MULTI_CONC
Quiz
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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?
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
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2. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] pulation of Brunei is only 230 thousand. There is no _____ or poverty, and medicine and housing are free for al
[002] any later, and Gary would have been dead. What about _____ ? Did he have enough food for a long wait? 'I had thr
[003] pulation of Brunei is only 230 thousand. There is no _____ or poverty, and medicine and housing are free for al
[004] any later, and Gary would have been dead. What about _____ ? Did he have enough food for a long wait? 'I had thr
3. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] dows. As soon as you notice that a window is broken, _____ it. 4€ Lock your car, or other vehicle, and hide val
[002] the system is so old that he can't get the parts to _____ it, and he doesn't care. This leads to another very
[003] ave a spell checker! The worst job is when I have to _____ our terrible photocopier, which breaks down about twi
[004] dows. As soon as you notice that a window is broken, _____ it. 4€ Lock your car, or other vehicle, and hide val
[005] the system is so old that he can't get the parts to _____ it, and he doesn't care. This leads to another very
[006] ave a spell checker! The worst job is when I have to _____ our terrible photocopier, which breaks down about twi
4. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] something else to entertain herself. She's extremely _____ , but not very tolerant with people who don't agree wi
[002] ked and astonished that Miss de Beaumont had been so _____ . 'We can't believe it!' said Mrs Pocock. 'So much mo
[003] something else to entertain herself. She's extremely _____ , but not very tolerant with people who don't agree wi
[004] ked and astonished that Miss de Beaumont had been so _____ . 'We can't believe it!' said Mrs Pocock. 'So much mo
5. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] Our activities focus on the release of prisoners of _____ . These are men and women imprisoned for their beliefs,
[002] m young people on drug abuse. He has a strong social _____ , and has supported causes such as the antinuclear mov
[003] Our activities focus on the release of prisoners of _____ . These are men and women imprisoned for their beliefs,
[004] m young people on drug abuse. He has a strong social _____ , and has supported causes such as the antinuclear mov
6. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] t Mabel - a very strong feeling in the bottom of his _____ . He started to work through his figures again, look
[002] ez. But Wyatt still had this strange feeling in his _____ . Mabel was trouble. She was getting stronger all t
[003] lf out of the hole and began to crawl upwards on his _____ through the mud. The wind tore at his wet clothes a
[004] n the bed in her room and read the letter again. Her _____ was turning over. 'He wants me to go to Brisbane. Wh
[005] parts. There was a large black and blue area on her _____ , made by a knee. "The body of the mother was terribly
[006] imal for meat, Rafael asked them for the skin and the _____ . He took the insides of the animal that nobody want
[007] awake. 'Go to sleep, stupid girl,' she said. 'I had _____ - ache. I only went out for a few minutes. Don't say
[008] neck to tail. Pieces of meat, fish and hair from its _____ fell out into the bottom of the boat. There was a la
[009] leeping very well. Left foot hurts a bit. One or two _____ problems.'A conversation like this is un-English, and
[010] o sent soldiers to kill her, Agrippina uncovered her _____ . She told them to kill her in the place that her te
[011] aid, "I will die." The skin on Ana's hands, arms, and _____ was very badly burned. She could not move the top pa
[012] along a country road. He was thinking about food. His _____ was making hungry noises, and he was chewing a piece
[013] ched their boat go under. 'I had a sick feeling in my _____ , watching all that money sink out of sight,' said Mr
[014] ...' Sarah stopped talking, and put her hands on her _____ . 'What's the matter?' Anna asked. She looked at the
[015] her for a moment, and John felt cold and sick in his _____ . Wilson smiled, but. it wasn't the kind of smile t
[016] nished, she stood up and said: That meal's given me a _____ -ache. I think I'll go and look for the
[017] -ache. I think I'll go and look for the _____ medicine that I bought last year.' She left the room
[018] by the fire with a scarf on her head and a book about _____ pains in her hand. She did not move or look up. Whe
[019] t Mabel - a very strong feeling in the bottom of his _____ . He started to work through his figures again, look
[020] ez. But Wyatt still had this strange feeling in his _____ . Mabel was trouble. She was getting stronger all t
[021] lf out of the hole and began to crawl upwards on his _____ through the mud. The wind tore at his wet clothes a
[022] n the bed in her room and read the letter again. Her _____ was turning over. 'He wants me to go to Brisbane. Wh
[023] parts. There was a large black and blue area on her _____ , made by a knee. "The body of the mother was terribly
[024] imal for meat, Rafael asked them for the skin and the _____ . He took the insides of the animal that nobody want
[025] awake. 'Go to sleep, stupid girl,' she said. 'I had _____ - ache. I only went out for a few minutes. Don't say
7. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] stitute - blood. Hospitals use enormous amounts of the _____ every day of the year. And the sad truth is that the
[002] nd click the mouse. My least favourite is secretarial _____ - I find it a pain. I'm a terrible typist, so if I ha
[003] stitute - blood. Hospitals use enormous amounts of the _____ every day of the year. And the sad truth is that the
