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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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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
ambition
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[001] haps this was a part of the eternal plan, that man's _____ when linked with God would be a driving, indefatigab
[002] nks, making liberal use of their guns. Bill Doolin's _____ , it appeared, was to carve out his name with bullets
[003] was the kind of work I was doing, the quality of the _____ it awoke in me, that kept me from painting. I kept s
[004] t Attorney Welch entered the case. A man of vaulting _____ , with one eye on the mayorship of Los Angeles, nothi
[005] a new triumph for him. It went to his head, and his _____ increased. It was apparent that Welch was in caho
[006] ed that there was something deeper than overvaulting _____ back of his desire for Viola's destruction. He was
[007] knows that hedging against a reassertion of Russian _____ is the primary impetus behind NATO enlargement. That'
[008] er every day/and even now the colour of her bleached _____ /still forks throughout my work'), was dominated by th
[009] stitute, a public policy think tank. 'With sufficient _____ , ability and education, individuals can still rise f
[010] doesn't, there is nothing there; it doesn't even have _____ . Ordinary people can tell the difference". Although
[011] e in Spanish politics. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 12 891009 _____ spoils French right aim of "one big party" From PATR
[012] married a noble Indian lady, who was imbued with an _____ not less ardent than that by which he was inspired. T
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[001] gradually faded as Meredith asked himself should he _____ it, 'How the dark fates laughed'? or, more rhythmica
[002] ther would die soon, she said to Carla, so she could _____ for Sam, although he had a brilliant doctor, a man w
[003] her do I, but the Tjokorda Agoeng was good enough to _____ , and I'll do as much for you. Whosoever violates our
[004] ce and rock on the body's surface which would in turn _____ into a vapour jet of sufficient velocity to deflect i
[005] ct that worker dissatisfaction does not automatically _____ into a desire for union membership. The larger proble
[006] ancial adviser, estimates that the projected profits _____ into a market value of $1. 5 billion to $1. 8 billio
[007] be available in any language. The machine can already _____ Japanese into English and vice versa at the rate of o
[008] same voice recognition software, the eyeglasses will _____ any human language into printed words that will be di
[009] g, "Morse- a-Word" receivers will pick up the signal, _____ it into English, and flash it along a reader board fo
[010] ny, has developed the "universal translator". It can _____ Japanese into English and vice versa at the rate of o
[011] at the rate of one thousand words per minute. It can _____ half a dozen languages simultaneously. The blind can
[012] incentive to do so -- when a machine can efficiently _____ for you? The major Japanese telephone service (NTT)
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[001] did not attempt to rise. They crept down the muddy _____ toward the waiting boats. The Union soldiers grounde
[002] accommodate themselves to the varying angles of roof _____ . At each angle of its pitch a big skylight had been
[003] he ground was covered with soft pine needles and the _____ was gentle. Birds chirped and chattered in the trees
[004] time to time, she chose to ignore that omen. If the _____ grew steeper and the groves more dim, she tried not
[005] s inclined to wobble like an old car on the downward _____ . Cousin Emma had simply put Miss Theresa Stubblefiel
[006] r outside the town of Malbork, leaning from the steep _____ without fear of wind or vertigo, looks down in the ga
[007] as a painter and sculptor. The family looked in Park _____ - Ms. Troyan's sister had moved there - and in Willi
[008] he city itself - from the stately brownstones of Park _____ to the tenements of Sunset Park, from the flowered la
[009] in a police raid on their squalid apartment in Park _____ , Brooklyn, where, the authorities said, they found e
[010] ach. Today, they fetch $130, 000! In Brooklyn Park's _____ Garage, condos that sold in 1989 for $17,000 now go f
[011] the surrounding walls. Courses of varying lengths and _____ angles -- 5_ to 30_ -- provide introductory, interme
[012] d rose, and he declared that it was joined by a long _____ to a hill, whose massive front he thought that he co
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[001] h four plaster-of-Paris ducks, a birdbath, and three _____ gnomes with long beards and red mobcaps"? As I say,
[002] et tell them everything they wish to know. Original _____ by Diane Schmitt. For further information see: www.b
[003] only a few decades ago, and meals of a predictable _____ served at set times have also declined. Moreover, th
[004] estigious musical presence in Vienna- wrote his first _____ to reference war, the Missa in Tempora Belli. 6 Ha
[005] elaboration by a composer an ideal text for musical _____ : Beat! beat! drums! blow! bugles! blow! 9 Vaughan W
[006] be able to recognize the real differences." Original _____ by Diane Schmitt; 1055 words. Understanding the Re
[007] ereditary units (i.e., the genes) but their molecular _____ as well. The unravelling of the physical basis of he
[008] factors affecting yield loss in alfalfa seed. The _____ of the House for the purpose of exercising its judic
[009] ult, he was able to create a symmetrical, monumental _____ of great power. As at all his power stations, Scott
[010] sed on reality, and his humanity. In their systems of _____ founded on visual effects they supply the ideal corre
[011] id after the vote that they were "satisfied" with the _____ of the new leadership, despite the big sacrifices th
[012] e for several days. As to the substances used in the _____ of glass, they are simply sand, chalk, and soda, eith
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[001] indow. Lauren said, "Why can't I call my home? Or _____ some money from someone and go home by bus? I could
[002] ies' hats and singing "O Sole Mio". In short, and to _____ an arboreal phrase, slash timber. Well, the odious l
[003] ew house, or to care for the sick. They are able to _____ money from the bank when they need it for emergencie
[004] d 22 percent of gross income) lets Japanese companies _____ at low interest rates for new ventures. This philosop
