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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] knew why he liked working with him. He was such an _____ , sincere man, not proud at all. Morse continued more
[002] ou weren't going to come!' he said. 'Why won't you be _____ ?' cried Cathy at once. 'Why have you brought me here
[003] curly hair, like Colt's, and a mustache.' 'I'll be _____ with you,' Len said. 'Me and Curtis looked alike. So,
[004] you? Good girl. We'll be all right if only you'll be _____ with me. As a matter of fact, I'm not very intereste
[005] l, First-class School, Good School, and School. To be _____ ,' said Mr Levy, School is pretty bad. I think you'll
[006] n't blame you if you refuse. I haven't been open and _____ with you - I should have told you all this yesterday
[007] ange suspicion that Ogilvie was not being completely _____ with me. It was the first time I had ever felt that
[008] greement with you. I was shocked. Cregar called me an _____ man - but to Cregar that isn't a good thing. It jus
[009] want your job. I might become like you. How could an _____ man do what we did to George Ashton?' 'Malcolm, I d
[010] he replied angrily. 'I'm a human being. I try to be _____ , and I want to stay that way. Your job would destroy
[011] lt relieved. 'Thank you, Dr Starkie. You've been very _____ with me, and I appreciate it.' I went back to London
[012] ourself!' And I decided that next day I would draw an _____ sketch of myself, and then one -of Blanche Ingram, p
[013] ld be much happier here as a schoolteacher, free and _____ , in the healthy heart of England. But strangely eno
[014] oences of mine, if your pride had not been hurt by my _____ confession of my reasons for not proposing to you ear
[015] fact from Bingley. ln this I consider I was less than _____ , but I have no other apology to offer. Our other, mo
[016] ut what 1 heard last night,' 1 said. 'And I need some _____ answers.' 'I've told you about Andrea,' Sandra said.
[017] ooked, do you think it's going to be all right? To be _____ , I'm a bit worried about it - we were so late making
[018] happened.' Tristan meant what he said, but if he was _____ with himself, he was also pleased that Anna was now h
[019] d Tristan. 'He works for an advertising agency. To be _____ , I don't know if he does enjoy it any more. He used t
[020] stan paused and then said, 'Maybe it's my turn to be _____ . You see, you and Stephen make me think about myself
[021] ly. I'm not sure what we've paid our money for, to be _____ . And today's trip certainly wasn't worth getting cook
[022] ld see the sea grass moving about in the waves. To be _____ , I felt a bit nervous, being alone with Ian in such r
[023] morning took away all the excitement. If I'm really _____ , I'm quite glad to think that my engagement to Pete m
[024] s, that's it,' I said. 'Orioles.' Then I decided to be _____ . 'Actually,' I said, 'I don't really know very much a
[025] d. 'Oh yes,' I said. 'I hate that. I believe in being _____ . I don't like playing games.' He looked my way, smili
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[001] pay the fine immediately. The oicials there receive a _____ of the l parking ticket, and they also keep details
[002] you think I should write just one letter, and send a _____ of it to each relation? Would they be impressed by my
[003] at at the last moment she had packed her dearly loved _____ of The Thoughts of Father Bertrand. It would be easie
[004] ther Bertrand's Thoughts, she had brought with her a _____ of The Higher Common Sense, by the same author. The
[005] She folded her own hands a little more closely upon a _____ of the Milk Producers' Weekly Magazine, and observed,
[006] r all her kindness and good advice. Flora gave her a _____ of The Higher Common Sense, with a suitable message
[007] . Oh, Pennyfeather, before you go, surely you have my _____ of Stanley's Eastern Church?' Yes. I left it on your
[008] not take his eyes off it. I could paint you an exact _____ ,' I said gently, 'if you admit that YOU would like it
[009] tions that are puzzling us. We are also sending you a _____ of a statement written by the patient. Please study t
[010] touched nothing. I began to see that it was a simpler _____ of Hymorell's machine in the other world. I recognize
[011] aves in two hours. We haven't got much time. Here's a _____ of the fax booking your hotel - you're staying at the
[012] he dead woman was later named as Mrs Szabo. I made a _____ of this story and went home. I decided to tell Andrea
[013] d, 'I've been reading the newspapers.' I took out the _____ of the newspaper story. 'Look,' I said. , She read it
[014] u, sadly. , "Did..." I can't read his writing... "you _____ this from a guide book?" Huh. I don't think this guy
