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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] th smoky chicken and Gruyere and festooned with sour _____ and black olives - plenty for two to share. Or start
[002] your driveway fridge opens up to reveal unmelted ice _____ and crisp lettuce. In other fields, the Powerglove w
[003] st sums into educational opportunities that gave the _____ of the survivors opportunities never before available.
[004] the right temperature, with no puddle of melted ice _____ reminiscent of the time you stopped to pick up the d
[005] ched the pride of Romania, Steaua Bucharest, and the _____ of Wales, Neath, Toulon are next on the Bath hit-lis
[006] 0-275 F. until lightly brown. Add enough warmed _____ , seasoned to taste with onion juice, to about half c
[007] ns eat too much fat. With meat, milk, butter and ice _____ , the calorie-heavy U.S. diet is 40% fat, and most of
[008] hard-boiled eggs, some buttery white sauce done with _____ , cayenne, pepper, salt, a pinch of curry, a tablespo
[009] rub with a tablespoonful of flour, add half a cup of _____ , six beaten eggs, pepper, celery salt, a teaspoonful
[010] red with blue and white tile, the floor with red and _____ carpets. Back at the Kaiser's Fountain, I walked
[011] us a few extras, such as tangy barbecue sauce, chive _____ cheese, or horse-radish for the brave ones in the cr
[012] popular opinion, "a la mode" doesn't mean "with ice _____ "- it just means, in the latest style. Here are a cou
3. WORDS
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[001] ty control and identity. One thinks here of Florida _____ juice and many types of Continental cheeses, but th
[002] Jersey and still occasionally winds up touring East _____ while trying to follow a road sign to Maplewood, I d
[003] ng that makes an orchestra an orchestra. To put the _____ County Symphony back on track, a cadre of music love
[004] Wilson in the 1994 GOP primary. Most weekdays, former _____ County Treasurer Robert L. Citron sits there at the
[005] ges you eat may be untouched by human hands. Robotic _____ pickers now being tested at several locations around
[006] utomatic focus cameras, measure the distance from the _____ to the picker and direct the arm to the target. In o
[007] park and some office towers which became a Clockwork _____ environment of sinister dereliction. Undeterred by t
[008] ed in smoke, lit only from the back in lurid purple, _____ and red, and reducing the band to shadowy figures lo
[009] pressive turn of foot in winning the Prix du Prince d' _____ . Cash Asmussen is likely to be on board the unbeaten
[010] l Biggs, the 28-year-old Olympic gold medallist from _____ County, California, who stands between Gary Mason and
[011] He might have taken for his motto that of William of _____ in the 17th century: "I can undertake and persevere e
[012] The candidacy of Mayor James J. Sheeran of West _____ , for the Republican nomination for sheriff of Essex
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[001] know how to escape those unsolicited phone calls that _____ my peas and quiet, it ought to be Douglas E. Palley,
[002] a rainy afternoon. The other four dancers regularly _____ or echo these sequences with images from the past - a
[003] he following recital, which his auditors did not once _____ :-- "On the 20th of December, 1854, a steam-yacht, bel
[004] hat other purpose could a striking union have but to _____ the flow of commerce from the struck enterprise?) Th
[005] shot for the inevitable showing to your friends, you _____ the sequence to paste in a few frames of the child's
[006] his. When it was all arranged to fit, and not to _____ the lengthwise flow of movement in the frieze, the
[007] ped that this time there would be no other sounds to _____ it. Not tonight, at any rate. He had a feeling that
[008] know how to escape those unsolicited phone calls that _____ my peas and quiet, it ought to be Douglas E. Palley,
[009] a rainy afternoon. The other four dancers regularly _____ or echo these sequences with images from the past - a
[010] he following recital, which his auditors did not once _____ :-- "On the 20th of December, 1854, a steam-yacht, bel
[011] hat other purpose could a striking union have but to _____ the flow of commerce from the struck enterprise?) Th
[012] shot for the inevitable showing to your friends, you _____ the sequence to paste in a few frames of the child's