[005] of the Marco Polo building in Battersea. His designs _____ freely from both ancient Egypt and modern architectu
[006] of deficit arises not because the Government needs to _____ ; the public sector itself is in heavy surplus. The d
[007] eir behaviour by altering the price at which they can _____ . Answer number two turns on another price that bother
[008] & City Page 24 891003 State firms "should be free to _____ " By JEREMY WARNER A HIGH-POWERED group of finance di
[009] h private sector practice and allowed the freedom to _____ from the market place, the group says. They should al
[010] ed industries are severely restricted in the way they _____ money. Though state-owned companies are able to achi
[011] oan Fund, they are constrained in the amount they can _____ and the uses to which the money can be put because a
[012] ds that nationalised industries should be allowed to _____ without Government guarantee and that the borrowings
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[001] walked down the hall to the front of the apartment, _____ , and then knocked lightly on the closed door of the
[002] ith blankets. His first model arrived at dusk. He _____ for a moment when Michelangelo asked him to disrobe,
[003] the telephone call to the police. Outside, Shayne _____ when he saw that Rourke had parked his coupe directl
[004] meared blood. Mickey backed off again and Roberts _____ , then came along. They moved in a series of rhythmic
[005] at changes she wanted made and so forth". Garth _____ . "Mr. Hohlbein and I have noticed some lapses since,
[006] "Were you on duty here two weeks ago"? The boy _____ . Then, "I'm not talking. But I wouldn't spend a nigh
[007] n tomorrow so we won't be moving in on you". He _____ a second, looking at the bottle, before he said "Sur
[008] rs". "Mike? What are they doing on Mars"? He _____ ; the question was too wide for the sparse English la
[009] ng taught to grow". "'Taught to grow'"? He _____ . "Larry teaches plants to grow. I have helped him. B
[010] again and about to reinstall the fuses, however, he _____ . He had to have fusion power to catch up with the
[011] ecting him to shoot and not really caring. Morgan _____ , thinking that if this was a trick, it was a good on
[012] e one that's taking the big chance". Dean still _____ , but Mike lifted him almost bodily into the saddle a
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[001] ey do not change anything. ... he brought with him a _____ of myrrh and aloes, of about a hundred pounds' weigh
[002] sking for Christ's body, Nicodemus was gathering his _____ of myrrh and aloes, and the others had gone home to
[003] age, while the inside of the house was a comfortable _____ of old and expensive contemporary furniture. Ne
[004] Guatemala, and El Salvador. Of these birds, a unique _____ of temperate-zone and tropical species, less than hal
[005] ppearance of Impropriety. In style it is an awkward _____ of the legalistic and the lit'ry, but in substance it
[006] pany, has been working with Otani to create a cement _____ using only 3 percent chopped fiber. It is claimed th
[007] sts three times higher than ordinary cement, the new _____ nets out cheaper because it uses 20 percent fewer st
[008] esembles pancake mix. Run through a roller press, the _____ produces large sheets that are dried and bonded in an
[009] n be fed during the intervening fifty- five minutes. _____ and volume is adjusted from half an ounce for newborn
[010] connected with the Weimer Republic; it was no doubt a _____ of realpolitik and philistine rage. Steel and glass a
[011] igher still. At these higher frequencies, radio uses a _____ of vibrating electric and magnetic fields instead of
[012] power on 21 October. The old man's power, built on a _____ of skilful manipulation and ruthless repression, has
9. WORDS
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[001] spent so long concentrating on the beginning of her _____ . Now she was intensely alive, anguished; her son was
[002] orest is for each man's conscience. Where we end our _____ is always the same. We all seek the same thing throu
[003] been to see her for ten years, not since their last _____ eastward to witness their Uncle Izaak being lowered
[004] pty vessel would hurl towards the star which was its _____ 's end. Many years later, the photon-counting appa
[005] n of the pool. She remembered little of her previous _____ there with Grace, and she could but hope that her de
[006] matter how many registry rocks they came to on this _____ , each one exerted its own appeal. Even strange names
[007] rockstrewn hanging valleys on their long, meandering _____ to the sea- running east past the sky-carving massif
[008] with its color and scent, and set her feet on their _____ 's way again, leaving the village street and crossing
[009] e know it's an uphill battle, as well as an emotional _____ to achieve that ultimate goal to have a baby. Even th
[010] s and lure drivers into a love affair. That make the _____ - not the destination - the point of a trip. While th
[011] and lure drivers into a love affair. That make the _____ - not the destination - the point of a trip. While th
[012] italize itself, it has traveled only a few yards in a _____ of miles. Global economic trends that minimize labo
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[001] Trouble never comes but in threes". They held the _____ the next morning from the crossroads church and buri
[002] had not smelled brandy on him since Mrs. Lattimer's _____ . Joel knew what he was about, however. "You're
[003] d shown. The boyhood summers preceding their uncle's _____ might never have been. They had closed over, absolut
[004] rs' Day" and urged America to say it with flowers. A _____ parlor chain was indicted for price-cutting. Fosteri
[005] rawl the previous night, was carried into the town's _____ parlor to be prepared for decent burial. Blue Throat
[006] he first Mrs. Salter. ## MR. SALTER came home. The _____ service was in the house, the Methodist minister, ho
[007] leaped to my mind- and did I want to meet her at the _____ home the next morning. The coffin stood on trestl
[008] od on trestles in a corner of the long low dimly lit _____ parlor, on its dark shining surface the sheaf of whi
[009] , and the child, pale, silent, baffled, watching the _____ guests with panicky eyes. Many times since his death
[010] with her own eyes. The very night after her father's _____ she had thought, though never admitted to a soul: No
[011] ust returned from going to Tuxapoka to Cousin Elec's _____ . He was full of heavy family reminiscence. All the f
[012] r and comedy five years to live. Did you go to their _____ "? "I was wrong", I admitted. "Comedy didn't die,