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 )
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
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2. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] asual of glances, such as they would give a tethered _____ . Usually, they titter loudly after they have passed
[002] eavy beams singly upon his shoulder. As the Sandburg _____ herd increased, she also designed the barn alterations
[003] and his eyes opened wide and long at the sight of a _____ 's claret tongue, feasting against the salt taste of
[004] kin, stared unfalteringly at him. "Christ sake, _____ , git"! But the
[005] , git"! But the _____ would not. "You're boiling milk, ain't you"? soot
[006] a fluttering soutane. But the boy could see only the _____ 's belly. The Old Man near the corner let the shad
[007] he knew, so that he quickly released his hold on the _____ and pretended to be examining its haunches for tic
[008] t. It consists in saying, 'That would be sending the _____ to look after the cabbage'. Why in the name of his
[009] tic mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of fried _____ cheese and a clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal fried oy
[010] hose races of sure foot and supple spine, chamois or _____ . Several were seen, but this was not the name Pencro
[011] asual of glances, such as they would give a tethered _____ . Usually, they titter loudly after they have passed
[012] eavy beams singly upon his shoulder. As the Sandburg _____ herd increased, she also designed the barn alterations
3. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] ach, hookworm, and nodular worms by interfering with _____ of the female worm by reducing the number of eggs la
[002] the method of production of copy for photo-offset _____ was changed from varityping to hot typesetting. This
[003] recognized. They kill and destroy, retard or prevent _____ and growth, impair and damage values, and disrupt us
[004] ed the problem by investigating the methods of sound _____ through the centuries, human and instrumental. Her o
[005] sounds into the most felicitous position for proper _____ through her throat microphone. She compared the resu
[006] ased. It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct _____ and diaphragmic control required by the music attemp
[007] te metabolism also plays an important role in female _____ and in the regulation of appetite and obesity in mic
[008] nserved pathway that makes humans and animals fit for _____ . Further study of the insulin receptor substrate-2 (I
[009] ology, causes unpredictable social change! Livestock _____ In 1945 North American dairy farmers, with twenty-f
[010] d Canada". This is just the beginning. These animal _____ technologies have moved ahead so fast that the slower
[011] y complete. Substances necessary for the photographic _____ , collodion for preparing the glass plate, nitrate of
[012] ach, hookworm, and nodular worms by interfering with _____ of the female worm by reducing the number of eggs la
4. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] one of their favorite Christmas charities and their _____ , nickels, dimes and quarters aid greatly in helping
[002] sum has been spent, since the Interama board pinched _____ during that period of painstaking negotiations. The
[003] ght, trying to find how they could squeeze out a few _____ more. In desperation Maggie consulted Eugenia one
[004] y wife and I garlanded it with flowers or laid a few _____ in its lap. After a while, we became aware that the
[005] imself. One morning, we discovered not only that the _____ were missing from the idol but that a cigarette had
[006] enes, meanwhile, store operators are working to shave _____ off the cost of stocking chicken- noodle soup and o
[007] plicate any knowledge program and computer disks cost _____ . Before long, anyone with a desktop will be able to g
[008] one of their favorite Christmas charities and their _____ , nickels, dimes and quarters aid greatly in helping
[009] sum has been spent, since the Interama board pinched _____ during that period of painstaking negotiations. The
[010] ght, trying to find how they could squeeze out a few _____ more. In desperation Maggie consulted Eugenia one
[011] y wife and I garlanded it with flowers or laid a few _____ in its lap. After a while, we became aware that the
[012] imself. One morning, we discovered not only that the _____ were missing from the idol but that a cigarette had
5. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] d he had come back with a prize. The prize was an _____ , woven cloth hammock, complete with cross-top pillow
[002] d Homer may in spirit be contemplating "bust" of the _____ American dollar. #@# The owner of the painting got
[003] gentility gone out of American life? How can we _____ parents, who still feel that adults are due some res
[004] of the marital bed. Of course, there remain many " _____ " marriages in which the husband maintains his suprem
[005] cumstances, they might have stayed on here, in these _____ , high-ceilinged rooms that reminded him of the Irela
[006] small enough, they didn't have the power, they were _____ . They tried to sell 'em on economy and simple merit.
