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Quiz
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DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items.
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 )
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
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2. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] e-style stores called Harry's in a Hurry that sell " _____ solutions, "industry argot for fresh, ready-to- eat e
[002] ee-course sunset dinner until 6 P. M. I sampled that _____ recently and found the appetizers and dessert superi
[003] me. The scene, a stag- party's post-pub, pre-dancing _____ , was not going well: it was up to the fourteenth tak
[004] the common mussel. Pencroft and Herbert made a good _____ of the lithodomes, which were then half opened to the
[005] t of hard eggs which they had meant to prepare, and a _____ of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either fo
[006] Oh! if only one of them had not been missing at this _____ ! If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had
[007] hungry, devoured it with infinite satisfaction. Their _____ concluded, each retired to the corner in which he had
3. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] nt Clinton would like to make two years of college as _____ as high school. A chart contrasting the 1980 comedy
[002] ple, reject a facile Jewish liberalism; the quest for _____ health care or for civil rights or even for freedom o
[003] ithout the constraints of thinking that held back the _____ use of computers -- until two kids, $500, and a gara
[004] hort time, during the Depression of the 1930s and the _____ introduction of the automatic coal miner, the United
[005] d offices. The labor union as we know it is doomed. _____ Language Some years ago researchers found that we c
[006] Fujitsu, Japan's largest computer company, now has a " _____ translator," which translates Japanese into English a
[007] hat used to take days or weeks. The company uses the _____ switched 56,000 wide- area network, which enables it
4. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] killed shortly after midnight today in an automobile _____ in a tunnel by the Seine. The
[002] in a tunnel by the Seine. The _____ also killed Emad Mohammed al- Fayed, the Harrods heir
[003] y it, which ranged from "insect damage " to "nuclear _____ " to "wars and revolutions " - clearly, someone had t
[004] tish sources just before dawn, 5 1/2 hours after the _____ near the River Seine. Fayed, 41, died at the scene a
[005] a police spokesman: 'Princess Diana has had a traffic _____ in Paris. She is seriously injured. Dodi al Fayed is
[006] autoerotic asphyxiation. Though it was obviously an _____ , reports of Gilbert's demise did little to elicit sym
[007] Until recently, people became cyborgs only because of _____ , age, ailments, or other disabilities. An even more
5. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] . It would contain an amplifier modeled after the low _____ amplifier now used in almost all satellite dishes. Th
[002] orary structures and scaffolding required is limited. _____ pollution on the site is minimal. Operations are not
[003] ry. My satellite dishes have a device known as a Low- _____ Amplifier or LNA, which takes the very faint signal
[004] dn't know whether I could take something with so much _____ in them, so much built-in jazz, and maintain it". Ou
[005] er up and you reach ultrasonic frequencies where the _____ can be heard by dogs and not humans. Radio is higher
[006] sign the statement, Madame". Then there was a banging _____ as of a large, hairy fist striking a desk. Afterward
[007] k is empty!" "Does the balloon rise?" "No!" "I hear a _____ like the dashing of waves. The sea is below the car! I
6. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] uch as London is superficial or basic, it will hold no _____ , acknowledged or subconscious, for those who choose t
[002] shopping centre at the other end of town has all the _____ of a used MacDonalds hamburger carton. One presumes t
[003] fact that neither side had the monopoly of logic or _____ : Dr Colin Blakemore, though known as "Dr Frankenstei
[004] WELL in Moscow GLASNOST, it would seem, has lost its _____ - or more accurately perhaps, the Soviet people have
[005] bodied silhouette. She also likes the femininity and _____ of designs by Ceil Chapman and Helen Rose. Bale
[006] e in the Bake-off finals. And the third time was the _____ . She dreamed up the cooky recipe, tried it, liked
[007] s fine, too. As for the ladies, they were full of _____ , and sincerity, and deep and abiding affection for t
7. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] decade as the object of an open-ended Islamic death _____ , was married in secret on Thursday in the Hamptons o
[002] ics to the rhythm at which they are sung. This poetic _____ for instance, should it be quick or slow? "You can't
[003] n television news has been damaged. A 12-line, three _____ denial of the charges made by the tabloid New York P
[004] hearing which could have confirmed a 20- month jail _____ . Mr Devaty, a former spokesman for the Charter 77 ri
[005] eally enjoyed it," Calcavecchia said, yawning in mid- _____ . I knew I was going to be tough to beat this week. I
[006] in custody for three weeks with a view to a custodial _____ ". Profitt, Michael Cook, 18, Adrian Sinclair, 19, and
[007] There was no necessity for the sailor to finish his _____ . The engineer understood him at once. He seized Penc
8. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] ll pick up the signal, translate it into English, and _____ it along a reader board for you. Software programs t
[002] rature drop has gone before. In the process known as _____ - evaporation, vaporized water molecules instantly ev
[003] sition which permitted him to park his BMW beside the _____ docklands flat, close to his rough but pure roots, in
[004] Butterfly. But whereas in M Butterfly the theatrical _____ and illusion is entirely implicated in the theme of t
[005] ot into body building? By reading super hero comics," _____ Charlie said. Surrey's own incredible hulk is availabl
[006] with the eighth goal, 10 minutes from the end. Would _____ " be breaking out the champagne? Would he heck. We'll
[007] d had guns on board. Six seconds elapsed between the _____ and the report. Therefore the brig was about a mile
9. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] -used incompatible chemicals are given below, but the _____ of a chemical from this list should not be taken to
[002] safe and demolished it in early July. Yet even in its _____ , it exerts a hold on its former tenants, like an achi
[003] , a monumental steel and glass phallus, that, in the _____ of a sky- piercing cathedral, acts as the city's one
[004] ublic newsprints of the period are remarkable for the _____ of sustained popular attacks on new buildings. For ex
[005] ublic newsprints of the period are remarkable for the _____ of sustained popular attacks on new buildings. For ex
[006] erry, the architect of Richmond Riverside, who in the _____ of other contenders picked up the torch of Classicism
[007] nts lower at 35,622.97. Hong Kong: Dull trade in the _____ of clear direction saw an 11.55- point fall in the H
10. WORDS
absence
accident
charm
flash
liberty
meal
noise
sentence
tube
universal
[001] omagnetic radiation (EMR) "broadcast" by both picture- _____ displays and microcircuits. Such shielding is similar
[002] don Underground Ltd announces plans to rebuild three _____ stations (Tottenham Court Road, Holborn and London B
[003] ng's Cross, officially at least, are that it has good _____ connections and would provide the optimum central Lo
[004] s, carried through the passage as through an acoustic _____ , came clearly to the ear. "That is Top barking!" cri
[005] difficulty, was the pipe of the glass- maker, an iron _____ , five or six feet long, which collects on one end the
[006] e the barrel of a gun, Pencroft succeeded in making a _____ soon ready for use. On the 28th of March the
[007] soon ready for use. On the 28th of March the _____ was heated. A hundred parts of sand, thirty-five of c