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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] he shouted  back.  'I can't do anything.  Why not ask  _____  - you're a church man! Perhaps He'll send an angel to     
[002] and the wind screamed like  an animal  in the night.  ' _____  help the poor sailors to see this light,' shouted Wil
[003]      Oh! Who are you? Angel:  Do not be afraid, Mary.   _____  has sent me to speak to you.  You are going to have      
[004] take the bread from the table.  'Yes, Mr. Webster.   _____  is with me; I believ  that.' But happy? How can I be     
[005]  When I told  him about the damage,  he cried, "My  _____ ! The whole ship will be full of water in a minute!"      
[006] after his death, but a friend saved me. He said: 'For  _____ 's sake, you kept him alive the last few years..' Her     
[007]  and and anxious, and  wearing a dirty raincoat.  'Oh  _____ ,' I thought, 'not a hijacker, I hope'.  There had been    


	
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[001] A Walk in Amnesia: That morning my wife and I said our  _____  goodbyes.  She left her second cup of tea, and she fol     
[002] countries around the world...  In Norway, pork is the  _____  meat for the main Christmas meal.  In the Czech Repub     
[003]  actually I'm doing something very different from my  _____  work. I'm writing a biography of Leonard Benson, the      
[004] were arguing, he showed his feelings more openly than  _____ , and a very strange idea came into my mind.  I thought     
[005]  in New York and played in a band in a restaurant, as  _____ .  Even after Annie Hall won, Woody still was not inter     
[006]   Then she saw Angela.  She was looking bored as  _____ .  She was walking to the side of the ship.  There was     
[007] She ate her meals, went on with her daily life as  _____ , and said nothing to anybody.  I am afraid you are     


	
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[001]  as well, plants which help us fight disease. Forty  _____  cent of our drugs, our medicines, are derived from pl 
[002]  people do not have access to safe water, yet eighty  _____  cent of the world's disease is caused by dirty water.     
[003]  no you pay a fixed price, maybe, say, seven dollars  _____  person, and for that you get free champagne and you       
[004] school on Saturday too, so they attend school six days  _____  week. They stay behind after school almost every day     
[005] fog. The normal speed limit on motorways is 70 miles  _____  hour under normal conditions, much less under foggy       
[006] And remember, Mary - their mothers have had five parts  _____  million of these chemicals in their drinking water f     
[007] 12 essays a term. It takes about 20 hours of research  _____  essay, and more if you count writing time and orderin      


	
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[001]   Staten Island Visitors to Staten Island are  _____  surprised to find lakes and green hills.  There are      
[002] to the country.  Information was kept about everyone.   _____  immigrants changed their names, wanting to make them     
[003] of the United States.  Many Americans come here, too.   _____  they want to learn more about their family history.    
[004] Academy voters cannot decide?  It does not happen very  _____ , but sometimes the number of votes for two people or      
[005]  which requires staff to be away from the workplace,  _____   for quite long periods, open learning runs at the spe     
[006] whether the cost was justified given that the reports  _____  told parents what they already knew. A spokesman for      
[007] have a soft spot for his principle chronicler. 'I very  _____   go to bed not knowing what happens on the next page,    


	
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[001]  without any feathers, and shouted,  'What's the  _____  with my duck?" He waited for the tramp's reply. 'Ah!'     
[002]  I know it's funny. My friends think, 'What's the  _____  with her?' But I like it.  And sometimes I write the      
[003] and you get an extraordinary answer? The fact of the  _____  is that those statistics are based on surveys by sate     
[004]   nothing in it, Mrs Carter.  I'm sorry.'  'It doesn't  _____ ,' said Emma.  'I'm very pleased to have the bag.  My      
[005]  before she came back. The smell wouldn't go away, no  _____  how much soap I used! Now I have to avoid being near     
[006]  how much you'll see of the people is a different   _____ . Foreigners are not allowed to have the local currency     
[007] with the teacher that they should get. Class size does  _____ ,  particularly in those early stages of education.      


