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] 1,000 tons of water are required to produce a ton of _____ . When an economy imports a ton of
[002] . When an economy imports a ton of _____ , it is in effect importing 1,000 tons of ’Äúvirtual’Ä
[003] d for unauthorized trading in British stock options. _____ prices climbed to their highest level in more than th
[004] oduction and on the expectation that Egypt would buy _____ from the United States. In other markets, coffee pri
[005] y reduced its estimate of the 1997-98 crop surplus. _____ prices rose on concern that El Nino, a climate chang
[006] ree thousand (or 4 percent) of them. The big three -- _____ , rice, and corn -- together provide half our protein
[007] And the oil, starch, and/or protein content in corn, _____ , and rice is being enhanced genetically. In a joint
[008] he engineer, "this is a valuable discovery, since our _____ harvest is not yet ripe; I hope that you are not mis
[009] one day only, from his dockyard. This was the second _____ -harvest, which was gathered in on the 15th of April.
[010] t, since eighteen months ago, when the first grain of _____ was sown! The second crop of six hundred thousand gra
[011] ncoln Island. On this morning two or three bushels of _____ were ground, and the next day at breakfast a magnific
[012] here. The fields had been trampled over; the ears of _____ , which were nearly full-grown, lay on the ground. The
3. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] ty besides. George did wonderful complicated pen-and- _____ drawings like something out of a medieval miniature:
[002] commentary a PERPLEX. Seven letters, same amount of _____ . The P, R and second P may remain as is, undisturbed
[003] commentary a PERPLEX. Seven letters, same amount of _____ . The P, R and second P may remain as is, undisturbed
[004] mall. From the standpoint of a city swimming in red _____ and barely able to help its neediest citizens, howev
[005] arrative of the Civil War was written completely with _____ pen, 500 to 600 words a day, Foote dipping his pen i
[006] paper. Such paper takes longer to fade, requires less _____ , and provides higher contrast. Waste in kenaf produc
[007] t boxes. All voters' hands will be dyed with indelible _____ , and both the vote and the count will be conducted lo
[008] no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and- _____ sketches (several old favorites are scattered throug
[009] o disfavor; they were struck out with remarks in red _____ , denouncing both the cooks and the management. He wa
[010] he South, after the first year of the war, paper and _____ were very poor. Scarcity of paper caused many Southe
[011] keep Shooting so I am afraid they will knock over my _____ , so I will close". #/3,# The most common type of l
[012] power to natural saponins; the marking nut, used for _____ and varnish; the aromatic sassafras nut of South Ame
4. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] o hop in, and he'd give her a lift to Quinzaine. Her _____ was only momentary and she hoped he didn't notice it
[002] y. "No- nothing at all", he said after a moment's _____ . "I'll just wait for you here". He leaned his h
[003] paper," said he. "Here," replied Spilett, after some _____ tearing a leaf out of his note- book. Pencroft took t
[004] by his wonderful instinct, without showing the least _____ , went straight in among the downs. They followed him.
[005] ould have been enough for a botanist to name without _____ the parallel which traversed Lincoln Island. "Eucalyp
[006] ces mixed into the stew. The Riegger, with its Latin _____ bounce, is just this side of the pale; like his swee
[007] new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of _____ , uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in d
[008] line"! and "Bravo, Garry, continue"! Seeing their _____ , I said, "Well, until I have permission to enter Ger
[009] I was in poor shape physically. Esther, mistaking my _____ , assured me that the hospital expense would be taken
[010] peaking of the Spanish civil war,- "and they have no _____ ; they merely do their best to make it real for other
[011] o hop in, and he'd give her a lift to Quinzaine. Her _____ was only momentary and she hoped he didn't notice it
[012] y. "No- nothing at all", he said after a moment's _____ . "I'll just wait for you here". He leaned his h
5. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] e. He poured the water off the sourdough and off the _____ , salvaging the chunky, watery messes for biscuits of
[002] annually importing about 40 million tons of grain and _____ by the end of the 1990s as a supplement to domestic p
[003] captain," replied Herbert; "but its stem contains a _____ with which nature has provided us all ready ground."
[004] d of by pressure. This cellular substance was regular _____ of a superior quality, extremely nourishing; its expo
[005] with the fecula, and he obtained a large quantity of _____ , which Neb soon transformed into cakes and puddings.
