ and become a little plant and go on blooming for the
[010] an pond in the forest may be, trees offer a leaf and _____ hazard to the well-being of a pool. Yet a grassy app
[011] ew. He accepted the environment of his destiny- took _____ and grew to fulfill the stature of his early promise
[012] cabbage and squash to store for winter meals in the _____ cellar. The carrots sometimes don't make it through
[013] Vegetables are served liberally. Most come from the _____ cellar or from the freezer. Home-made sauerkraut is
[014] prove Eichmann a "fiend"? These questions touch the _____ of confusion in the prosecution's case. It might
[015] 's law says that its velocity is equal to the square _____ of the product of the depth times the acceleration d
[016] ieth century to be taken out to the ball park and to _____ ,
[017] , _____ ,
[018] , _____ for the home team), they had often sat in patient ma
[019] fire, two stones shaped roughly like knives, a woven- _____ container which held a few pounds of dried worms and
[020] s. The latter's real descendents were unable to take _____ in England; they fled from the Victorian parlor and
[021] the same as that described by Coons et al. (1951). _____ and stem tumors from sweet clover plants infected wi
[022] ith tissue powder. Sections of sweet clover stem and _____ tumors were treated with 1:10 solution of **f for 30
[023] , but was not detectable in any other tissues of the _____ and stem tumors. A study of the distribution of WTV
[024] zable, the minimal polynomial cannot have a repeated _____ ; hence **f and the minimal polynomial is simply x,
[025] nt parts (fish, bird, tree, grass, horn, tail, bark, _____ ). The groups are therefore really non-comparable in
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[001] n Floor (SCF), an automated factory with walls and a _____ . Identical numbers of pillars are located at the exac
[002] cal outline will reduce its bulk, while the periscoped _____ will curve over a central atrium open at the edges to
[003] ome internal, some external protected by the umbrella _____ . Equally significant is the fact that the developers
[004] k base in a sea of foliage and be topped by a copper _____ . Given its setting, the building is almost inevitably
[005] ve tradition. The pioneering glass, metal and masonry _____ of Dean and Woodward's Oxford University Museum was
[006] ve tradition. The pioneering glass, metal and masonry _____ of Dean and Woodward's Oxford University Museum was
[007] means of providing that ultimate symbol of dignity, a _____ over your head. ’Ä¢Architecture Page 21 891122 Archi
[008] he solace of listening to the rain thundering on the _____ . Moreover, at Christmas my father would strip half th
[009] y and holly and string dark green garlands across the _____ space. The clean, bitter scent was delicious. The ef
[010] es from Lord's live only to those with a dish on the _____ or a cable through the wall? The spectre was raised
[011] s level even the deserted Cowshed, with its condemned _____ , seemed to shake with emotion. Huddersfield were mor
[012] area, volleyed a headed clearance instantly into the _____ of the net before Hardwick could move a muscle. For C
[013] h, but on the right it was enormous, and its vaulted _____ rose to a height of more than eighty feet. In some pl
[014] pillars, irregularly disposed, supported the vaulted _____ , as those in the nave of a cathedral, here forming l
[015] ake, the river. The waters of the Mercy flowed under a _____ of ice, which, at each rising and ebbing of the tide,
[016] d by the large temporal fossae hidden under the long _____ . "And now, what shall we do with our prize?" said Neb
[017] cal box, in shape like a pepper- pot, with a pointed _____ , rose on the spot chosen. The four frames which forme
[018] ows, with the lantern, lighted the way. The elliptical _____ , under which the boat at first passed, suddenly rose;
[019] ence. At a height of a hundred feet rose the vaulted _____ , supported on basalt shafts. Irregular arches, strang
[020] considerably, the sea forming a little lake. But the _____ , the side walls, the end cliff, all the prisms, all t
[021] cavern. A deathlike silence reigned under the vaulted _____ , or at least in the anterior portion, for soon Cyrus
[022] e explosion sent the hood of the car flying over the _____ of the house. The left front wheel landed 100 feet a
[023] haul out the broom and sweep off your sidewalks and _____ . Things aren't that simple anymore. Yet if Washingto
[024] ling of the rooftop canvases is "Sun and Wind on the _____ ", with a woman and child bracing themselves against
[025] ium atom grows along with me. I shoot up through the _____ , into the sky, past the clouds, through the stratosp
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[001] e" was fractured in the extreme, "Heartland" became a _____ -limbed skank, and Marr more than proved his worth on
[002] f, preliminary waltz. Then somebody let the livestock _____ . If Les Negresses Vertes tend to jostle on the stage
[003] y look like real dancers. And Hall himself, long and _____ , with his body articulated into a thousand joints, s
[004] without food or water for a few days, then turn them _____ in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders -
[005] , when Gooch's gentle swingers drew Manjrekar into a _____ cut and Jack Russell took the catch. Dilip Vengsarka