[015] t. Page 14, exercise 3a.' Mr Stanyer handed Hu an old _____ of the students' workbook that went with their textbo
[016] clever and he was quick. When the lawyer showed him a _____ of the Memphis newspaper, Darry went to see his uncle
[017] from the pencil on the table. The person had tried to _____ the paper so quickly that his pencil had broken. Ther
[018] took the examination papers, one sheet at a time, to _____ them. He stood near the window to see if Mr Soames re
[019] right, I promise," I said. "And the work?" "It is to _____ out the words from this dictionary." He pointed to a
[020] ht to myself, am I mad or is he mad? Why do I have to _____ out every page of a dictionary? But Vincent Spaulding
[021] His teacher Aristotle had prepared for him a special _____ of The Iliad, Homer's great poem about Achilles; this
[022] of The Iliad, Homer's great poem about Achilles; this _____ was so important to Alexander that he liked to rest h
[023] old box so much that he decided to keep his favourite _____ of the Iliad in it. There were thousands of servants,
[024] Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggests carrying a _____ of your medical records. THE cave I gazed up at dur
[025] time. My heart aches when someone tells me, 'Make a _____ of this, would you, Stephen,' because I know the cop
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[001] ed starving women and children - nothing but skin and _____ . 'The British never defeated us, you know, but we cou
[002] was something in my brain and heart, in my blood and _____ , that connected me to him for ever - And although I
[003] r's face. Among the things floating around was a long _____ . It was large and clean, and it had been cracked open
[004] en cracked open. The doctor was staring at it. 'That _____ is from a human leg, Captain,' he said, his voffice s
[005] m the spine or backbone of a fish, the stingray. This _____ was sharp, ladies and gentlemen; very, very sharp. Th
[006] c Shakur and the Notorious B. I. G. - not as long as _____ Thugs-n-Harmony are around. Krayzie
[007] Thugs-n-Harmony are around. Krayzie _____ , Layzie
[008] , Layzie _____ , Bizzy
[009] , Bizzy _____ and Wish
[010] and Wish _____ are still following the strategy announced by the gr
[011] The Art of War, " their third collection since 1994. _____ Thugs-n-Harmony got together in Cleveland and were gr
[012] sh the hot buttons of sex and violence with N. W. A. _____ Thugs-n-Harmony blend tales of mayhem with smooth, u
[013] ctors of shells, fossils, minerals and curious bits of _____ , like Sir William Hamilton, the British Ambassador to
[014] ed. Apocryphal stories about his fatal illness (a rare _____ marrow disease contracted during a trip to China), hi
[015] peal for two years. But shoppers are still getting a _____ to placate them, in the form of a respite from sales
[016] He has had a cold sometimes, of course, and broken a _____ or two playing rough sports, but never a serious il
[017] the bleeding must be stopped. If someone has a fish- _____ caught in his throat, it has to come out. If a woman
[018] them!' For all her good wishes to 'Mike', there is a _____ of contention that she and all the elderly survivors
[019] her eyes and recognized me at once. I felt cold to the _____ as I looked at her hard, sad face and her black, st
[020] was bent to one side and his face was white. 'Collar _____ ,' he said, crossly. 'Could you possibly drive me home
[021] 'It's not bad,' I said quickly. 'It's just his collar _____ .' I went outside and told Steve. 'Why?' he asked tire
[022] ome,' I said. 'He can't drive, because of his collar _____ . I'm so sorry about the house.' Mrs Millace opened o
[023] says it's an android. We're checking that now, doing _____ tests on the body. And pretending to be a police off
[024] measure the time of the reaction. Then we can do the _____ tests, as we did with Polokov, to be sure.' Rick was
[025] ed starving women and children - nothing but skin and _____ . 'The British never defeated us, you know, but we cou
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[001] the door, and we came upstairs very quietly. 'Don't _____ the master up!' I whispered. 'Now tell me!' 'Well, Ca
[002] d took off his coat. 'I'll try it,' he said. 'Good! _____ up the whole country, and get the news through to the
[003] ine?' 'She is not up yet,' replied Judith. 'I did not _____ her. She's no help to me in' the mornings.' ''Tes a
[004] apers and fastened the extra nappy on. Samora did not _____ . At the window, Biko reached the bottom of the first
[005] y, Biko opened the door. 'Sssh,' he whispered. 'Don't _____ the children.' There was only one oil lamp burning, s
[006] t closer. It was Bruce! Woods banged on the window. ' _____ up! Bruce!
