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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]  Merrick laughed.  Merrick thought the beautiful  _____  lady in the play was wonderful.  He wanted to talk   
[002] hildren".  People are going to like that.  What a nice  _____  man!'  Colin laughed.  'Lawyers!' he said.  'So who's      
[003]  station.  He waited for half an  hour, then a tired  _____  policeman took him into a small room.  Nick told his      
[004] lease, tell the truth.  Say that you're sorry.  You're  _____ .  You can begin again,  stay  out of trouble.  But you     
[005]  victory for Japanese who have been trying to educate  _____  people about their country's wartime atrocities, the     
[006]  have solidified his position in history, but he died  _____  (and insane) at age 47 in 1908.  Working against him      
[007]  messes on your carpet. Tamagotchis  also  motivate a  _____  mind to get comfortable with digital  technology.          


	
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[001] interest in money.  He lived  simply.  He loved books,  _____ , and still bought many of them.  We first met at a sma     
[002]  Frank.  Tom liked her a lot.  He  worried sometimes,  _____ , that she was spending more time on him than on Frank     
[003] oorway.  She was trying to look uninterested.  He knew  _____ , that she was listening.  He suddenly understood how      
[004]   Diane was never very friendly towards Annie.  Today,  _____ ,  she made her feel welcome.  The children sat togethe     
[005]   nail out.  It was broken in  two pieces.  One piece,  _____ , was still in the window.  I put the second  piece of      
[006]  off to the store to  buy  a program to do that, even  _____  the odds are they'll never  need  to do it again.     
[007] ecause he was still angry.  He argued with the girl as  _____  he was arguing with his daughter.  'But remember what


	
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[001] good food.  Every Sunday, in my best dress, I went to   _____ ; every summer I walked over Pendle Hill.  I never tho     
[002]  woman about ten years ago.'  What about the Catholic  _____ ? Did the Pope agree to the divorce?'  No, he didn't.      
[003] was a tall, dark man with a black coat - Mr Robb, a   _____  man.  'And it's getting darker, too.'  'Yes,' said Dan     
[004] soft light, and sweet music was coming from inside the  _____ .  The moon was high in the sky and everything was qui     
[005] he attended the Jewish chapel, then switched to  _____ . After graduating from West Point, Mr. Salter enrolled     
[006]  such as Everton and Southampton which  began  life as  _____  teams. In athletics the mantle of Eric Liddell,  hero      
[007] He made three series of television programmes on   _____  music. From 1952 to 1965 he was Organist of St Bride'  


	
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[001]  I saw him for the First  time.  He was a noticeable  _____ .  His tall, strong body was badly twisted, and much      
[002] outside the church,  looking around her.  Then a man's  _____  appeared.  Nobody to walk you home, Matt? What a pity!     
[003]   passage of  time, he will be recognised as a greater  _____  than the scholar from Rotterdam. Most great mountain     
[004]  walk all right.  Carl saw her coming, a small strong  _____  walking through the rain, with a crowd of police       
[005]  25,000  private  business trips abroad; in 1993, the  _____  was 424,000.  Salaries for state employees, such as      
[006] acquiring wealth. Politicians and trade  unions do not  _____  in their language except as irrelevances.  They know      
[007] its are going to be dinosaurs. Try thinking of ways to  _____  out what students know other than by how long they        


	
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[001]   to understand American Indians' ideas about life and  _____ .  In their world, all the things in the forest-animals     
[002] agreed because he wanted to explain  his message about  _____  to as many people as possible.  But he was also very      
[003] layer at the north pole really is. 'We want to see if  _____  is being damaged here as much as it is in other place     
[004] the Mariners in the American League West. 'It's human  _____  to want to do well against your old team,' said Snow,     
[005]  learning on them before that is to  misunderstand the  _____  of very early childhood.' In Penelope Leach's perhap     
[006] victim can be taken to hospital, or whether, given the  _____  of their particular accident, the victim should be      
[007]  rather than just a tourist. But as Tim, an editor of  _____  magazine warned after spending a year teaching in         