[006] hy leaves, others bearing seeds containing a sort of _____ . On the 10th of October the vessel was launched. Pen
[007] it into food for man. In fact, they had corn, but not _____ , and the establishment of a mill was necessary. Cyrus
[008] he operation of sifting, separates the bran from the _____ , were made without difficulty. The tools were good, a
[009] pepper each breast. Dip in melted butter and roll in _____ . Place side by side in a 2-inch deep baking pan. Bak
[010] er a small minced onion, rub with a tablespoonful of _____ , add half a cup of cream, six beaten eggs, pepper, c
[011] he vitamins in the whole grain was prompt use of the _____ . Once the grains are ground, vitamin E begins to de
[012] 1822 he was at Fort Garry offering to bring in pork, _____ , liquor and tobacco. Alexander McDonnell, governor o
6. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] eir mounts and turned them into the remuda. They got _____ cups of coffee from the big pot on the coosie's fire
[002] atches and a wrinkled and many-times folded piece of _____ foil with holes in it. He put the charcoal in the po
[003] paper with the matches, and carefully stretched the _____ foil across the top of the pot. "A charcoal pit,
[004] the cellophane carefully, and laid three dogs on the _____ foil. Almost immediately they began to sizzle. He lo
[005] o been stepped up by the military. Brigadier-General _____ Oo was unexpectedly released from Insein jail last w
[006] on power. Diplomats think that by releasing General _____ Oo now, General Ne Win may be trying to counter the
[007] light of the first World Open to use the lower 17-inch _____ . ’Ä¢Sport Page 39 891003 Volleyball: Tennant returns
[008] d, with a few moldy sailor's clothes; on the table a _____ plate and a Bible, eaten away by damp; in a corner a
[009] development of the Congo, which is rich in copper, _____ , cobalt, manganese, zinc, and uranium, and cotton an
[010] nd and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made "Little _____ Box" even better than it was done by the New York ca
[011] slice across enough apples to make a dome in the pie _____ , and set aside. In a saucepan put sufficient water t
[012] hem, and cool. Set the apples in the pastry-lined _____ , spread over them three tablespoonfuls of softened b
7. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] ape - and transferred from an area for 'internees' to _____ 11, reserved for those serving actual sentences. His
[002] Belfast newspaper Republican News, are collected in _____ Eleven (first published in 1990 in Ireland). One of
[003] can working-class parents, Adams describes himself in _____ Eleven as someone who grew up in a 'perfectly normal
[004] n the Hollywood Turf Handicap last May 26. (Nicolas) _____ has no intention of making a career out of muscle mo
[005] tion of 'It's a Wonderful Life. ' ' Having interviewed _____ 10 years ago when the circus first blew into town for
[006] tes that success becomes him. The skittish bravado of _____ at 23 has ripened into a dignified professionalism,
[007] tically acclaimed film of 1988, 'City of Angels' finds _____ cast as Seth, an angel who yearns to lead a mortal ex
[008] ch shielding is similar to that provided by a Faraday _____ , a metal- enclosed room that protects people inside
[009] insects drop into a small drawer at the bottom of the " _____ ". Accumulated insects can be used as fertilizer or fo
[010] , The Stooges, Jonathan Richman, La Monte Young, John _____ , Nick Drake, Eno, Squeeze, Happy Mondays - John Cale
[011] primitive melodies and documentary realism, not John _____ . Not that that prevented Cale from screaming at a pot
[012] practice. He's hitting the ball hard, in the batting _____ , and his whole attitude is improved over this time l
8. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] small enough, they didn't have the power, they were _____ . They tried to sell 'em on economy and simple merit.
[002] y. "Yes, sir", she said, "is that definite"? An _____ mother said to her modern daughter, "You must have g
[003] on the head of a pin. Since the announcement of that _____ development, SERODS have appeared on the scene. A ma
[004] The copyboard is a large white board, much like the _____ blackboard, easily wheeled into class. It comes in tw
[005] omantic novel of the post- communist era. A genuine, _____ , bedroom surprise scene contributes to the impressio
[006] s right there". The four year hiatus has been a good _____ period of reappraisal; he's learnt to become a good
[007] d he had come back with a prize. The prize was an _____ , woven cloth hammock, complete with cross-top pillow
[008] d Homer may in spirit be contemplating "bust" of the _____ American dollar. #@# The owner of the painting got
[009] gentility gone out of American life? How can we _____ parents, who still feel that adults are due some res
[010] of the marital bed. Of course, there remain many " _____ " marriages in which the husband maintains his suprem
[011] cumstances, they might have stayed on here, in these _____ , high-ceilinged rooms that reminded him of the Irela
[012] small enough, they didn't have the power, they were _____ . They tried to sell 'em on economy and simple merit.
9. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] and his eyes opened wide and long at the sight of a _____ 's claret tongue, feasting against the salt taste of
[002] kin, stared unfalteringly at him. "Christ sake, _____ , git"! But the
[003] , git"! But the _____ would not. "You're boiling milk, ain't you"? soot
[004] a fluttering soutane. But the boy could see only the _____ 's belly. The Old Man near the corner let the shad
[005] he knew, so that he quickly released his hold on the _____ and pretended to be examining its haunches for tic
[006] t. It consists in saying, 'That would be sending the _____ to look after the cabbage'. Why in the name of his
[007] tic mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of fried _____ cheese and a clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal fried oy
[008] hose races of sure foot and supple spine, chamois or _____ . Several were seen, but this was not the name Pencro
[009] asual of glances, such as they would give a tethered _____ . Usually, they titter loudly after they have passed
[010] eavy beams singly upon his shoulder. As the Sandburg _____ herd increased, she also designed the barn alterations
[011] and his eyes opened wide and long at the sight of a _____ 's claret tongue, feasting against the salt taste of
[012] kin, stared unfalteringly at him. "Christ sake, _____ , git"! But the
10. WORDS
cage
flour
goat
hesitation
ink
old-fashioned
pennies
reproduction
tin
wheat
[001] ed the problem by investigating the methods of sound _____ through the centuries, human and instrumental. Her o
[002] sounds into the most felicitous position for proper _____ through her throat microphone. She compared the resu
[003] ased. It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct _____ and diaphragmic control required by the music attemp
[004] te metabolism also plays an important role in female _____ and in the regulation of appetite and obesity in mic
[005] nserved pathway that makes humans and animals fit for _____ . Further study of the insulin receptor substrate-2 (I
[006] ology, causes unpredictable social change! Livestock _____ In 1945 North American dairy farmers, with twenty-f
[007] d Canada". This is just the beginning. These animal _____ technologies have moved ahead so fast that the slower
[008] y complete. Substances necessary for the photographic _____ , collodion for preparing the glass plate, nitrate of
[009] ach, hookworm, and nodular worms by interfering with _____ of the female worm by reducing the number of eggs la
[010] the method of production of copy for photo-offset _____ was changed from varityping to hot typesetting. This
[011] recognized. They kill and destroy, retard or prevent _____ and growth, impair and damage values, and disrupt us
[012] ed the problem by investigating the methods of sound _____ through the centuries, human and instrumental. Her o