[007] up! Bruce! _____ up! Bruce opened his eyes sleepily. '
[008] up! Bruce opened his eyes sleepily. ' _____ up!' Woods shouted again. Finally, Bruce opened the d
[009] ngerous.' When I turned round, Cregar was starting to _____ up, but he said nothing. The call to Ogilvie came t
[010] by flames and smoke. Even his sheets were on fire. ' _____ up!
[011] up! _____ up!' I shouted desperately, throwing water over him t
[012] the flames. Not until the fire was almost out did he _____ up, swearing to find himself so wet. 7 Mr Rocheste
[013] is it a dream? I've dreamed so often of you, only to _____ in the morning, abandoned, my life dark, my soul thi
[014] be tomorrow, and the gas will put me to sleep. When I _____ again, it will be in our shining new world. If I do n
[015] gain, it will be in our shining new world. If I do not _____ , something will have gone wrong, but I shall never kn
[016] er this was the end of my vision, and whether I would _____ up to find myself back in my own bed with the old pai
[017] It sounded quite far away. . It took me some time to _____ Kati and get her dressed again, and we came to see wh
[018] fire was finished. 'Shhhh!' said Hu, quietly. 'Don't _____ Marwa, Sean.' 'OK.' Sean's voffice was quiet. He spok
[019] e, an animal city, busy, busy, busy. The rush hour. ' _____ up, Hu. Breakfast!' shouted Marwa. Marwa was still ve
[020] giving you some drugs to help you to sleep. When you _____ up you'll feel better, and you can see your friends.
[021] my watch. 'Bloody hell!' I shouted. 'Sandra. Sandra. _____ up quickly. It's four o'clock!' She awoke with diicu
[022] ght. I'll drive first. Why don't you go to sleep? I'll _____ you when it's your turn to drive,' said Anna. London
[023] ar words, then pushed her chair back. 'Well, will you _____ her up for me please?' she asked. 'I've got to pay ou
[024] aid. I was just about to get up and go to our room to _____ Jennifer, when Jennifer herself appeared in the entra
[025] essed and looked very sleepy. . 'I am sorry I had to _____ you up, Francis,' he said, stepping in. 'But I have
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[001] he day before to talk to Charles. Why hadn't he kept _____ and stayed in England? The police couldn't suspect C
[002] supposed was the housekeeper, rushed into the room to _____ the dogs. 'What the devil is the matter?' Mr Heathcli
[003] The room, and the view, and the two people, seemed so _____ that I did not want to disturb them. But I had to del
[004] w for a moment, then dosed it. The cold air seemed to _____ her. 'I wish I were a young girl again, wild and fre
[005] I waited outside the bedroom door. But they were both _____ . Cathy's despair was as silent as her father's happin
[006] st learn not to make me angry,' he said, trying to be _____ . 'Go away, all of you! Leave me alone' A little later
[007] to come into this room!' he said. 5 Her face remained _____ . 'I'm not in it. I came to tell you that your dinner
[008] y a little scratch!' Lucille said, but it was said to _____ the children. To Lucille it was not a little scratch.
