141c
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141c
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 )
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
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2. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] nd at the bottom some bait, the scent of which would _____ animals. It must be mentioned also, that they had not
[002] for something!" "And what is that?" "To make bait to _____ other creatures!" The reporter was right, and the tra
[003] , and in a moment one of those beautiful flames, that _____ even animals, blazed up on the hearth. The sight of t
[004] an immense fire, the blaze of which would necessarily _____ the attention of the brig. But at the moment when Neb
[005] during the five-day show, with clear skies helping _____ fairgoers. Exhibition ballroom dancers from the s
[006] xpenses attributable to four factors: advertising to _____ new employees, hiring and training them, extra overt
[007] nine-state regional group in a collective effort to _____ new industry. That is one approach. Another would be
3. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] s to say that he was a bold, dashing fellow, ready to _____ anything and was astonished at nothing. Pencroft at t
[002] cavern," said the reporter, "and no wild beasts will _____ to cross the threshold." "Into the jaguar's house, th
[003] ill possible? It was doubtful, yet Ayrton resolved to _____ everything in order to rejoin his companions. Four ba
[004] to Ayrton's opinion, could not believe that she would _____ to attempt it. In the meanwhile, the pirates who occ
[005] ll see if the cowards who strike us from behind will _____ to meet us face to face!" "I am still very weak, my
[006] ght it possible to live alone! You should, therefore, _____ all in the attempt to leave Lincoln Island, and see o
[007] , they delight in full houses, and they occasionally _____ to experiment in interpreting a dramatic classic.
4. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] th wall-to-wall carpeting, gold and white furniture, _____ satin brocade chairs, 24-inch TV and a
[002] satin brocade chairs, 24-inch TV and a _____ tile bath with masses of
[003] tile bath with masses of _____ towels. All for $14. That made up for the "best"
[004] of St. David's Church will hold its annual pre-Fair _____ parade, a dessert bridge and fashion show at 1 P. M.
[005] bright Eastman Chromspun fabrics, with the magenta, _____ and white tones predominating as well as golden shad
[006] look with its over-stitched raised pattern in blue, _____ , bronze and gold and a sauterne background. The twir
[007] os Angeles' 35 "health" stores, a new sensation is a _____ , high-protein cocktail, concocted of dried eggs, pow
5. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] gn, "No Vacancy". No matter how many Americans go _____ in summer, probably a hundred times as many gas up t
[002] ert on November 22. During his five-month visit _____ , Jorda recently conducted the Orchestre Philharmoniq
[003] e when the U. S. Presidents of the 19th Century sent _____ for their furnishings. The American Institute o
[004] e Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. affairs _____ . Afterward, Tennessee's Democratic Senator Albert Go
[005] f governing, and commanding only such limited credit _____ as UN support gives it. The main question rais
[006] erious purpose of the Corps or its welcome reception _____ . His words were the more ungracious to come from a m
[007] hchev's Berlin policy has already led to speculation _____ that the program may be severely altered. Whether it
6. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] at measures to take. However, according to Pencroft's _____ , it appeared best to wait a few days before commencin
[002] erve for tinder." The sailor thought it very sensible _____ . Only it had the inconvenience of necessitating the s
[003] with sticks, left the Chimneys. Following Pencroft's _____ , it appeared best to take the road already traversed
[004] t the eye, and when Gideon Spilett, on the engineer's _____ , had drawn the outline, they found that it resembled
[005] his health, for he had need of all his hands, and his _____ was followed. But it must be said, that the one who w
[006] uld act with caution," said the reporter. "Such is my _____ ," replied Cyrus Harding, "for it is to be feared tha
[007] wrong, as usual," replied the sailor. The engineer's _____ was good. In fact, the canoe probably would not have
7. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] . Therefore it was probable that Harding could easily _____ the question of "island or continent," to which he at
[002] y wished to capture. These two projects would help to _____ the difficulty as to their clothing, which was now s
[003] breakdown, desertion, and ADC dependency". #"MUST _____ PROBLEM"# The monthly cost of ADC to more than 100,
[004] Pirie Scott + Co., committee chairman. "We must _____ the problems which have forced these people to depen
[005] "Just our luck"! exclaimed Stram. "Buster would _____ that quarterback problem just as we head that way".
[006] excuse for stepping up the armaments race to try to _____ the internal and external problems besetting the Uni
[007] peace corps, food for peace, or any other program to _____ the problems of the underdeveloped countries would
8. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] Everglades National Park there are opportunities to _____ rare wildlife. Miami Beach and surroundings feature
[002] oil wells. In San Antonio visit the famous Alamo and _____ 18th Century Spanish buildings and churches. Th
[003] through Great Smoky Mountains National Park you can _____ the breath-taking peaks, gorges and valleys which co
[004] ck up the new strand from underneath dropped strand. _____ shows the wrong side of work with light strand being
[005] s is, of course, not negligible. Measurements on the _____ in this paper give **f at the maximum rate of shear
[006] of the same figure more than thirty feet away. The _____ , Figure 1 of the completed frieze, shows how, having
[007] horse's plodding step, voices. Harold indicated the _____ on the wall and asked what church the stone sculptur
9. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] d by posterity upon the events of this, so to speak, _____ - human existence, the character of Prince Dakkar woul
[002] continued to wage the battle with the $28 million in _____ revenues the sales tax measure would bring in over a
[003] ton Bowl. That's because he already has kicked 14 _____ points in 15 tries. He ran his string of successful
[004] 0, in a 1953 district game. "I kicked about 110 _____ points in 135 tries during three years in high schoo
[005] off". Moritz, however, kicks only about 10 or 12 _____ points during each practice session. "If you ki
[006] statistics hardly indicated that the Pirates needed _____ batting practice, but Murtaugh also turned his men l
[007] e lowest point since 1934, farmers, with the help of _____ fertilizer and good weather, are getting such high y
10. WORDS
abroad
advice
attract
dare
extra
grave
photograph
pink
salary
solve
[001] earched every little crevice with no result. It was a _____ loss in their circumstances, and for the time irrepar
[002] have buried my master, and then have lain down on his _____ to die!" It had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus
[003] rface. Cyrus Harding seized the lad's hand, and in a _____ voice,-- "An island!" said he, at the moment when th
[004] for departure, Cyrus Harding said to them in a calm, _____ voice,-- Here, my friends, is the small corner of la
[005] y several couples of kingfishers perched on a stone, _____ , motionless, watching for fish, then darting down, the
[006] of wounds, the most efficacious therapeutic agent in _____ cases, and the one which is now adopted by all physi
[007] d possessed of every personal advantage, he was ever _____ -- somber even-- devoured by an unquenchable thirst f