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DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items. 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?

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[001] King gave his last speech.  He was speaking to workers  _____  wanted higher pay from the city.  The city refused so
[002]  His birthday is the only national day for an American  _____  was not a president.  Coretta King's dream of a Martin
[003]  or "Ku Klux Klan," a secret organization of white men  _____  hated African-Americans.   SCLC: an organization
[004] mmer time', so Tonga could also celebrate early.   But  _____  saw the first daylight of the new  Millennium? In Anta
[005]       Paul was joined by Peter. I say, Paul,' he said,  _____  do you think's talking to Mother?'  I know,' said Paul
[006]                Society is justly disapproving of those  _____  buy their pleasures in the market of humanity, but no
[007]    She passed a dirty-looking envelope over to Margot,  _____  took out the note and read it.  Yes, I see. So you're


	
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[001]                      I smiled, reaching for some money  _____  my pocket. 'I know I don't,' I said 'but I'd like to.
[002]    up at the sky.  It was changing colour quickly now,  _____  orange to red and pink, and I thought, as I had sever
[003]       just listening to her.  After I'd made my escape  _____  her this afternoon, I settled down in a chair on the
[004]    to read when suddenly, I heard raised voices coming  _____  the hotel room behind me. Whoever it was definitely
[005] I'm on holiday, I like to pretend my life is different  _____  how it really is. Which was why I told Jennifer all
[006]   Scott King said later.  This time, the marchers were  _____  different religions and a lot of them were white peop
[007] ights laws could not happen quickly, and state leaders  _____  the South voted against them.  But finally, on March


	
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[001]                                          I had reached  _____  door, but I could not leave. I walked back,
[002]   fan sent a Ietter to a Yugoslavian sports newspaper.  _____  letter said, 'While I was watching a game in Italy, I
[003]  little figure appeared and insisted on helping me. In  _____  weeks that followed, I began to depend on that bird-li
[004]   became interested.  Finally, a Liverpool player told  _____  police all about it.  After that nine players had to
[005]       marches and demonstrations were happening around  _____  country because Americans, blacks and whites, were 
[006]  laws could not happen quickly, and state leaders from  _____  South voted against them.  But finally, on March 15,
[007]                  And when my horse slipped and fell on  _____  ice, a little figure appeared and insisted on helping


	
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[001]  idea for her to marry Mr Hoggins. A man knows what to  _____  when there are problems,' she said. And Mr Hoggins,
[002]  Jem replied. So, Martha, my girl,'  he whispered, why  _____  you go on crying and pushing me?'  Martha, annoyed,
[003]   he even agreed to sell tea. Though I doubt that I'll  _____  it very well,' she said. I'd so much rather sell sweet
[004]    us forget how difficult life can be.  We all try to  _____  what is right, but the best of us can take the wrong
[025]   life out of my body. I just stood there and  waited.  _____  you think I am afraid of death?' He banged his hand
[006] Americans are now beginning to live their dreams.  But  _____  African-Americans have equality with white Americans? 
[007]    new Millennium from 1 January, 2001, not 2000.  How  _____  we calculate calendars?  People have always counted


	
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[001]     Marian and Ted Burgess had told me a terrible lie.  _____  were in love! I had tried to explain the letters to my
[002]                   'She depends on them, and I do, too.  _____ 're not ordinary letters. She'll cry, perhaps. Do you
[003] mystery to me. Several boys at school had claimed that  _____  understood the facts about babies.
[004] said, 'Horses aren't the same as people.'  'Why aren't  _____  the same?' I demanded.  He had to think hard again.
[005]     working clothes; other had blue or brown trousers.  _____  did not have the smallest chance of success against
[006]                  also welcomed our men. But in my mind  _____  were all enemies that we had to defeat. I particularly
[007]     hurt, but their hearts were full of happiness.  As  _____  arrived outside Montgomery, it began to rain heavily.


	
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[001]      for King and his wife.  "It was a great [time] to  _____  back to Montgomery...  after ten years," Coretta Ssott
[002]   Abernathy.  That evening, they were getting ready to  _____  out to dinner with friends.  Waiting for Abernathy, 
[003] the homeless, and old people on this day.  They do not  _____  to work, but they do work for the local people in thei
[004]  Promised Land: Good Christians believe that they will  _____  to this place after death. 
[005] the Millennium Bug really make trouble? Why did people  _____  to Antarctica on the last day of 1999? And when exact
[006] so 00 can  mean 1900 or 2000.  Computer programmes can  _____  wrong because of this.  Governments and businesses we
[007]     making plans, he says.  Travel plans.  He wants to  _____  to South America next year. It's nearly next year no


	
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[001]   done something or he had not done it. A mistake made  _____  accident was just as bad as a mistake on purpose.
[002]          the ladies arrived with Marcus. I was annoyed  _____  their lateness.  'It's quite: simple: Marcus said
[003]    'It's only from Marian; he said. 'She's coming back  _____  the late train tomorrow. Now let's go to the village.
[004]   of Marian and Ted, and I wondered if that was caused  _____  the heat.  As soon as Henry had gone, I thought about
[005]     stupid, and I was too old to believe in them.  But  _____  lunchtime I knew that I could not look at my imaginati
[006]     are eleven different time zones.  The date changes  _____  one day at the International Date Line in the Pacific 
[007] hild who she could give orders to. My car was standing  _____  the post office. I could easily telephone Ted's grand


	
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[001]      anyone could read them. It was his own fault, and  _____  could not complain. But no one was allowed to take an
[002] were not important. A boy had either done something or  _____  had not done it. A mistake made by accident was just
[003]      I noticed that his arms were browner than before.  _____  looked  so strong that I felt jealous. It was not easy
[004]  and put it in the pocket of his trousers.  'Good boy:  _____  said. The words surprised me; and
[005] ading the newspaper, still holding it in front of him.  _____  did not seem to have turned a page since Tom had sat
[006] On March 5, protesters decided to march without King.   _____  was in Atlanta.  The police violence was worse than
[007]                'I did, but I didn't do it on purpose,'  _____  said. 'You think I'm a rough man. And perhaps I am.


	
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[001]   more grateful for King's fight for civil rights.  We  _____  visit the Martin Luther King Jr.  Center in Atlanta
[002] future and tells him about life in the year 3000.  She  _____  read minds, and her people live on other planets.  As
[003]  Find out if you are ready for the new Millennium! You  _____  also read about events in the world  at the start of
[004]   in the match!' I cried. 'At least I'm twelfth man. I  _____  help the team if someone breaks a leg or feels ill.' 
[005]  remember when something happened in the past.  And we  _____  also  predict when something is going to happen in the
[006]    remember that wonderful smile. She said, 'Perhaps I  _____  play for you without the  music.  What's the name of
[007]          I told him what Marian had suggested.  'But I  _____ 't sing,' he said.  He looked very unhappy about it.


	
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[001]          I did not like that, and I hit him. We fought  _____  a few minutes until Marcus cried, 'Stop! You've forgot
[002]   If Marian had made a mistake, she should be punished  _____  it. But still I waited. She was not my enemy,
[003]  We won't know what to do now, will we?' I  was silent  _____  a moment. Then I said, 'What did you do before I came
[004]       because he was having breakfast in bed. I waited  _____  half an hour before the men came out.
[005]  these, I thought, were not really the right qualities  _____  success in sport. I believed that strength and skill
[006]     became less interesting, and I began to feel sorry  _____  the village team. My attention moved to the trees
[007]  ked King, but he did not agree with him.  King's call  _____  blacks and whites to work together was impossible.