[009] d her friends had learnt that they could interest or _____ her, even in moments of extreme emotion, by saying th
[010] on the whole I liked having everything very tidy and _____ all round me, and not being asked to do things, and
[011] y had a whole hour to wait before the car arrived. To _____ them, Flora read aloud from The Thoughts of Father
[012] the dark doorway walked Flora... at last. She looked _____ , but rather pale and sleepy. 'Hullo,' she said pleas
[013] and put on her new dress. Soon she came out, looking _____ , happy, and elegant, ready for the pleasures of the d
[014] Woods felt the anger in the room. He tried to remain _____ and reasonable. 'There are some advantages in our soc
[015] nse!' said the Doctor. It is rarely that the studious _____ of Llanabba is taken over by the spirit of celebration
[016] to him. I won't.' The Doctor made a brave attempt to _____ the situation, but despite this, things were not easy
[017] ryside,' he thought. Surely this represents something _____ , something permanent, in a world which has lost its r
[018] aking monsters.' I had diiculty in keeping my voffice _____ . 'I suppose that by 'she' you mean Dr Penelope Ashton
[019] n was killed?' I was very angry, but kept my voffice _____ . 'Ashton was going straight into the army training
[020] . He learned everything from her,' I said angrily. ' _____ down, Malcolm. I didn't say anything about secrets. I
[021] our room and lie down.' 'I won't lie down. I'm quite _____ . Send me to school soon, Mrs Reed. I hate living her
[022] nk of revenge, I never consider life unfair. I live in _____ , looking forward to the end.' For a moment we both s
[023] hair and sat on the floor. I no longer felt strong or _____ , and I began to cry bitterly. I had wanted so much t
[024] ou, where the noisy rushing water may drown you! I am _____ enough now,
[025] enough now, _____ enough to like living here at Thornfield. I like it
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[001] to move across the hall. In the middle we turned and _____ silently towards a great arch at the far end. Once we
[002] ters away from his face was a wild tiger-and this one _____ not go away when he closed his eyes and opened them a
[003] ead went down. The next moment I was off his back. I _____ down his neck and fell on to the grass under his fe
[004] 's just rubbish,' I said. I picked up the envelope and _____ out the dark photograph on to my hand... and found
[005] from hers. Now they came to a great white door which _____ silently open as they came near it. Inside were rows
[006] his stick. As he did so, the thing in the other bed _____ to the floor and stood, with arms stretched out, betwe
[007] for Patrick Ashby. Chapter 9 He has his tricks Brat _____ from Timber's back and sat down on the grass to take
[008] er in it. Brat tested the rope several times and then _____ slowly over the edge and felt for the first foothold.
[009] ppointed. It seemed so - so unfair that Boom Boom had _____ out of life without one person to see him do it. I
[010] roken glass from the photo of me, two pieces of paper _____ out from behind the picture. One piece of paper was
[011] ood still for a moment and then came forward again. I _____ a chair in his path and turned into the kitchen. Th
[012] metres above us the water rushed. Two pieces of paper _____ out from behind the picture. Clayton Phillips was sta
[013] to move across the hall. In the middle we turned and _____ silently towards a great arch at the far end. Once we
[014] ters away from his face was a wild tiger-and this one _____ not go away when he closed his eyes and opened them a
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[001] ld not go for a walk that afternoon. There was such a _____ cold wind, and such heavy rain, that we all stayed i
[002] t the water was frozen, so we could not wash. It was _____ cold in all the rooms. This time the porridge was not
[003] ed of serious moods and studies. 93 I fell under his _____ spell, obeying all his commands without thinking. O
[004] door. 'I hope you've all got warm clothes on - it's _____ ! I suggest we have a look round the village and take
[005] do that?" "Forty thousand of my men are out here now, _____ in the mud," said Maximus. "Eight thousand are wounde
[006] he retreating Bessus. Two months before, his men were _____ . Now they had to suer the terrible heat of a stony de