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[001] rop dramatically, but such things as dry cleaning and _____ clothing bills also shrink. Expensive restaurant lunch
[002] rfectly with Johnson, adding both inspired flights of _____ and substance to the rhythms. Drums and bass were as
[003] as well as wild duck, for which Pencroft had a great _____ . He tried to knock some over with an arrow, but with
[004] picions which arose from what perhaps was only Top's _____ . At last the cold ceased. There had been rain, squal
[005] e deepest recesses of the forest. It was difficult to _____ that any human creature had ever passed there, but y
[006] of this voyage, when the time comes to make it. And I _____ , when you have seen our tight- rigged little craft, wh
[007] sail round our island, for we will do so together--I _____ , I say, that you will no longer hesitate to let me go
[008] 's guns?" "Well, the brig isn't in the channel yet, I _____ !" said Pencroft. "But suppose she does come there?" s
[009] Second, the "potato chip industry" has caught the _____ of investors lately, and until Morton Foods came alo
[010] from pollution by that combination of doctored fact, _____ , and personal opinion called yellow journalism which
[011] it Salvador Dali?) who first conceived the startling _____ of a picture window in the abdomen. That is, it is l
[012] ed by herbs or any seasoning but salt, though he did _____ a bit of lemon. After the meal, he and his guests
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[001] ystery Lover's Tour of England. ' In exchange for my _____ insights into the work of Agatha Christie, Arthur Con
[002] iet citizens of accepting roubles. In truth, however, _____ photocopying has been overtaken by the wonders of the
[003] w the stranger approaching, who, in a calm voice and _____ tone, said to him: "Sir, I have a request to make of
[004] and made himself useful on all occasions; but still _____ and sad, he never took part in the pleasures of his
[005] tion. And he was much moved when Ayrton replied in a _____ tone,-- "I have been one of those jaguars, Mr. Pencro
[006] doing"? The only response we can think of is the _____ one that at least we aren't playing the marimba with
[007] us so- yet he knows, and tries to tell us, how very _____ man must be. We expect bestowal of God's love thr
[008] ll choose to persuade the Albanians to present their _____ apologies to Khrushchev- or get rid of Enver Hoxa. T
[009] - now. On the other hand, you may seek His favor, _____ yourself before Him and beg His mercy, implore His
[010] t out of keeping with its origins, probably the most _____ of any in the Ivy group. Eleazar Wheelock, a Presbyt
[011] ity and up the river valley, which are smaller, more _____ copies of the former. And of course religious life c
[012] ral laws. This bold self-assertion, after decades of _____ subservience, is indeed a twentieth-century phenom
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[001] nsland Government and business leaders is devising a _____ plan for 18 communities in Cape York. This facility
[002] gnosed, suffers a vomiting fit he can't stifle. 'When _____ came, it was almost an assault. The woman seized my
[003] reeling from a scorching electoral defeat July 6. 'Why _____ the PRI? Because there are still great people in the
[004] rs to "keep in touch". Costs for expensive search-and- _____ operations should be greatly reduced once those ligh
[005] ork would be radically altered," he said. What could _____ the United Airlines deal is the nature of the buyout
[006] d when the management consultants Octagon rode to the _____ of troubled Compsoft Holdings in 1987, is a story of
[007] e is said to be one of the key contenders to mount a _____ bid for Ferranti, a vital subcontractor providing nav
[008] hing for a government to look benignly upon _ say _ a _____ of Ferranti; or on the swallowing up of much smaller
[009] port Page 37 891005 Football: Knighton seeks help to _____ his United deal By FRANK KANE MICHAEL KNIGHTON has b
[010] ed that there was no other way of accounting for the _____ of Cyrus Harding, and that Top deserved all the honor
[011] he reporter, "and it would be a great satisfaction to _____ one of God's creatures from brutishness." Pencroft sh
[012] us," said Spilett, "these things are incredible! Your _____ , the case stranded on the sand, Top's adventure, and
