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.
Which
word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
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2. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] refly has been transferred to a plant. There are now _____ plants that glow in the dark. We may be losing plant
[002] rring the gene that causes the glow in a firefly into _____ plants. And the University of Guelph Agricultural Dep
[003] ruses or chemical substances, such as those found in _____ smoke, can disrupt this growth- control mechanism. G
[004] he thought charming, but for which, alas! he had no _____ , and that was a great privation to Pencroft. "But
[005] , and that was a great privation to Pencroft. "But _____ will come, like everything else!" he repeated, in a b
[006] down. "What's that, captain?" asked Pencroft. "Is it _____ ?" "No," replied Harding, "it is wormwood; Chinese wor
[007] plant, which bears thirty-two thousand seeds; to the _____ - plant, which produces three hundred and sixty thousa
[008] t," replied Pencroft; "and if ever I find one of those _____ - seeds, which multiply by three hundred and sixty tho
[009] Pencroft, what more do you expect?" "Half a pound of _____ ," replied Pencroft seriously, "and nothing would hav
[010] e chest had not contained, besides "his halfpound of _____ ," a pair of strong New Jersey horses, which would ha
[011] w what this plant is?" asked Herbert of the sailor. " _____ !" cried Pencroft, who evidently had never seen his f
[012] s pipe. "No, Pencroft," replied Herbert; "this is not _____ , it is mustard." "Mustard be hanged!" returned the sa
3. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] ectual equivalent of a front-end loader replacing the _____ - digger. Power is leaving the hands of traditional pu
[002] by the skin of its teeth. If it had not been for last- _____ sponsorship by The Economist, "Inigo Jones: Architect
[003] d more effective". The Commission is planning a last- _____ battle to defend tax proposals which it considers ess
[004] But nothing could be easier than to dig a broad deep _____ , which could be filled from the lake, and the overflo
[005] did its accustomed work. In less than a fortnight a _____ , twelve feet wide and six deep, was dug out in the h
[006] ocations exist for all key command centers. For last- _____ emergencies SAC has alternate command posts on KC-
[007] -quarters as much as had been expended on the "big _____ " in ten years. In later years Josephus Danielswas
[008] ed for wishing to know nothing of Nothing, in a last _____ effort to save the gods at the expense of men. It is
[009] p a good fight, so he began working his way down the _____ to join him. At a very shallow place, two Mexicans r
[010] charged to the Blue River through a surface drainage _____ . #ANALYSES# Composite samples were collected at we
[011] aining only 20 mg/ l BOD. The BOD in the drainage _____ receiving the pilot plant effluent averaged 12 mg/
[012] as bordered on either side by a fairly deep drainage _____ , too broad to leap over unless you were an Olympic s
4. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] Here's a real-life version of the old movie Fantastic _____ : a "submarine" courses through the blood system corr
[002] h, during the terrible War of Secession. Their aerial _____ had lasted five days. The curious circumstances which
[003] alighted, and provisions in the event of their aerial _____ being prolonged. The departure of the balloon was fi
[004] t might possibly be the termination of the hazardous _____ they contemplated in the midst of the furious elemen
[005] replied the sailor; "but we do not want one for a sea _____ , and in five days at the most, I will undertake to c
[006] ining some strange country. In the meantime, after a _____ of three-quarters of an hour, the canoe reached the e
[007] and without breaking it. It is quite prepared for a _____ ; and since it has floated here, it may just as well
[008] t five miles distant according to his estimation. The _____ was continued, and as the Mercy appeared to flow not
[009] " replied the engineer; "but now we must continue our _____ and push on as far as the river will carry our boat!
[010] d as a boat of a certain size was necessary for this _____ , he determined to build one. What wood should he emp
[011] for next spring. The sailor's great idea was to make a _____ of discovery to Tabor Island, although Harding could
[012] abor Island, although Harding could not approve of a _____ simply for curiosity's sake, for there was evidently
5. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] ded that, in addition to the traditional, and largely _____ , efforts to curb drug production, there is an urgent
[002] s is even more serious. Congress delegates waited in _____ for the congratulatory telegram from Moscow when the
[003] t and clear, leaving the others to chase his time in _____ . Keeley Durham came closest, just 0.77 of a second b
[004] de main by which General Grant attempted, though in _____ , to possess himself of Richmond, several of his offi
[005] rve as a signal to the engineer. But they searched in _____ for wood or dry brambles; nothing but sand and stone
[006] n impossible to hold him back. Pencroft called him in _____ . The reporter prepared to follow him, but Pencroft st
[007] me cavity which would serve them as a retreat, but in _____ ; everywhere the wall appeared smooth, plain, and per
[008] he river's bank, they both searched carefully, but in _____ . The box was of copper, and therefore would have been
[009] g the high grass on the border of the forest, all in _____ . It was five in the evening when he and Herbert re- e
[010] t, but none bore eatable fruit. Pencroft searched in _____ for some of those precious palm- trees which am empl
[011] wished to bury with his own hands! He sought long in _____ . This desert coast appeared never to have been visit
[012] be picking up?" muttered Pencroft. "I have looked in _____ for anything that's worth the trouble of stooping for
6. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] ning permission at the beginning of next year. In the _____ a 32- hectare site near Duke Street in the city cent
[002] a scrape to which any one else would yield." In the _____ he examined the coast with great attention. Stretche
[003] e without them." "Yes," replied Pencroft; "but in the _____ we are without fire, and our companions will find bu
[004] ll find him! God will give him back to us! But in the _____ you are hungry, and you must eat something." So sayi
[005] been troubled for so small a difficulty. And, in the _____ , he stretched himself in one of the passages on his b
