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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] the fireworks over the water.  About 6,000 people took  _____  their own boats.  The water was very crowded - you  
[002]      and meet people from other planets too.  But find  _____  what you can really do.  Don't just dream! 
[003]     You're hiding something from me.  Well...  he went  _____  with a girl called Lela.  Don't worry, Nicky.  
[004] fourteen hours a day, seven days a week.  Julie stared  _____  of the window.  'They look so poor,' she said.  'They
[005]   said Wyatt.  'I'd like to talk to that man.'  He got  _____  of the car and walked across to the house.  The old
[006]      'We do not have hurricanes in San Fernandez.  Get  _____ !  Officer, take these men
[007]                                Officer, take these men  _____  at once!'  Policemen ran in and pulled Wyatt and Caus   


	
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[001]    a minute, Julie,' said Wyatt.  'I'd like to talk to  _____  man.'  He got out of the car and walked across to the
[002]  'I was hoping you would bring me up here again.'  'Is  _____  why you came back to San Fernandez?' asked Wyatt quiet
[003] were around his neck.  'Oh Dave,' she cried, 'I'd like  _____  very much.' Then for several minutes there was no con
[004]   Wyatt offered him.  Wyatt lit it for him, and said, ' _____ 's hard work.  Why are you doing it?'  The old man look
[005]     There are different kinds of bugs.  There are bugs  _____  make you ill.  
[006]                                         There are bugs  _____  fly.  But the most famous bug in the years 1999-2000
[007]     came in about Mabel.  Satellite photographs showed  _____  she was now 900 kilometres south east of San Fernando


	
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[001]   Mabel was trouble.  She was getting stronger all the  _____ .  Her winds were too fast, the air pressure in her'
[002]          gently.  The old man looked at him.  'It is a  _____  to be afraid.  No man can fight the big wind.'  
[003]     dig at the wall.  It was hard work and took a long  _____ , but after several hours they had a hole just big
[004]    Wyatt stepped forward.  'Mr President, in two days'  _____  a dangerous hurricane will probably hit San Fernando
[005]    ashamed.  'I guess I should say sorry, Wyatt.  Next  _____  I start to make trouble for you, you can hit me over
[006]  if necessary, you'll have to shoot a few.  There's no  _____  to  explain or to argue with them.  Just get them out.
[007]   a millennium, 1000 years, is another great period of  _____ .  There is something special and important about the  


	
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[001]    Fernandez?' asked Wyatt quietly.  He looked quickly  _____  Julie, but she seemed very interested in the mountain
[002]           Wyatt laughed again.  'I was never very good  _____  love letters.  But now I won't have to write any,' he
[003] millennium. Thailand: Four thousand people got married  _____  the same time.  The wedding cake was more than ten met
[004]       in her direction could mean thousands of deaths.  _____  lunchtime Wyatt put away his papers and maps, and went
[005]     Then for several minutes there was no conversation  _____  all.  After a while Wyatt laughed and said, 'I didn't
[006]                 Other people preferred to stay quietly  _____  home with their families and friends.  Some of the be
[007]             Wyatt had never felt so happy in his life.  _____  last the shadows began to grow longer.            


	
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[001]        ' at the beginning of history.  In this period,  _____  men were good and wise.  A millennium, a thousand yea
[002] omputers and was also called Y2K (Year Two Thousand).   _____  computers use dates.  But older ones use only the las
[003]           In Antarctica, in January, there is daylight  _____  the time.  It was light at midnight on 31 December 19
[004]     on the Eiffel Tower.  And in London, people waited  _____  day by the River Thames to see the fireworks at midni
[005] I'll give you money if I can't!' The man stayed asleep  _____  night.  His friends tried hard to wake him, but they
[006]          When the world went crazy: There were parties  _____  over the world.  Many people went out into the streets
[007]  Then for several minutes there was no conversation at  _____ .  After a while Wyatt laughed and said, 'I didn't know


