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Quiz 007

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]    Good morning. Kate: Er... let me ask you a question  _____ .  Which university are you going to?  Mr A: To the univ
[002]   me good news, too, to do with her dancing. She's won  _____  prize in a ballet exam. The exam was last week. She   
[003]             British explorer Robin Drake says that the  _____  international polar expedition will start next April  
[004]  in spring and the ice becomes to thin to walk on. The  _____  part of the expedition is a long sea voyage to distant 
[005]  destroy it.  Travelling by train has many advantages.  _____  of all, there are no stressful traffic jams. Trains 
[006]     You cannot use them between 7 am and 9 am when you  _____  leave. However, you can catch any train to come back,
[007]  about missing a train. They are valid three months. A  _____ -class ticket costs about one and a half times as much


	
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[001]                 Could you do something for me? Can you  _____  the paper over there? Could you get it for me? 
[002]      air service, but I recommend the trains as you'll  _____  so much more of the country. However, how much you'll
[003]  tell me your name? A:  Angela Smiley.  L: Right. I'll  _____  you around eight. Goodbye.  A:  Bye-bye. 
[004]   is that we have found a new house to buy! We went to  _____  it last week, and we think it's wonderful. 
[005]  I don't know  how long the romance will last -  we'll  _____ . He's bringing her home for Christmas. Maggie has some
[006]                   AT THE CHECK-IN DESK A: Hello, can I  _____  your passport and ticket, please.    B: Here you are.
[007]  to go to  Edinburgh. When's the next train? A: Let me  _____ . There's one at 10:42, you change at Doncaster. And


	
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[001]     a single room.  You share the bathroom and you can  _____  the kitchen, but there's no meals included. A: Right, 
[002] crease, as much as 15% yearly, sometimes involving the  _____  of guns. Even murder is more and more common; there
[003] teen days  of night also means there can be no serious  _____  of solar energy.  But in the space settlement, which
[004]   as well as any special equipment you have learned to  _____  for it. Be prepared to make a report to the rest of
[005]   I supply them from the storeroom. In between times I  _____  the word processor and other office equipment to send
[006] find it a pain. I'm a terrible typist, so if I have to  _____  the typewriter I go crazy because it doesn't have a
[007]      I: Ah! So you don't pay according to how much you  _____  the phone? S: No. That's why we


	
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[001]     I'm not a superstar, of course I'm not, but people  _____  my name and then they buy my albums!  I: And this has
[002]  With your  husband? K:  Right. M: I thought he didn't  _____  how to pick up a spoon or boil water, and now he's go
[003] formation?  L: Yea, well, well what would you like  to  _____ ? A: Well, I was wondering... Er... What's the rent?
[004] this one's a big, solid, stone and brick house. As you  _____ , we were always worried about fires in this wooden ho
[005] am going to the estate agent's this afternoon. Did you  _____  that Joanna, our eldest daughter, has been in the Fa
[006] she's the most beautiful girl  he's ever seen. I don't  _____   how long the romance will last -  we'll see.
[007] kittens! Three of them. They're gorgeous, but we don't  _____  what to do with them.  Do you want a kitten? A nice


	
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[001]  goes at least twice a week; in fact it's difficult to  _____  tickets. Going for walks; playing table-tennis,
[002]    K: You work late, it's true,  but you don't have to  _____  up so early in the morning. M: And another thing,
[003] alia, Canada and Italy will join them. As soon as they  _____  to their base camp, Eureka, inside the Arctic Circle
[004]   make a film of  the expedition. Robin said, 'When we  _____  back home, we will show it to people all over the
[005]  very common. Days start very early, so you'll have to  _____  used to getting up at about six o'clock. There are
[006] easons. D: Is there anywhere I can leave them? B: I'll  _____  a porter to take them to the left luggage office.
[007]    don't save any money traveling first class, but you  _____  comfort and freedom instead, and you are sure of get