[007] y. "Yes, sir", she said, "is that definite"? An _____ mother said to her modern daughter, "You must have g
[008] on the head of a pin. Since the announcement of that _____ development, SERODS have appeared on the scene. A ma
[009] The copyboard is a large white board, much like the _____ blackboard, easily wheeled into class. It comes in tw
[010] omantic novel of the post- communist era. A genuine, _____ , bedroom surprise scene contributes to the impressio
[011] s right there". The four year hiatus has been a good _____ period of reappraisal; he's learnt to become a good
[012] d he had come back with a prize. The prize was an _____ , woven cloth hammock, complete with cross-top pillow
6. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] st each other in a market place like so many bags of _____ and corn (unsupported, by the way, by any agricultur
[002] themselves. "You can't make French toast with whole- _____ bread", was an early complaint. Of course they learn
[003] y learned in time that they not only could use whole- _____ bread, but the children liked it better. #HOMEMADE B
[004] ms in the state. Miss Colman pours measures of whole _____ , oats, and soy beans and turns on the motor. She goe
[005] esh-ground cereal every day. They serve cracked _____ , oats or cornmeal. Occasionally, the children find s
[006] meal. Occasionally, the children find steamed, whole- _____ grains for cereal which they call "buckshot". At the
[007] ads and dishes such as chop suey. Sometimes sprouted _____ is added to bread and causes the children to remark,
[008] is unsprayed apples to the school from Vermont. _____ -germ, brewer's yeast and ground kelp are used in bre
[009] ers so that kelp can be available at the tables. Raw _____ -germ is available on the breakfast table for the chi
[010] healthy gums and teeth, raw vegetables and raw whole- _____ grains are handed out with fresh fruit and whole-
[011] grains are handed out with fresh fruit and whole- _____ cookies at snack time in the afternoons. To solve th
[012] time in the afternoons. To solve the problem of the _____ grains spilling on the floor and getting underfoot,
7. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and- _____ sketches (several old favorites are scattered throug
[002] o disfavor; they were struck out with remarks in red _____ , denouncing both the cooks and the management. He wa
[003] he South, after the first year of the war, paper and _____ were very poor. Scarcity of paper caused many Southe
[004] keep Shooting so I am afraid they will knock over my _____ , so I will close". #/3,# The most common type of l
[005] power to natural saponins; the marking nut, used for _____ and varnish; the aromatic sassafras nut of South Ame
[006] SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 R.P.M._ _PEN AND _____ , INDELIBLE- OR OTHER SUITABLE MARKING DEVICE._
[007] undering. The distances may be marked with indelible _____ and a fine-point pen, by sewing fine threads into th
[008] e outer edges of the template with pen and indelible _____ ; also place three dots on the specimen at each side
[009] ty besides. George did wonderful complicated pen-and- _____ drawings like something out of a medieval miniature:
[010] commentary a PERPLEX. Seven letters, same amount of _____ . The P, R and second P may remain as is, undisturbed
[011] commentary a PERPLEX. Seven letters, same amount of _____ . The P, R and second P may remain as is, undisturbed
[012] mall. From the standpoint of a city swimming in red _____ and barely able to help its neediest citizens, howev
8. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] development of the Congo, which is rich in copper, _____ , cobalt, manganese, zinc, and uranium, and cotton an
[002] nd and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made "Little _____ Box" even better than it was done by the New York ca
[003] slice across enough apples to make a dome in the pie _____ , and set aside. In a saucepan put sufficient water t
[004] hem, and cool. Set the apples in the pastry-lined _____ , spread over them three tablespoonfuls of softened b
[005] surfaces of steel sheets before they are plated with _____ . Castor oil, made from castorbeans, has gone out
[006] securities, bonds, cocao, coffee, soybeans, cotton, _____ , oats, etc. And along Chicago's West Jackson Bo
[007] rdboard noisemakers, substitutes for the unavailable _____ models, were being hawked and bought at makeshift st
[008] eason to blow it out. The candle had been stuck on a _____ lid so it wouldn't set fire to the crate when it gut
[009] eir mounts and turned them into the remuda. They got _____ cups of coffee from the big pot on the coosie's fire
[010] atches and a wrinkled and many-times folded piece of _____ foil with holes in it. He put the charcoal in the po
[011] paper with the matches, and carefully stretched the _____ foil across the top of the pot. "A charcoal pit,
[012] the cellophane carefully, and laid three dogs on the _____ foil. Almost immediately they began to sizzle. He lo
9. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] pepper each breast. Dip in melted butter and roll in _____ . Place side by side in a 2-inch deep baking pan. Bak
[002] er a small minced onion, rub with a tablespoonful of _____ , add half a cup of cream, six beaten eggs, pepper, c
[003] he vitamins in the whole grain was prompt use of the _____ . Once the grains are ground, vitamin E begins to de
[004] 1822 he was at Fort Garry offering to bring in pork, _____ , liquor and tobacco. Alexander McDonnell, governor o
[005] nformant gave me a sure cure made by combining rye _____ and molasses into a poultice. Another poultice was m
[006] as tofu and miso and in tempeh of Indonesia. Soybean _____ , grits, flakes, "milk", and curd can be bought in th
[007] mpany, an Indianapolis firm which had manufactured _____ -milling machinery before producing the Marmon car in
[008] estion such an errand. The bottle was filled up with _____ . Before Payne loomed the Old Clubhouse, Seward's
[009] e. He poured the water off the sourdough and off the _____ , salvaging the chunky, watery messes for biscuits of
[010] annually importing about 40 million tons of grain and _____ by the end of the 1990s as a supplement to domestic p
[011] captain," replied Herbert; "but its stem contains a _____ with which nature has provided us all ready ground."
[012] d of by pressure. This cellular substance was regular _____ of a superior quality, extremely nourishing; its expo
10. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] ces mixed into the stew. The Riegger, with its Latin _____ bounce, is just this side of the pale; like his swee
[002] new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of _____ , uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in d
[003] line"! and "Bravo, Garry, continue"! Seeing their _____ , I said, "Well, until I have permission to enter Ger
[004] I was in poor shape physically. Esther, mistaking my _____ , assured me that the hospital expense would be taken
[005] peaking of the Spanish civil war,- "and they have no _____ ; they merely do their best to make it real for other
[006] o hop in, and he'd give her a lift to Quinzaine. Her _____ was only momentary and she hoped he didn't notice it
[007] y. "No- nothing at all", he said after a moment's _____ . "I'll just wait for you here". He leaned his h
[008] paper," said he. "Here," replied Spilett, after some _____ tearing a leaf out of his note- book. Pencroft took t
[009] by his wonderful instinct, without showing the least _____ , went straight in among the downs. They followed him.
[010] ould have been enough for a botanist to name without _____ the parallel which traversed Lincoln Island. "Eucalyp
[011] ces mixed into the stew. The Riegger, with its Latin _____ bounce, is just this side of the pale; like his swee
[012] new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of _____ , uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in d