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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] inutes.'  Felix waited angrily.  He wanted to leave at  _____ .  He wanted to talk  to Alex Dinon.  Perhaps Dinon      
[002]  do you love her, Stephen?'  Stephen did not answer at  _____ .  For two or three  seconds Anna waited.  'He doesn't      
[003] carriage stopped.  I opened the door and got  out.  At  _____  the carriage drove away and I was alone in front of      
[004] ous, but I had to try.  Slowly I moved down the wall.   _____  or twice I almost fell, but at last I found myself in     
[005] Mail  reporter asked Archie.  Yes,' said Archie.   She  _____  told her sister, "I could  disappear any time I wanted     
[006] er the nurse.  'I clean the doctor's apartment for him  _____  a week,' she said. 'That  day I needed a little money     
[007] e on, tell me. How did you get these?' Woods demanded  _____  more, staring at Ken through his glasses.  His thick         


	
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[001] continued to read her book.  I guess she's packing her  _____ ,' she replied.  Ethan went straight upstairs.  Mattie'     
[002]  long line of pictures of famous  Barretts and a glass  _____  full of silver and gold cups.  'They look just like re     
[003]  'So you're a photographer?  That's why your camera  _____  is so big?'  'Er - yes - I send my photographs to a co     
[004] xtremely rudely. As usual, the Governor considered the  _____  carefully, and was delighted to discover  what he felt     
[005]  Inspector Honnister, the policeman in charge of the  _____ .  He'd like to talk to Gillian as soon as possible.'     
[006] We don't want one of our officers involved in a court  _____ . We're  going to leave you alone for half an hour.      
[007]  kilometres north through the hills in their van, in  _____  the Mercedes caused problems with Customs officials.      


	
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[001] ecause I like going to different countries.  I want to  _____   new  people.'  'And why were you with this young man?   
[002] an help us.'  'All right,' Anna said.  'But when can I  _____  you? I need to talk to  you, about Hassan.  Can I       
[003]  the man's daughter,  but then  Al said: 'Hi, Ellen!  _____  my new friends - Dan Future and his wife Linda.     
[004] "It came to me from her," he said.  "Why did you never  _____  her?" I asked.  "She was far above me," he answered.       
[005]       'I see,' Mr Cheng said.  'And when did you first  _____  Sarah  Harland?'  'About two months ago.  I was in Aus     
[006] we're trying to create a centre where black people can  _____  during the day; maybe learn something, get information     
[007] ther Curren and get up north of Queenstown. Kani will  _____  you and drive you to the Lesotho border. You will   


	
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[001]   Then she cleaned the kitchen floor, and carried hot  _____  up to all the bedrooms.  She worked every day,     
[002]  guards open the big, old door and put some bread and  _____  on the floor.  Then they  close the door again. 
[003]  that I could hear the sound of a ship moving through   _____ .'  Of course!' cried Van Helsing.  Dracula has decided     
[004] of all.  My  mother gave  me an old syringe, and I put  _____  in it and pushed it  into the dolls.  Soon the dolls      
[005]   Then a big wave hit the side of the ship,  and  salt  _____  flew into his face.  'The wind is getting stronger,'      
[006] the end of time.'  He stopped to drink from a glass of  _____ , then began again.  'Ye know, don't ye, what it feels      
[007]  the air,  drowning out the noises of wind and falling  _____ . It was not  near,  but nor was it off the island.        
   


	
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[001]  to eat, and so  prison officers used  rubber tubes to  _____  food into them. The  most shocking event was on Derby      
[002] here must be a way! 'If we flew out anyway, could they  _____  us to land?' he  asked.  Moat shook his head helplessl     
[003]  That's the public-school system, you see. They may   _____  you to leave, but they never let you down.  After that     
[004]  the Army and most of - but not all - the Royal Air  _____  burned one-half more than three times the oil that      
[005] you. Helena  Kennedy explains: Policemen who leave the  _____  often become private detectives but still have friends     
[006]  non-terrestrial soil, because the spin produces a  _____  that feels like gravity.  Every space trip has shown      
[007] arm above my head. The ball stuck in my hand, but the  _____  of it knocked me down. When I stood up, I was still      