	
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[001]   You believe that I am a very old man.  I am not.  In  _____  than a  day, my hair changed from black to white.      
[002] world today.  Perhaps some day, somebody more calm and  _____  excitable than me, will be able to explain it.  I have     
[003]  were the problem, he thought.  The problem was their  _____  intelligent owners.  Perhaps he was too old for these     
[004]  you mean, exactly?' asked Annie.  'Well, it's more or  _____  how it sounds.  But I have to tell you that it's not     
[005]  There are usually only two parts per million, or  _____ , in the water near the factory, and there is much        
[006] prejudice against black people slowly began to appear  _____  often, and many black people now have good jobs in      
[007]   rain had  stopped now, and he thought the wind was  _____  violent.  He cleaned the mud off his watch.  Four o'cl    


	
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[001] but they are all beautiful.  I have lots of them in my  _____ .  I give them water every morning.  Little flowers
[002]   There were four or Five magazines in the hotel  _____ .  They were not very interesting, but Nick sat in be
[003]   walked past the downstairs windows.  There was a big  _____  with tables and chairs, and a lot of people.  He look  
[004]   drink.  At the hospital a nurse put Emma to bed in a  _____  with five  other women.  There was a television in the     
[005]  I'm rich!'  Jason's father came into the living- _____ .  'What's all this noise?' he said.  'Joe, Joe!' said     
[006] ttack, the suspect brought the victim to the emergency  _____  at Mount Sinai Medical Center and then fled, the polic     
[007]  light, comfortable banquettes and plenty of elbow  _____  between the tables. The gleaming stainless-steel opera      


	
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[001]  the increased water supply would be the first step  _____  progress and development for the village and its inhab     
[002]  went round and round.  It was going down and down,  _____  the bottom where the waters crashed together.  But our     
[003]  his father's murderers immediately.  Moving quickly  _____  the soldiers, he tried to take a gun.  But he was one     
[004] uiet.  Inside one of these houses a young woman  moves  _____  a piano and begins to play.  Her fingers dance quickly    
[005]  soldier, and held it high. His men fought their way  _____  it and defended their position bravely.  More and more  
[006] time to see Maximus's sword as it flew through the air  _____  him and landed in his chest. He fell to his death.  
[007] itement and happiness and ran out of the field. He ran  _____  the flag, calling, "Father! Father!" The woman, too,      


	
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[001]  such as language skills and a greater awareness of  _____  and cultural differences, some MBAs give students      
[002]  all applicants, regardless of educational ability or  _____  background? If a school accepts only those children      
[003]  to communicate better; communicating is an important  _____  skill. In school, you sit in a class and are told what     
[004]  inform young people on drug abuse. He has a  strong  _____  conscience, and has supported causes such as the  ant     
[005] ious of the  rban model of the European city and the  _____  ills that they perceived grew out of its density and      
[006] to inform young people on drug abuse. He has a strong  _____  conscience, and has supported causes such as the ant     
[007] ment for the village and its inhabitants. Some of the  _____  effects of the new pumps were planned for.  For examp


	
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[001]  he gave her the job immediately.  He asked Karen to  _____  work the next day.  On her first day at the factory Ka     
[002] and held out his hand.  'OK,' he said.  'When can you  _____ ?'  John was very surprised.  'What did you say?'.        
[003] frightened to death. He forgot how important it was to  _____  the music, and hid under the seat! Nutty  got off Spot     
[004]  the Stormont area of Belfast, where the  talks are to  _____  on Sept. 15.  "In reaching it I have considered carefu     
[005] shops nearby too.  I  told my wife to get in there and  _____  spending immediately.  'Why, Oliver?'  'Woman, you su     
[006]  people are angry.  That is why he is coming here  to  _____  hunting in a new  place.  Listen, you can hear him now     
[007] to greet him, so up I get. I take him downstairs and  _____  getting breakfast ready.  Before long the other kids