[006] learn how successfully to encounter them. But in the _____ we must be upon our guard!" They ascended but slowly
[007] uld issue all the products of modern industry. In the _____ what the settlers first manufactured was a common po
[008] o die here, and hope to get away some time." "In the _____ ," replied Gideon Spilett, "let us establish ourselves
[009] d that he was examining some strange country. In the _____ , after a voyage of three-quarters of an hour, the ca
[010] roft," replied Cyrus Harding; "we shall see." "In the _____ , we must put it in a safe place," said Neb. They cert
[011] woods, from which they were cut off for ever! In the _____ harness of vegetable fiber had been manufactured, an
[012] , "it is so already in heart, if not in deed!" In the _____ , the flag was hoisted at the central window of Granit
7. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] mparisons to an "old Thirties wireless" are meant to _____ , meant to influence a planning decision and can often
[002] injury. Waddock even overshadowed Hurlock until the _____ of falling behind injected the long- haired harrier
[003] temporal existence. It is the wages of sin, and its _____ is the law. If this aspect of death as punishment is
[004] elt it rip at the side of his jacket and a momentary _____ under his left ribs. He got a knee up into Roberts'
[005] icks fell like a shower around her and she felt them _____ her flesh and send tiny points of pain along her thi
[006] this! Poor Cousin Elec, she thought, tears rising to _____ in the sun, but why couldn't he have arranged to liv
[007] at action always caused her to lift her lip from the _____ of the thing. Also, she lived in continual fear of f
[008] mparisons to an "old Thirties wireless" are meant to _____ , meant to influence a planning decision and can often
[009] injury. Waddock even overshadowed Hurlock until the _____ of falling behind injected the long- haired harrier
[010] temporal existence. It is the wages of sin, and its _____ is the law. If this aspect of death as punishment is
[011] elt it rip at the side of his jacket and a momentary _____ under his left ribs. He got a knee up into Roberts'
[012] icks fell like a shower around her and she felt them _____ her flesh and send tiny points of pain along her thi
8. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] as its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the _____ from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is, so a
[002] making them bigger," he says. "That's what tends to _____ the city grain, and is blowing our market towns apar
[003] ng!" exclaimed Pencroft, stamping his foot. "They may _____ everything, destroy everything in a few hours!" "Eve
[004] ts side; otherwise, the cork dries and air enters to _____ it. When stacking wine on its side in a bin, care sh
[005] ve from top to bottom and from left to right, not to _____ yesterday's work with today's plastering. At the ver
[006] ns every six months or so. Yes, well, it's a pity to _____ your girlish figure- which all those kittens would
[007] as its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the _____ from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is, so a
[008] making them bigger," he says. "That's what tends to _____ the city grain, and is blowing our market towns apar
[009] ng!" exclaimed Pencroft, stamping his foot. "They may _____ everything, destroy everything in a few hours!" "Eve
[010] ts side; otherwise, the cork dries and air enters to _____ it. When stacking wine on its side in a bin, care sh
[011] ve from top to bottom and from left to right, not to _____ yesterday's work with today's plastering. At the ver
[012] ns every six months or so. Yes, well, it's a pity to _____ your girlish figure- which all those kittens would
9. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] e of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to _____ . Pa was on his side, looking at me, his eyes winking
[002] of that I could hear my man moving around, heard him _____ a couple of times, heard the toilet flush, heard the
[003] the phone slowly. He rose from his chair. He had to _____ then; he went to the window and choked there with th
[004] "I can speak both kinds of Latin, smart aleck". Her _____ sounded like cloth ripping. "You shouldn't smoke
[005] Her face turned pink with pleasure and a smothered _____ . "You can always tell a real gentleman- they got a c
[006] r donated more than five dollars to anything, had to _____ up five hundred dollars to avoid a scandal in what E
[007] us that day, because the next morning he had a small _____ and felt a bit hot. He stayed home, reading and refu
[008] e of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to _____ . Pa was on his side, looking at me, his eyes winking
[009] of that I could hear my man moving around, heard him _____ a couple of times, heard the toilet flush, heard the
[010] the phone slowly. He rose from his chair. He had to _____ then; he went to the window and choked there with th
[011] "I can speak both kinds of Latin, smart aleck". Her _____ sounded like cloth ripping. "You shouldn't smoke
[012] Her face turned pink with pleasure and a smothered _____ . "You can always tell a real gentleman- they got a c
10. WORDS
cough
deaf
ditch
meantime
pardon
spoil
sting
tobacco
vain
voyage
[001] imultaneously. The blind can hear the program and the _____ can read it. A printout is available if you so desire
[002] sized, one person could have been blind and the other _____ , and they still would have understood each other! Suc
[003] te help to rebuild the inner cities has not fallen on _____ ears. Grand Metropolitan is to sponsor five sportsmob
[004] Scandinavian, West German and British people fell on _____ ears as they were turned away. Only business travell
[005] that others existed whose bite was mortal such as the _____ vipers with forked tails, which rise up under the fe
[006] re-cabin, where he remained quiet, silent, apparently _____ and dumb. Pencroft offered him something to eat, but
[007] s authorizing establishment of day schools for the _____ in Dallas and the four other largest counties.
[008] ll is designed to provide special schooling for more _____ students in the scholastic age at a reduced cost to
[009] Agency to establish county-wide day schools for the _____ in counties of 300,000 or more population, require
[010] in counties of 300,000 or more population, require _____ children between 6 and 13 years of age to attend the
[011] ones to attend the residential Texas School for the _____ here. Operating budget for the day schools in the
[012] ving them from coming to Austin to live in the state _____ school. #@# DALLAS MAY GET to hear a debate on hor