[006] lity and aggression. The back row were swifter to the _____ ball, had a clearer idea of what to do with it when
[007] ng admirably; they made the best possible use of the _____ ball, punching holes through the Durham defence so t
[008] th three minutes to go Moon, not to be eclipsed, cut _____ for his third try and Watkins landed the match- winni
[009] he sailor also feared every instant that it would get _____ and sink to the bottom of the sea. But happily his fe
[010] the interior bars. But, at that moment, Top, breaking _____ , began to bark furiously and rush to the back of the
[011] rce fullback Nick Arshinkoff) in two and knocked him _____ from the football". Gannon contributed saving p
[012] ening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred _____ from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback
[013] a batting practice, but Murtaugh also turned his men _____ at Busch Stadium yesterday. #SIX BUCKS OVER .300.#
[014] se (Moise Tshombe) who favored near-Balkanization, a _____ federalism having a central government of limited au
[015] orces under a single directorate, except in the most _____ -knit fashion. Carvey believes that reapportionmen
[016] at that is on him. His bridgework or his plates feel _____ and monstrous. His bifocals blur. His legs suddenly
[017] the great companies of the world. Before you let _____ a howl saying we announced its coming, not once but
[018] as terror in the thirties when the Nazis were on the _____ and in those days Low struck like lightning. #@#
[019] McCarthy? The skies turn dark but the clouds do not _____ their wrath. Suez? Low seems to have supported Eden
[020] always criminal boy, casually tells a rich and foot- _____ American that he is going to murder him, then does i
[021] ie land, but he had harrowed in compost until it was _____ , spongy and brown-black. I fingered it and had the f
[022] ctly under the first two " B" pieces. Remove all the _____ spacing bars. Mark and center-punch all the holes
[023] can be replaced in the same slots. Remove all other _____ pieces and file the edges of the basic frame smooth.
[024] in the tallyho. He had style: he held his reins in a _____ bunch at the third button of his checked Epsom surto
[025] plaster board to dry slowly, covered lightly with a _____ piece of plastic or cloth to prevent warping. #REC
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[001] by London institutions helped the Hang Seng index to _____ 39.95 points to 2,786.65 in moderate trade. Singapor
[002] al trains bringing out 7,600 refugees from Prague and _____ on board. About 10, 000 people were believed to have
[003] the King of the Mountains honour. Only on the final _____ of Sally Gap did he clinch victory as his rival, Gary
[004] Neb. He was in haste to be on the other side, and to _____ towards the north. It had been impossible to hold hi
[005] the Chimneys, and, turning the angle, they began to _____ the left bank of the river. The current here was quite
[006] rather high--" "Well," replied the engineer, "we will _____ to the summit to-morrow, and then we shall see if thi
[007] or in its natural productions, his great aim being to _____ the mountain before him, and therefore straight towa
[008] solely of the roasted tragopan, the engineer wished to _____ again to the summit of the volcano, so as more attent
[009] which already contained food; they then continued to _____ the coast between the downs and the sea. From time t
[010] the paws armed with strong claws, which enabled it to _____ trees and feed on the leaves. Having identified the a
[011] t them!" said Herbert, laughing. "And a staircase to _____ up to them!" added Neb. "You are laughing," cried the
[012] ghts. The engineer now proposed to his companions to _____ the slope, and to return to the Chimneys by the heig
[013] way up the long granite staircase. Then they began to _____ again. Soon fresher air was felt. The drops of water
[014] ge. This mode of communication obliged them first to _____ Prospect Heights, making a detour by the river's bank,
[015] cend two hundred feet through the passage, having to _____ as far when they wished to return to the plateau. This
[016] ve an idea, Mr. Spilett," said Herbert. "If I were to _____ to the top of one of these kauris, I could survey the
[017] idea is good," replied the reporter; "but could you _____ to the top of those giants?" "I can at least try," re
[018] r things it is necessary. It isn't very convenient to _____ up a long ladder when one is heavily loaded." "Well,
[019] d have been quite possible for an active creature to _____ to the mouth of the well. The engineer remarked this;
[020] e a way. To arrive at the bottom of the well and then _____ up to its mouth it was necessary to pass through the
[021] they pass under it. Those who are too weak, should _____ on the chair and, starting at the top of the chin, l
[022] ists since the Middle Ages. Time stands still as you _____ the narrow, stone stairways in tiny villages clingin
[023] s of the Portico of Octavia are now in front of you. _____ the steps from the theatre to the Via della Tribuna
[024] Having completed our camera work, we started our _____ . I suppose the same emotion holds, if to a lesser de
[025] op the attitudes and skills that will enable them to _____ , while another upward-mobile teacher may be a very p