[004] nd click the mouse. My least favourite is secretarial _____ - I find it a pain. I'm a terrible typist, so if I ha
8. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] into the water. . "An hour later, I watched the boat _____ into the bottom of the pool. But I, on my barrel, di
[002] people. Suddenly a storm blew up. There was a loud _____ and very bright light cut through the sky. The refere
[003] o not know that you are going to turn right and they _____ into your big bus with their little cars. 2 Drive up
[004] coming down from the sky. Did this mean a war, or a _____ between the Earth and something from space? Nobody re
[005] perhaps at over 160 km an hour. It hit a wall. The _____ killed Dodi and the driver at once. The bodyguard, T
[006] aid. And during that week, the mystery about the car _____ was growing. When Trevor Rees-Jones, the bodyguard,
[007] ake it happen, too? And was there a second car in the _____ ? Some people even thought that it was murder. This w
[008] a wild story, but there was still a mystery about the _____ . Diana's funeral was on Saturday, 6 September 1997,
[009] get to the inside. But they had to be careful not to _____ into a corner. Some drivers started at the age of th
[010] corpus won 200 races. He was rich when he died in a _____ at the age of twenty-seven. Most died when they wer
[011] t someone very special. Princess Diana died in a car _____ in Paris. She was only thirty-six. Her new lover, D
[012] ey are known all over the world. Roswell The Roswell _____ happened many years ago, but it is still one of the mo
[013] y pieces of metal. He thought they were from a plane _____ . So he reported the
[014] . So he reported the _____ to the police. He also took some of the metal for th
[015] t was from a UFO. The military then reported the UFO _____ to the local radio station. People were very interes
[016] station. People were very interested and visited the _____ area. The newspapers quickly printed this exciting s
[017] s from a military plane. They immediately closed the _____ area, but they continued to take things away. For ma
[018] , the US government refused to say anything about the _____ . In 1994, the military told a new story. The pieces
[019] ut small aliens who were found in the area around the _____ in 1947 ? some alive and some dead. In 1995, the mil
[020] 995, the military showed a film from the time of the _____ . In the film, there was an examination of the body o
[021] this world are still a mystery ... p. 5 The Roswell _____ . Did it look like this? p. 9 United States of Americ
[022] too. Richard. He and my wife were killed in a plane _____ , twenty- four years ago. I sold the house after that
[023] ; her third husband, Mike Todd, was killed in an air _____ ; her fifth and sixth marriages were to the same man,
[024] with Fellows in the near future. *** HEADLINE: TRAIN _____ The London- Edinburgh Express was derailed yesterday
[025] nly the wind blew a little stronger, and I watched it _____ into the roof. After that, I don't remember anything
9. WORDS
conscience
crash
generous
hunger
repair
stomach
storm
stuff
tip
[001] ier. In a few more minutes the plane would be in the _____ . 'We'll take the usual route in,' he said. 'We'll fo
[002] tly, Hansen began to turn the plane deeper into the _____ . The winds became more and more violent and the plan
[003] ge place of calm, peaceful air in the centre of the _____ . 'How are you doing back there, Dave?' came Hansen's
[004] the information that we need.' 'This is a really bad _____ , Dave. I'll give you five minutes, then we're flyin
[005] n turned to Wyatt. 'If I have to fly through another _____ like that, I'm going to take a ground job.' Wyatt l
[006] I think we must find somewhere to shelter from the _____ now.' A few minutes later they found some large rocks
[007] rywhere. They would shelter in these holes from the _____ . At the top of the ridge other soldiers lay with the
[008] Causton was frightened. He had not realized that the _____ would be so bad. He put his mouth next to Wyatt's
[009] they looked at maps and discussed the floods and the _____ damage to roads and bridges. Wyatt told him as much
[010] his arm. 'You'll never get there on foot before the _____ starts again. Look, you can borrow my army car. I
[011] 'Don't be stupid,' said Mrs Warmington crossly. 'The _____ has finished. There's no wind at all now.' She stood
[012] d. The people were slowly realizing that the terrible _____ had finished. Some had begun to move, and were help
[013] when I was about fifteen years old, we saw a terrible _____ at our house in Belrive. It came from behind the mou
[014] felt so unhappy. As I crossed the lake in a boat, a _____ began. I watched the lightning on the top of the mou
[015] , sweet little brother William,' I thought. 'Is this _____ for you?' Suddenly I stopped. There was someone behin
[016] gher. Suddenly, it started to rain. There was a bad _____ . As night came, a thousand fears came into my mind.
[017] o I had to travel across the lake. There was still a _____ , and the rain was heavy. Two men sailed the boat for
[018] Maelstrom" describes the fear of death during a wild _____ on the ocean. In "The Murders of the Rue Morgue" and
[019] mb, I could not sleep. Outside, there was a terrible _____ , and the wind crashed against my windows. Then, betw
[020] against my windows. Then, between the noises of the _____ , I thought that I heard low, heavy, mysterious sounds
[021] and opened it wide. The wind and rain came in. The _____ was unnaturally strong, and there was a strange ligh
[022] he old man refused to let Ethelred in. But a terrible _____ was beginning, and Ethelred could not wait. He was s
[023] d a sound from somewhere in the house. Or was it the _____ outside? I continued to read. "When Ethelred got thro
[024] I ran from the room, and from the house. Outside, the _____ was still crashing against the building. On the brid
[025] le danger. "Then, almost three years ago, there was a _____ which the people here will never forget. The weather