MULTI_CONC
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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 )
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[001] come legendary By PAUL WILSON THE FERGIE expected to _____ the gate at Old Trafford tonight is not Manchester Un
[002] found either in the channel or the green sea. A long _____ , which the canoe scarcely felt, as it was heavily la
[003] ees, some straight, others bent, so that the long sea- _____ bathed their roots. Now, it was this coast, that is,
[004] ered with lines of rocks and sandbanks. The long sea- _____ could be seen breaking over the rocks in the bay, fo
[005] steal it from him, like a watch from the pocket of a _____ !" For an hour it was impossible to say with any cert
[006] y million miles long. Then this atom of calcium will _____ to something like a great balloon a hundred yards ac
[007] of wet plaster, when the framing lumber was bound to _____ and then shrink as tons of water dried out the gypsu
[008] rally the first salvo of a tsunami is a rather sharp _____ , not different enough from an ordinary wave to alarm
[009] ything. Pat took Eileen and me out to dinner at a _____ steak house and told us with tears in his eyes how
[010] cabin cruiser drifted crossways in the small ground- _____ , a lone fisherman in the chair aft. The fisherman wa
[011] ... Alec heard a faint sound. His heart seemed to _____ and knock against the wall of his chest. For the sou
[012] ve a party an' leave 'em out, hon", he suggested. "A _____ party, send an invite to ever'body but them- those f
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[001] nd they lay claim to being the first maker (1910) of _____ extraction equipment. The increase in mechanica
[002] of clove and nutmeg, and a large bay leaf. Let this _____ gently for twenty minutes, then strain. Poach the ap
[003] until soft. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a _____ . Simmer about 10 minutes, and keep warm for serving.
[004] expensive "permanent" type. The word means it won't _____ away easily, nothing else. The rust inhibitors in th
[005] putting butter in a pan of water and allowing it to _____ ; when it was cool, the fat was skimmed off and bottl
[006] re the "passions of my neighbors should have time to _____ too high". Palfrey had already made up his mind t
[007] d so much detail. Tom never knew how to condense, to _____ down. He was always concerned with life, and he trie
[008] s high. They found the teakettle and put water on to _____ and then searched through the icebox. Several sectio
[009] he was watching the kettle, waiting for the water to _____ , that he had grabbed for her. Without warning, witho
[010] u want to see if I can stand fever, too"? "We can _____ it", he said. Her chin sharpened. "We're lost and
[011] "Is". "Isn't". "Is". She was sore as a _____ . "Ever hear of squatter's rights"? "Sure. They
[012] e hors de combat pretty soon with sprue, yaws, Delhi _____ , the Granville wilt, liver fluke, bilharziasis, and
4. WORDS
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[001] nd that the best young programmers are kids who can't _____ . They naturally
[002] . They naturally _____ phonetically, as robots do. What was once a liabilit
[003] he future and are prepared to enhance it? Can Johnny _____ ? Are you old enough to remember when automatic turn
[004] and parents often bemoan the fact that Johnny can't _____ , and the computer is often blamed. The fact is, thoug
[005] is, though, wasting weeks and months learning how to _____ may not be productive. In the Communications Age it
[006] think. In that case, how will kids ever know how to _____ ? A California software company, Working Software Inc.
[007] y example of why we may not need to teach kids how to _____ . When robots are programmed to speak, they are "taugh
[008] ak, they are "taught" to use phonetic spelling. They _____ a word the way it sounds, just like humans often do
[009] estment", has made references to "the covenants that _____ out the opportunities" for the airlines of each natio
[010] at he had asked to see the President in an effort to _____ out what the white minority government must do to res
[011] e. Not that one again. Every time I go through a lean _____ I've lost a yard; every time I score a goal it means
[012] r position. It is a ranking that is likely to mean a _____ in the qualifying competitions of the world's tournam
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[001] less like a showroom model than a motor on which the _____ has been wound back and the polish is beginning to f
[002] if you know Birmingham University as a bloody great _____ tower, that's what you get . . ". Even in book form,
[003] ere, the twin bells of a sturdily traditional wind-up _____ squeal, wakening another slumbering pair, younger, fr
[004] drug trial From MARC CHAMPION in Washington AT one o' _____ in the morning a petrol bomb shattered the window in
[005] trial, had Vanderaerden shown such form against the _____ . Not only did he catch a crestfallen Kelly, who had
[006] the vast watery desert of the Pacific, about four o' _____ in the evening of the 23rd of March, 1865. Few can po
[007] ne the less considerably diminished. Towards eleven o' _____ , the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer. T
[008] to the mercy of Him who rules the elements. At four o' _____ the balloon was only 500 feet above the surface of t
[009] "we will all meet out there." "This evening, at ten o' _____ ," replied Captain Harding; "and Heaven grant that th
[010] us fully that distance off. It was then nearly six o' _____ . A thick fog made the night very dark. The castaways
[011] tly in the sky. The night passed away. Towards five o' _____ in the morning of the 25th of March, the sky began t
[012] l which would no doubt be easy to cross. About ten o' _____ , Gideon Spilett and his companions stripped themselv
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[001] oined Shastri in exploiting the unpatrolled third-man _____ . After lunch (123 for two off 45 overs), India stepp
[002] , in the northwestern region, and seemed to mark the _____ of the two zones. At the southwest, at the south, an
[003] tment officials refusing to show their passes at the _____ , and driving two blocks into East Berlin under milit
[004] e in one state may be strictly prohibited across the _____ line. The main requirement is to be sure the boat is
[005] re playing, because the fence formed such a definite _____ and "Don't go outside the gate" was a command so i
