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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]   of the windows.  The face was looking at me.  It was  _____  for just a second or two, then it moved away quickly
[002]  sited Miranda at Beach House because she wasn't happy  _____ ,' Juliet said quietly.  Duncan is a difficult man; you
[003]     'Hello,' I said.  'Greta says you like gardening.   _____ 's a big garden here,  so you can help Mr Duncan.  And
[004]     people use the buses every year in New York City.   _____  are more than 300 bus lines and 4,200 buses.  They run
[005]        I took photographs of the birds on the cliffs.   _____  were other small islands near our island, and boats  
[006] is house.  A man opened the door.  He looked tired and  _____  was no smile on his face.  Hello, I'm Cathy Wilson,'
[007]  terrible.  It is not easy to have a car in the city.   _____  are not enough parking spaces.  If your car disappear


	
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[001]          A ride in one of these taxis can be expensive  _____  dangerous.  Cars There are cars everywhere in New York
[002]  New York do not own a car.  They can travel by subway  _____  bus.  When they buy something big, a truck brings it
[003] run on the main streets and usually travel north-south  _____  east-west.  Buses can be a great way to see the city,
[004] llow the signs on the street corners.  They say "Walk"  _____  "Don't walk." The Green Apple:  New Yorkers live in a 
[005]   over green hills.  You can take a boat out on a lake  _____  you can sit and watch the wild animals and birds.
[006]   in London and Paris.  They wanted a park for walking  _____  riding horses.  Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert
[007] Greta Ross.  'She likes to be alone,' I thought.  Once  _____  twice I saw Greta go out with her painting things.     


	
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[001]                     Then he said, 'I'm pleased to meet  _____ ,  Mrs Sanders.  I need some help with my work.
[002]  hospital, and there's a lot of work to do.  Sometimes  _____ 'll have to work late at night, because of time differ
[003] ight?'  'Yes, that's all right,' said my mother.  'Can  _____  use a computer?'  'Yes.'  'Good.' He looked at me.
[004] Carol,' said my mother.  'Hello,' I said.  'Greta says  _____  like gardening.  There's a big garden here, so
[005]        like gardening.  There's a big garden here,  so  _____  can help Mr Duncan.  And there's a farm.
[006]     Parks live in the farm house and work on the farm.  _____  can  help them, too.  We have  some animals.  Some
[007]  a horse called Smoke.  He's grey, like his name.  Can  _____  ride?'  'Yes,' I said.  'I can ride a horse.'


	
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[001]  letters to Lucy, that you were her dearest friend.  I  _____  very much like to meet you, to talk about the time 
[002]  poked at the letter in my hand.  I don't think that I  _____  like to marry a fat old man with a bad leg who couldn
[003]  didn't know that in the future the name Diana Spencer  _____  be famous all over the  world.  They could not guess 
[004]  over the world.  They could not guess how popular she  _____  be in her short but full life.  The Spencers are 
[005]   at dancing and swimming.  It was soon clear that she  _____  never go to university, but she was helpful and kind.
[006]   the trees.  Akela! Akela!' said Mowgli.   I knew you  _____  not forget me.' The two wolves ran here and there am
[007] ut these shoes.'  Matty knew very well what his father  _____  say.  Mr Doolin was a short, heavy man with grey hair


	
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[001]   saw Greta go out with her painting things.  She went  _____  on the hills or down to the beach.  Mr Duncan took me
[002]    'My book isn't very interesting,' I thought.  I got  _____  and went out of my room.  I walked along the passage
[003]     and into the dark passage.  Lightning suddenly lit  _____  the  house, and I saw who it  was.  'It's Mr Ross!' I
[004]  night?' asked Mrs Duncan.  'Or did the storm wake you  _____  ?'  'I...  slept all right,' I said.  I didn't want
[005] ople were unhappy with the way that the police cleaned  _____  the city.  In the opinion of others, the mayor only
[006] poke about Carnegie Hall.  A tourist is lost and walks  _____  to a New Yorker.  "How can I get to Carnegie Hall?" ask
[007] the movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio.  Woody Allen grew  _____  in Brooklyn but lives now in one of the expensive build


