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? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
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"SCOLD " not found in Corpus corpus_awl.txt
2. WORDS
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canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
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[001] very worst Eighties stereotype of static, cumbersome _____ only too willing to slow the game to walking pace. Wh
[002] he 2000 after treating his six opponents like seaside _____ . Stoute has stated that Cordoba's Guineas odds are a
[003] n. One would have said they were horses, or at least _____ , male and female, of a fine shape, dove- colored, th
[004] something between the zebra and the quagga!" "Why not _____ ?" asked Neb. "Because they have not long ears, and t
[005] ve not long ears, and their shape is more graceful!" " _____ or horses," interrupted Pencroft, "they are 'moving
3. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] tion project comparable in magnitude with the Panama _____ , but in 1917 time was in short supply; in three mont
[002] the machine shop, and along the Delaware and Hudson _____ , and northward to Brooklyn, below Point Peter, he co
[003] g loss by blocking the route of sound through the ear _____ . Finally, like all organs of the body, there is an ag
[004] tasks of tending to both ends of a virtual alimentary _____ . Poor caregiving is punished with the pet's virtual d
[005] a hygienist. They were less troublesome than a root _____ . After this successful personal test of current high-
[006] n the foreground a steam engine, a brightly coloured _____ barge or a red and white striped deck-chair. The latte
[007] Bush had approved an order to the US commander in the _____ Zone to remove General Manuel Noriega using covert f
[008] evision sport in France, where the satellite station _____ Plus is noted for its quality of production - and the
[009] ittle bridges which must be constructed, one over the _____ which I propose to dig, the other across to the left
[010] t might be raised by means of a counterpoise, as some _____ bridges are managed. This was certainly a considerab
[011] the 21st of November, Cyrus Harding began to plan the _____ which was to close the plateau on the west, from the
[012] y the shock of a torpedo placed at the bottom of the _____ , who saved Herbert from certain death by bringing th
4. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] earby may provide a savings in the cost of extending _____ or water to the site. #TOPOGRAPHY# - Topography
[002] by the announcement of Volta's discovery of chemical _____ and he immediately applied the voltaic pile to exper
[003] s interest in finding a relationship between voltaic _____ and magnetism is here first indicated. Chapter /8, i
[004] is true, that nothing has been found comparable with _____ by communication; but the phenomena observed had suc
[005] ectrical form. There, forces are more latent than in _____ , and less than in magnetism .... But in such an impo
[006] al objection to the identity of forces which produce _____ and magnetism were only a difficulty, and not a thin
[007] ectrical forces. An attempt should be made to see if _____ , in its most latent stage, has any action on the mag
[008] lmost stumbled on a lead to the relationship between _____ and magnetism when a discharge from a Leyden jar was
[009] account is permanently wedded, just like with gas or _____ . For a few details of the system ... the lines ar
[010] decorating? If the house is not wired adequately for _____ or if plumbing or a central heating system must be
[011] In the physical sciences, these achievements concern _____ , chemistry, and atomic physics. In the life sciences
[012] even though her husband disapproved of the waste of _____ . Mama was now the first maid to Mrs. Coolidge, be
5. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] provide us with amusing samples. "Officials Meet on _____ . Many Shapes in Bathtubs. Son and Daughter of Local
[002] stedly at Ruth, "you talk of life and death and other _____ - because you have a future". In a finale the police
[003] 009 Out of Angola: Market socialism on the edge of a _____ dump By KARL MAIER LUANDA - A small crowd rocks with
[004] ughout Portugal's former African colonies, sits on a _____ dump on the northern edge of Luanda, the capital of A
[005] ilipino lorry drivers to clean up a decade's worth of _____ . (They have not yet succeeded.) The 14-year-old civi
[006] seem to recall a London gallery exhibiting a pile of _____ , which was considered valid art by the proprietors an
[007] limited time. Employes of Pawtucket's garbage and _____ collection contractor picketed the firm's incinerato
[008] our newspapers, suggesting investigation of a common _____ disposal area to service the Potowomut and Cowesse
[009] fare, DPW and sanitation. Negligence in garbage and _____ collections and alley cleaning is great. He sho
[010] provide us with amusing samples. "Officials Meet on _____ . Many Shapes in Bathtubs. Son and Daughter of Local
6. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] r National Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner); a poor _____ to write an idiomatic jazz concerto; a circus polka
[002] netic forces are as general as electrical forces. An _____ should be made to see if electricity, in its most la
[003] and gives way readily to the male organ at the first _____ at intercourse. As might be expected, girls in this
[004] r topsy-turvy marriages than their wives. The wife's _____ at control, these psychologists contend, is sometime
[005] as we shall observe later, all but scuttled in the _____ to prove Eichmann a "fiend"? These questions touch t
[006] as not shared by the great majority of citizens. The _____ to enforce that belief ushered in a reign of bootleg
[007] about 350 persons stayed in the village. They would _____ to bring supplies from St. Louis or Prairie du Chien
[008] ensed by the fact that they had not been told of the _____ in advance. Henry stormed into Giffen's office wavin
[009] alton concluded, was scarcely worth preserving. "The _____ to save the Square's historic value", he declares, "
[010] nce she did serve dinner on time. Police did make an _____ to check on Morse's alibi. They interviewed the cond
[011] on in retrospect may have been a wise one. I make no _____ to measure the enduring satisfaction and material we
[012] enominations. This conformity represents a desperate _____ to stabilize a hopelessly unstable environment. More
7. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] oing into the bedroom, brought a needle, thread, and _____ . He said: "I'm going to bed". He nodded at the door
[002] tools, which were very rough, and added others also. _____ were made among other things, and the settlers were a
[003] tling in a way which justified the making of the said _____ . The manufacture of a hand- saw cost infinite trouble
[004] oing into the bedroom, brought a needle, thread, and _____ . He said: "I'm going to bed". He nodded at the door
8. WORDS
attempt
canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] china but the wrong table silver, they opened every _____ door in the kitchen and pantry. While she was settli
[002] kettles, covered with rust, and an overthrown pot. A _____ , with a few moldy sailor's clothes; on the table a t
[003] re than eighty. Some furniture, a bed, table, bench, _____ , and chest were manufactured, and a gun, ammunition,
[004] ike being with the boys. So she fishes around in the _____ and hauls out a chocolate cake. It's a matter of bor
[005] china but the wrong table silver, they opened every _____ door in the kitchen and pantry. While she was settli
9. WORDS
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canal
cupboard
donkeys
electricity
parcel
rotten
rubbish
scissors
[001] e tilted up and drank, and then I drank. It's really _____ to drink good cognac like that, but I hadn't cared b
[002] said, his voice pitched low, quivering. "That was a _____ thing to do". "For God's sake", Mike said, waving
[003] s only a few hours or days away from collapsing into _____ , unhealthy matter. As a result, disgust is never too
[004] hape itself as the party of the center, rather than a _____ core, and convince Mexicans it represents an alterna
[005] races of the hand of man; but the trees were becoming _____ , and had been felled many years ago; the marks of the
[006] e tilted up and drank, and then I drank. It's really _____ to drink good cognac like that, but I hadn't cared b
[007] said, his voice pitched low, quivering. "That was a _____ thing to do". "For God's sake", Mike said, waving