[006] ocesses in his paradigm. 1. Communication 2. _____ maintenance 3. Systemic linkage 4. Socializa
[007] nalized by members of the group" is operative in the _____ maintenance of the group as well as in the process o
[008] l as in the process of socialization. The process of _____ maintenance identifies and preserves the social syst
[009] on the system increases, the "probability of applied _____ maintenance mechanisms increases". The fertility
[010] ough a latent one, of the process of maintaining the _____ . "Increased
[011] . "Increased _____ maintenance may be achieved, for example, by assigni
[012] enables the group to survive in its environment ..." _____ maintenance for this group would seem to be primar
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[001] eding pen. En route the milk passes through a thermal _____ that warms it to 102.6_F. Immediately another faster-
[002] sh, the Adams brothers together with the builders of _____ , Bloomsbury and the New Town in Edinburgh. The Londo
[003] eed more information. ’Ä¢Architecture Page 14 891213 _____ 's beauty nuked by the architects: Frank Barrett is en
[004] opment By FRANK BARRETT CHRISTMAS shoppers coming to _____ over the next few weeks may pause to wonder why a nuc
[005] library and more shops. Setting aside the fact that _____ needs more shops like the Duchess of York needs publ
[006] it is hard to see how anyone could have imagined that _____ needed "The Podium". The reason the developers manag
[007] Signoria, but this is in effect what has happened in _____ . The development is in one of the most central areas
[008] the charming sight of Camden Crescent in another. If _____ City Council had held a competition to design the le
[009] en it comes to approving architectural monstrosities, _____ City Council has a string of previous convictions. Ri
[010] previous convictions. Right next to the Podium is the _____ Hilton, a shining symbol of Sixties brutalism; the Se
[011] Charles. The message appears to be that nowadays, in _____ at least, you can more or less build what you like as
[012] Podium Development is a sign that architecturally in _____ we are suffering the worst of both worlds. It is bad
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[001] t Glyndebourne production, we should be all the more _____ for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O
[002] to keep Bedford afloat but, sink or swim, he will be _____ for any signs of improvement. As for Grant Patterson,
[003] town at the end of the month. They will be more than _____ to the English Poundstretcher League for the experien
[004] ion of the striker's art. Nevertheless, Rangers were _____ that Alan McDonald was under the bar to head away aft
[005] way of stopping it, if they had wished to do so. How _____ the inhabitants of Granite House then were to Heaven
[006] the colonists. The thick foliage of the trees threw a _____ shade on the ground. Deodars, Douglas firs, casuarina
[007] Chief better than the Marine Corps Band, and we are _____ to them", President Kennedy remarked after mounting
[008] I shall never forget and for which I will always be _____ . The rescue squad is to be praised immensely for
[009] rris, the Parks Commissioner, for devoting so much _____ mention to the department's technicians who at short
[010] or technical points, and many listeners are probably _____ for being intelligently taken by the hand through an
[011] ntific view of the world for which we may be rightly _____ . All this has not, however, been an unmixed bless
[012] th and leaves the girl pleased with his virility and _____ for his decisiveness in settling the problem once an
9. WORDS
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[001] el Brothers. The gala is the Thrift Shop's annual _____ party and, as all Thrift Shop friends know, that mea
[002] ift Shop friends know, that means the admission is a _____ of used clothing in good condition, contributions of
[003] ves at the shop's headquarters at 1213 Walnut St. # _____ CENTERS# For the convenience of guests
[004] CENTERS# For the convenience of guests _____ centers have been established throughout the city an
[005] mittance for the dancing at 9 P. M. Besides the _____ centers where contributions may be made there will b
[006] This basic principle, the first in a richly knotted _____ , was conveyed to me by Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., at
[007] ion. Each morning at five Fogg crawled out of bed to _____ into flying togs over the furnace register of his ho
[008] dget returned to Ireland after the trial with a "big _____ " of cash which Lizzie gave her for keeping her mouth
[009] train". Another editor pointed despairingly at a _____ of letters that had accumulated for him, saying, "Bu
[010] ch are tangent to \g. Clearly, any line, l, of any _____ having one of these points of tangency, T, as verte
[011] r **f and class **f. Finally, the image of a general _____ of lines is a congruence whose order is the order of
[012] Now consider the transformation of the lines of a _____ with vertex, P, on \g which is effected by the inv
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[001] e- mile Berlin Champs Elysees, featuring a triumphal _____ designed by Hitler, twice the size of the Paris origin
[002] in Florida on drugs charges). Senator Jesse Helms, the _____ - conservative North Carolinian Republican, says he wa
[003] een high banks, over which the trees formed a double _____ . Pencroft, lest they should lose themselves, resolve
[004] . The limpid waters of the Red Creek flowed under an _____ of casuannas, banksias, and gigantic gum- trees. Sup
[005] p in his own reflections, pressed forward. Under the _____ of trees the darkness was such that even the edge of
[006] feet of the opening above the water. It was like the _____ of a bridge, under which rushed the foaming water. L
[007] ards him the fragile craft, which was protected by the _____ of the vault. "On board, Ayrton!" The two colonists
[008] ulation of the waves carried it farther under the low _____ of the crypt, and there Ayrton, with the aid of flint
[009] Timothy Palmer, who invented and later patented the _____ type of construction for wooden bridges, was the gen
[010] he island and this shore, consists principally of an _____ ; whose chord is one hundred and sixty feet, and whos
[011] ge building should have applied the principle of the _____ , which appears in his famous bridges at Portsmouth,
[012] the south bank of Deer Island there was one span or _____ measuring 160 feet; between the north shore of Deer