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[001] ndertake a last bit of research before finally putting _____ to paper. They enjoy the baby more than the birthing
[002] tive of the Civil War was written completely with ink _____ , 500 to 600 words a day, Foote dipping his
[003] , 500 to 600 words a day, Foote dipping his _____ into an inkwell every third or fourth word, rarely (
[004] ection, "Dusk and Other Stories," which won the 1988 _____ /Faulkner Award. He is also the writer of the 1968 m
[005] g a twenty- four- hour supply) located in the feeding _____ . En route the milk passes through a thermal bath that
[006] d to get most of us rushing to our desks in search of _____ and paper, nor is it easy to imagine squeezing into p
[007] enden of Lloyds Registrars; Ian Cormack of Citicorp; _____ Kent of the Bank of England; William Legge-Bourke of
[008] acy, a spare part". ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 15 891012 Le _____ enjoys day of embarrassment By DAVID USBORNE STRASBO
[009] assment By DAVID USBORNE STRASBOURG - Jean- Marie Le _____ 's European Right party has offended both Switzerland
[010] s discovered that, by a quirk of the rulebook, Mr Le _____ 's neo- fascists would chair the assembly's permanent
[011] posts, especially after it was discovered that Mr Le _____ 's man for Israel was likely to be from West Germany's
[012] s, led by an ex- SS officer, Franz Schonhuber. Mr Le _____ launched a tirade of Nazi terminology, suggesting th
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[001] gerous if it is allowed to become contaminated or to _____ . Even delicious food is only a few hours or days aw
[002] sler recites example after example of (rumored) moral _____ and bad manners, thinking, apparently, that readers
[003] ing giant vegetables, ancient alphabets and images of _____ . The first full day of camp dawned and with it the
[004] or all his bombastic prophecies about the inevitable _____ of capitalism, is genuinely favorable to "peaceful c
[005] een participation and inaction, spiritual growth and _____ . The worship service is the natural and logical t
[006] g food particles, increasing the likelihood of rapid _____ . "For these and other reasons", says Dr. Brodie, "or
[007] erned that orthodontic appliances may cause teeth to _____ . When in place, a well-cemented band actually protec
[008] dentist can do these things: _@_ He can correct _____ , thus preventing early loss of teeth. If a child doe
[009] ild does lose his first teeth prematurely because of _____ - and if no preventive steps are taken- the other tee
[010] and malformed. In turn the other teeth are likely to _____ because food particles may become impacted in them.
[011] s suburbs, and the churches will experience the same _____ and rebuilding cycle which has characterized their h
[012] ds, their squashed-looking nakedness and the odor of _____ that clung to the hand when they had been buried in
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[001] lmost a daily presence in Princess Diana's life, the _____ intensified after an Italian fashion photographer rec
[002] ercent. There are various causes. Sows roll over and _____ or smother piglets. Almost every litter has a runt w
[003] ensive bottling operations in Spain and Portugal. The _____ purchase boosted Cadbury Schweppes' soft drinks volum
[004] nsive bottling operations in Spain and Portugal. The _____ purchase boosted Cadbury Schweppes' soft drinks volum
[005] organisations or institutions. They are supposed to _____ politicial uprisings, act as a kind of home guard in
[006] s to increase international tension: specifically to _____ the Cuban revolution, resume nuclear testing, resist
[007] provides other touches of color. Spectators in white _____ textures dip toe and heel in smooth black, navy and
[008] ll another song in "Strike Up the Band"- "I've Got a _____ on You"- was retrieved from a 1928 failure, "Treasur
[009] ped up, and her two arms encircled me in a bear-like _____ . Her mouth, which had been so much in my thoughts, w
[010] lmost a daily presence in Princess Diana's life, the _____ intensified after an Italian fashion photographer rec
[011] ercent. There are various causes. Sows roll over and _____ or smother piglets. Almost every litter has a runt w
[012] ensive bottling operations in Spain and Portugal. The _____ purchase boosted Cadbury Schweppes' soft drinks volum