	
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[001] hange the future in some ways.  Your actions are very   _____ .  You must believe that.  Now goodbye!'  Suddenly,Jack   
[002] reets of the city.  In some of them, the city plays an  _____  part.  On the Town  (1949): In this famous musical      
[003]  programs in the world.  The big awards Today the most  _____  Oscars are for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress     
[004]    over your degree to get through. The results are  _____  to getting a job. I have a temporary job at university     
[005] taught me to communicate better;  communicating is an  _____  social skill. In school, you sit in a class and are      
[006] them off by  expecting  too much of them too soon. The  _____  thing is to enjoy one another's company. Everything      
[007] irector, goes on business trips in a helicopter,  very  _____  schedule. You, little cold-calling person. Absolutely    


	
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[001] the television recordings and the public appearances.   _____  times, they had to answer the question, 'Are you in      
[002] better than rooms for prisoners in gaol. We looked at  _____  rooms in  order to put together this report.      
[003] - which might explain the back pain I've had lately.  _____  times every morning, when the bread is made I carry      
[004]  for nearly an hour for some of the rides - we heard  _____  people complain about that. And we always had to queue     
[005]  my right ankle and a toe on my left foot. I also had  _____  minor flesh wounds. I couldn't move'.  'My  situation      
[006] the families had usually had intellectual leanings for  _____  generations. It is far more common in boys than in gi     
[007]  for children this year, and we have been trying for  _____  years to find residential accommodation for mentally    


	
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[001]  he said, 'so it can light up the world' But what  _____  of future will we have? Will there be peace in the wor     
[002]  in medicine, parents will soon be able to choose the  _____  of baby that they want.  You will be able to change pa     
[003]  Brooklyn's Coney Island offers a very different  _____  of fun.  New Yorkers come here to play on the beach an
[004] the north of the empire the Romans could not make any  _____  of paper from plants, so people used these pieces of      
[005]  were very pleased with her work.  She was calm and  _____  with the children, and always gave them plenty of love     
[006]  Edward.  George V was a good king, but not a very  _____  father.  'I was frightened  of my father, and my child     
[007] other, Charles, spoke about Diana.  He  remembered how  _____  and beautiful she was.  'Today is our chance to say    


	
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[001] suddenly up in the air over the water. We were given a  _____  stale old ham sandwich to eat after a few minutes,      
[002]  is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is  still  _____  attractive.  She is the sort of person you can always 
[003] one of the passengers in the  departure lounge looked  _____  nervous.  He was sweating and and anxious, and wearing     
[004]  year; job-sharing can give children more stability,  _____  than less. But I think the overwhelming benefit for a     
[005]  what you have got, I recommend  staying with a friend  _____  than in a cheap London hotel. I didn't, and I had sec     
[006]  I'm mad to live like this. I'd prefer not to! I'd  _____  have lots of money - but how to get it? I haven't said 
[007]   guess reading isn't popular with Americans - they'd  _____  spend their time watching TV. But, all in all, if yo   


	
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[001]   Mexico. The green children In the 1100s, a boy and a  _____   were found near the village of Woolpit in England. T     
[002]  his crown? What was Queen Elizabeth like as a little  _____ ? What is life like inside Buckingham Palace? Learn how     
[003] nning races at school again.  Soon she was the fastest  _____  in Cuba at 400 and 800 meters.  Her mind became strong     
[004] with the new maid. Martha was a rough, honest-looking  _____  from a farm. I liked her, and I promised to teach her     
[005] urry to take on domestic responsibilities. 'It's every  _____ 's nightmare to study and end up as a housewife,' says     
[006]  their own fascination. Her father died young and the  _____  managed to support all her family (and possibly sever     
[007] n't explain myself well,'  Jem replied. So, Martha, my  _____ ,'  he whispered, why do you go on crying and pushing