	
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[001]                The money from the fruit farms is spent  _____  guns and bombs for the soldiers, not
[002]                   guns and bombs for the soldiers, not  _____  schools and hospitals for the people.'  'Why do you
[003]  years from different dates, and the year also changes  _____  a different date in each calendar.
[004]                  Kiribati wanted to be the first place  _____  earth to welcome the new  Millennium.  The time differ
[005]             Kiribati dancers in grass skirts were seen  _____  TV around the world as they celebrated the new Millen
[006]   Antarctica for a special Millennium party.  They put  _____  flowery shirts from Hawaii, and danced in the snow.
[007]  a new Christian one.  He decided that Christ was born  _____  25 December, 532 years earlier.  But Christ was probab


	
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[001]           He began to feel ashamed.  'I guess I should  _____  sorry, Wyatt.  Next time I start to make  trouble for
[002]     Er...  I don't know...  I'm not sure.  What  can I  _____  to her? What's wrong? You're hiding something from me
[003] ennium horoscope for me.  Hi.  Well, what do the stars  _____   about his future? They
[004]                                 about his future? They  _____  it's a great year for Alex to travel.  Oh.  But they      
[005]         You love everything new.  'Old is boring!' you  _____ .  But you're running too fast into the future.  Slow
[006]    names of animals and fruit in Portuguese.  They can  _____   "hello" and "goodbye," too.  I work with the men ever
[007]   sights in the world.  Tourists can buy T-shirts that  _____  "I Love New York."  This is true for New Yorkers.  


	
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[001]  'I was afraid, of course.  I couldn't forget you, and  _____  I had to come back to see you... to find out.  And
[002]   People were busy celebrating in the streets outside,  _____  nobody saw or heard the thief because of the noise!
[003]       in a different way.  He didn't use the number 0,  _____  there was no year 'AD 0'.  But if Christ was born in
[004]  life together on San Fernandez.  Wyatt had never felt  _____  happy in his life.  At last the shadows began to grow
[005]   a week.  Julie stared out of the window.  'They look  _____  poor,' she said.  'They are poor,' said Wyatt.  'Serru
[006]    Perhaps he will listen to you.'  'I shouldn't think  _____ ,' said Wyatt, 'but I'll try.'  He left the Captain's 
[007]    right about Favel, then,' he said  'Yes, I'm afraid  _____ ,' replied Causton.  'There's going to be some serious


	
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[001]  talk our way in together.  Two voices are louder than  _____ .'  It took a long time.  Wyatt and Causton argued firs
[002]    arguing loudly, and Wyatt trying to stop him.  Then  _____  of the policemen shouted, 'Spies! Spies!  American 
[003] next to the wall, feeling it with his hands.  'I think  _____  of those bombs has damaged this wall.  Perhaps we can
[004]  are eleven different time zones.  The date changes by  _____  day at the International Date Line in the Pacific.
[005]  kind of adventure in my books, but I've never been in  _____  before.'  'This isn't an adventure story,' said Wyatt
[006]  But the date in countries west of this line is always  _____  day earlier than in countries east of the line.
[007] took a long time.  Wyatt and Causton argued first with  _____  police officer, then with another.  'We have very
 


	
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[001]                   Who's  that girl, Helen? And why has  _____  brought all those books to the party? That's Lela.
[002]                                      new around here.   _____ 's very interesting.  Yes, I can see that! Alex seems
[003]  I couldn't find you I'm sorry, Nicky.  This is Lela.   _____  can read people's futures in the stars.
[004]   strange feeling in his stomach.  Mabel was trouble.   _____  was getting stronger all the time.  Her winds were to
[005]  Julie stared out of the window.  'They look so poor,'  _____  said.  'They are poor,' said Wyatt.  'Serrurier owns 
[006]  asked Wyatt quietly.  He looked quickly at Julie, but  _____  seemed very interested in the mountains.  Wyatt decide
[007] uddenly Julie's arms were around his neck.  'Oh Dave,'  _____   cried, 'I'd like that very much.' Then for several mi