[007] ll pool before him, trying to escape into the raging, _____ torrent a few feet away. While Atlantans were baking
[008] e heat and 100 percent humidity Aug. 14, Hickman was _____ in temperatures as low as 30 degrees 2,600 miles nor
[009] on, and on the hills temperatures will drop to below _____ , minus four or five, and on the highest spots minus
[010] t again very cold, with temperatures not going above _____ . And that's all from me. *** Man: Excuse me, Miss
[011] ised on output, REWD-ing and FFing away, pausing and _____ and inching the image forward. And there's the dange
[012] t have money, you'reliving in a cardboard box. You're _____ . When you see people on the streets, people are takin
[013] already seven o'clock in the evening, and there was a _____ wind. Molly did not know she was very near Raveloe. H
[014] ared out, but he saw and heard nothing in the silent, _____ night. The last time, as he was standing at the door,
[015] n to speak with icy calmness, and his words fell like _____ raindrops into Cooper's mind. Think of them up there
[016] o exactly as I say.' Through the open door a cloud of _____ cold air was rising. Lora trembled in fear and wonder
[017] ld not go for a walk that afternoon. There was such a _____ cold wind, and such heavy rain, that we all stayed i
[018] t the water was frozen, so we could not wash. It was _____ cold in all the rooms. This time the porridge was not
[019] ed of serious moods and studies. 93 I fell under his _____ spell, obeying all his commands without thinking. O
[020] door. 'I hope you've all got warm clothes on - it's _____ ! I suggest we have a look round the village and take
[021] do that?" "Forty thousand of my men are out here now, _____ in the mud," said Maximus. "Eight thousand are wounde
[022] he retreating Bessus. Two months before, his men were _____ . Now they had to suer the terrible heat of a stony de
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[001] ehension " and breed-specific legislation that places _____ restrictions - like astronomically high insurance pre
[002] perhaps because it is August, and the news drought is _____ . He told an international audience that 'China is sq
[003] before age 65, a 30-year-old will incur a disability _____ enough to prevent working for a while. For older peop
[004] arkets. And whatever fallout there is should be less _____ than that from the Mexican peso crisis that led to a
[005] lt. *** HEADLINE: MAN GETS SHOCK A man received a _____ electric shock at his home in Solihull, Birmingham.
[006] is accompanied by risk and reward: punishment can be _____ ; successful children are given sweets. As part of a
[007] dards in Education, which Mr Woodhead heads, was not _____ enough on poor maths teaching, Mr Mortimore said. Un
[008] of religion and romance, but contains these things in _____ narratives or dark fables which make everything famil
[009] . 21 November: Talked to the faculty leader about the _____ lack of books in the library and our dud reading list
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[001] newspaper, sometimes stopping to look words up in her _____ . Bernard was writing an essay and there were books a
[002] And the work?" "It is to copy out the words from this _____ ." He pointed to a very large
[003] ." He pointed to a very large _____ on a desk."'Is that all?" I asked. "That is all. Can
[004] is he mad? Why do I have to copy out every page of a _____ ? But Vincent Spaulding told me not to worry, because
[005] e is editor emeritus of the Broadcast Communications _____ . For years, it has been incorrectly attributed to Dr.
[006] ories are good! *** STUDENT 6 - I have a picture _____ , which is good for learning words in groups, you know
[007] gs in a car, like 'steering wheel,' 'brake'. And the _____ tells me also how the words are spelled, but I don't
[008] hem! *** STUDENT 8 - I like to look up words in my _____ . Especially, I like to find different parts of speech
[009] paganda purposes. Take the word 'homosexual'. As any _____ testifies, the word means men or women who are sexua
[010] newspaper, sometimes stopping to look words up in her _____ . Bernard was writing an essay and there were books a
[011] And the work?" "It is to copy out the words from this _____ ." He pointed to a very large
[012] ." He pointed to a very large _____ on a desk."'Is that all?" I asked. "That is all. Can
[013] is he mad? Why do I have to copy out every page of a _____ ? But Vincent Spaulding told me not to worry, because