	
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[001]   them?  With me are two people who can answer many of  _____  questions. They are Dr Henry Scott, from London Univ 
[002]    I: Some people, usually people over forty, say that  _____  groups all sound alike - would you agree with that?
[003]     motto is, You can't get it cheaper anywhere else.   _____  things are offensive only because they happen so often
[004]   any van or lorry'. What  about fires? What if one of  _____  city-buildings ever catches on fire? 'There will be
[005] at 17 joined the very strict St. Clare order of nuns.   _____  nuns are so strict that they never go out, laugh, or
[006]    can live and work in space for a few days only. All  _____  are marvellous technical and human achievements,
[007]   ean warrens, but real-life space settlers won't want  _____ . Throughout history, settlers have tried to put up


	
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[001] hemselves! I don't suppose that's much fun. K: Well, I  _____  cooking and entertaining, so that's all right. When
[002] comprehensive school, where I have a lot of friends. I  _____  most subjects, but not all of them! In the evening I
[003]   always wanted to do.  M: Well, good luck. I wouldn't  _____  to do it.  K: Why not?   M: If you run a restaurant,
[004]  by cheque?  C: Cheque, credit card, cash, any way you  _____ .  D: Who do I make the cheque payable to?  C: British
[005] le from outer space, the Great Wall.  But what is life  _____  for the ordinary Chinese citizen? What sort of housing
[006] ifestyle I'll have? Presenter: Kate...er...this sounds  _____  a question for you. Kate: Good morning Mr Atkins.
[007]  Cannings. Hello, Mr. Cannings. Mr C: Hello,  yes. I'd  _____  to ask about the food. Are the Chinese restaurants


	
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[001]     K: Well, we'll see. My goal is to be  my own boss.  _____  you don't have to work for someone else. And I hated
[002]     in at 14:40. B: Right - I'll have a return ticket,  _____ , please. A: When are you coming back? Are you coming
[003]                        there's a rest until three, and  _____  more classes until six.  Mr A: Er, yes, yes and could
[004]   down the steps into the subway under the tracks, and  _____  up the stairs where you see '3' marked.  B: Thanks.
[005]   them have even left the earth and visited the moon.   _____  human species is the most powerful of all the animals
[006]     now, in an effort to try and lose some weight. But  _____  I ordered a tiny piece of apple pie for dessert.
[007] when I was only five. After that it was the piano, and  _____  later keyboards.  I: Do you play any other instruments


	
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[001]  what about guests and hours? L:  Oh yea, well you can  _____  and go as you want, of course, but you must pay a 
[002]       it sounds very interesting. Do you think I could  _____  and have a look at it this evening? L:  Yea, of cours
[003] station and  the library. A: Yes, well I know it. If I  _____  about eight is that all right? L That's fine. Could
[004]  you first leave. However,  you can catch any train to  _____  back, except for trains that leave London between 4
[005]  dress - it's wonderful, and a beautiful fit.  Can you  _____  to the wedding?  A: I'll just check my calendar. Oh,
[006]  a dacha outside Leningrad, and we leave on Friday and  _____  back on Monday morning. Or we play ice hockey or go
[007] ion stories.  Then I saw two 'forms' get out of it and  _____  towards me, and when they were about five feet away,


	
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[001] from the other deposit, I'm afraid. And we don't allow  _____  pets in the house - except birds, so long as they stay
[002]  Do you have just the one case? B: Yes. A: Do you have  _____  hand luggage or carry-on luggage? B: Just this one
[003]   both the North and South Poles. This is farther than  _____  man has ever walked before. Drake will make the Icewa
[004]  and 9 am when you first leave. However, you can catch  _____  train to come back, except for trains that leave Lon
[005]   a queue to board a first-class train! You don't save  _____  money traveling first class, but you get comfort and
[006]   to worry that we might miss the beginning if it took  _____  longer to order our meals. We had read in the newspap
[007]   the piano, and then later keyboards.  I: Do you play  _____  other instruments?  P: Only the guitar. I play the gui