	
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[001]  Prince.  There was a loud cry  - and the sword fell  _____  the black carpet,  followed by the dead body of the   
[002]  said Judith lifelessly, her burning eyes fixed  _____  Seth, 'but first, Robert Poste's child, ye must gree     
[003]    in dreadful pain. Meriam laid her rough hand shyly   _____  his bowed head, but he shook her off.  'My little wate     
[004]  continued dreamily. You will find my school is built   _____  an ideal an ideal of service and trust. Many of theb     
[005]   of a thousand, and of course inherit a larger share  _____   my death. Many young men would find this an inviting      
[006]  Readers can choose the ending they like best. Once  _____  a time there was a man who had the power to turn back     
[007] eleven o'clock. We don't like to say that,  but based  _____  our experience in the past... we've had a bit too much     



	
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[001]  house.  Most of them were dark.  But one window had a  _____  in it.  'Somebody  isn't sleeping,' I thought.  'Which     
[002] and the mountains looked wonderful in the soft  yellow  _____  of the moon.  Suddenly, something moved  below me.  It     
[003]   Her father was carrying a small lantern, and in its  _____  Grace saw a great wave of white water.  It broke again     
[004]  Kani.  'You must go,' he said urgently. 'It's getting  _____  and you'll  get ten years in prison if you're seen wit     
[005] Seth.  A silence fell. The young man stood in the warm  _____  of the  dying sun, his bare throat and handsome face      
[006] the family this evening?  Might I just possibly have a  _____  supper in my room?'  'It is cold there,' said Judith,      
[007]   I'll do it now.' But just then they all heard a  _____  step on the stairs, and through the dark doorway walk     
    


	
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[001] my feet get very  cold.'  Miss Minchin did not like to  _____  this.  'Don't speak to me like  that!' she said.    
[002]  William shouted  something to Grace but she could not  _____  him - the sounds of the wind and the sea were too loud     
[003] the King's wife?'  It's a long story.  Do you want to  _____  it?'  Yes, please,' said Margaret, smiling.  Well, aft     
[004] and rain was terrible here,  and  they had to shout to  _____  each other.  Grace put oil in the big lantern in the      
[005]  and locked the door at night.  And I still did not  _____  from Jonathan.  I was unhappy and did not sleep well      
[006] lmwood loved Lucy very much.  I was really pleased to  _____  her news and I decided to go immediately.     
[007] ting of black students,' he explained. 'I want them to  _____   what I have to say before they decide anything.'      
   


	
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[001] understand.'  In August 1914, England was suddenly at  _____  with Germany.  Archie went to France with the Royal Fl     
[002] ently.   Yes, get married now,' she said.   There's  a  _____  on.  Who knows what will happen? Be happy while you       
[003] ember, 1914.  Two days later, Archie went back to the   _____ , and Agatha did not see him again for six months.  
[004]  Hill, near Boston, it  was clear that Britain was at  _____  with its American colonies.  A rich farmer from Virgin     
[005]  didn't like the  black Americans, so during the Civil  _____  he  fought against the men from  the North, and with      
[006] the South, under Lee, accepted that they had lost the  _____ .  Grant  was very fair to Lee's soldiers, who did not      
[007]   Another very famous book (and later film) about the  _____   is Gone with the Wind written in 1936.  It tells the      
   


	
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[001] ook, John,' he said.  'Your report says that we should  _____  some new machines to clean up the waste products befor     
[002] utiful natural places where people  are not allowed to  _____  houses or factories.  Many artists have photographed      
[003]  Finally, they cut down the great tree also, and they   _____  a road in its place.  Then they drive on the road.       
[004] ut the diiculty of his  job.  He told his engineers to  _____  a wide road across the sea to the island of Tyre.      
[005] little girl - and this seemed to help Andrea and I to   _____  our love for each other again. Perhaps the best moment     
[006] itions in which the pupils lived. Money was raised  to  _____  a new school in a better  position, many improvements     
[007]  not think of any reason why  anyone should want to  _____  a biological laboratory there, unless they had somethi