	
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[001]   him?' No, he spoke to me,' said Dantes.  'He asked:"  _____  did you leave Marseilles? What goods are on board?"
[002] oud, but I am happy, I was thinking about Mercedes.'  ' _____  is the wedding?' asked Danglars.  Soon - tomorrow or
[003]  to  the island of Elba in 1814.  Don't you know that?  _____  did you come here?? 'In 1811.  'Four years before me!
[004]  orrel's ships.' 'Your age?? Twenty.'  'Where were you  _____  the soldiers came?'   'I was at my wedding.'  Dantes'
[005] and put his bed back in its  place.  The next morning,  _____  he moved his bed away from the wall, he heard a sound
[006]        'My first illness lasted for only half an hour.  _____  it ended, I got up from my bed without help.  Now I
[007] king on his farm.  It's  strange, I know.'  Sometimes,  _____  I finished work, I walked along the beaches or the


	
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[001] about ten or eleven.' 'Shall we stay with the body?'  ' _____ .  That isn't necessary.  Lock the door.' The steps
[002]  prison.  I can take the place of the dead!' There was  _____  time to think about it.  Dantes opened the bag with
[003]    still some in here.  Tell me what to do.' 'There is  _____  hope,' Faria replied.  'But you can try to save my
[004] easure back safely?  The treasure is mine.  But I have  _____  money for a small boat to get it.' He thought about
[005]  he, but the same face.  I saw the face of Mr. Ross.  ' _____ !' I said.  'It's not true!' But it was, I knew it was
[006]  island, and boats with tourists stopped at them.  But  _____   boats stopped at our island.  They kept away from 
[007]  room,' I  thought.  'But what's in there?'  There was  _____  storm in the morning, but it was still raining.


	
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[001]     She also helped people who were poor and ill.  Who  _____  continue  her work now?
[002]                                          so I hope you  _____  listen with an open mind while I explain it.'
[003]                     The Count is rich, and  perhaps he  _____  give you more work later.'  So I agreed to go.
[004]         Dr Kimble called across the table, Miss Nancy,  _____  you save a dance for me?'  Come, come, Kimble,' said
[005]                   Go and get the tea ready. Mr Godfrey  _____  be back soon.' But secretly she was saying to herself
[006]         'The  sun  is in just the right place, and  it  _____  make a good picture.'  I looked at the building throug
[007]  arm in arm with her father, Silas.  I promise nothing  _____  change when I'm married, father,' she whispered to him


	
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[001]                             Then he said, 'I'm pleased  _____  meet you,  Mrs Sanders.  I need some help with my work
[002] My secretary is in hospital, and there's a lot of work  _____  do.  Sometimes you'll have
[003]                             do.  Sometimes you'll have  _____  work late at night, because of time differences in
[004]                           'But I'm studying at college  _____  be a farmer.'  Sometimes I saw Greta Ross.
[005]          Then I always switched the light off and went  _____  sleep.  One night I made my second important discovery
[006]                       She went up on the hills or down  _____  the beach.  Mr Duncan took me
[007]                          the beach.  Mr Duncan took me  _____  the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks.


	
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[001]   pleased to meet you,  Mrs Sanders.  I need some help  _____  my work.  My secretary is in hospital, and there's a
[002]        The weather was hot and sunny.  I liked working  _____  Mr Duncan, and he was pleased
[003]                          Mr Duncan, and he was pleased  _____  my work.  'You're a good gardener,' he said.
[004]                     Once or twice I saw Greta  go  out  _____  her painting things.  She went up on the hills or down
[005]               He smiled back.  So I worked on the farm  _____  Mr and Mrs Parks.  They were  nice  people.  I helped
[006]                       They were nice people.  I helped  _____  the cows and the chickens,  and went up on the hills
[007]    the cows and the chickens, and went up on the hills  _____  Mr Parks and his dog to look at the sheep.