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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] Say  hello to Elpis, Tetricus and all your friends.  I  _____  that you  all have good luck.' In another one, an offi     
[002] g life, and I'm very proud to be his  granddaughter. I  _____  my grandad  lives to be a hundred. If he  does, he'll      
[003] he  first friend that any of us have found on Earth. I  _____  that one  day we can repay your kindness.'  Isidore le     
[004] sorry for Diana.  She  was  just a young girl, full of  _____ , when she met Charles.  He was  clearly hurting her.       
[005]  Matthew remembers.  It ran into the  Nile.  Matthew's  _____  grew stronger.  But the guard knew  what  Matthew was      
[006]  idea.  It was a dangerous plan, but it was their only  _____ .  "Don't kill  Peter, kill me!" she said.  "Peter is m     
[007] ook after. But in spite of all  that, he never gave up  _____ .  Now the boys are helping to train  their father for  


	
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[001] llow man. Insist that your friends join you. It's the   _____  they  can do. Tell them it's extremely important. If y     
[002]  that hurts a lot and  aches for hours  afterwards. At  _____  he gives me a free  toothbrush and tube of toothpaste      
[003] to become professionals  until  the age of 17 or 18 at  _____ . I asked her what was responsible  for the  pressures      
[004] the American game  of baseball, Japanese  students, at  _____  the boys, are crazy about that.  Japanese boys  all ha     
[005] nts are going to the  cinema, which everybody does at   _____  twice a week; in fact it's difficult to  get tickets.      
[006]  an honest man!' he  said. 'You  deserve a reward - at  _____  $1 million, I think'. *** BG: Have  you  ever had an a     
[007] d to go and hide somewhere. I mean, I didn't  have the  _____   excuse at all. The whole thing was entirely unnecessa     


	
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[001] e step at a time..." Aron started walking.  He  had to  _____  help quickly.  One more night in the wild  mountains w     
[002] ng to mix the heavy bread dough with a long stick, and  _____  into the  hot ovens and touch hot objects when I take     
[003] e wall, with the bedside table next to me.  I tried to  _____  the  plug.  I touched the floor with my fingers and fo     
[004] n all the time over  there. Here you've got to race to  _____  the supermarket by 5:30. Generally  though I find lif     
[005]   realized  that if I trained for it, it was within my  _____ . After a slow,  six- month build-up, I managed the s
[006] ge and terrible place.  The rocks  around it seemed to  _____  out to take him back.  And on the  highest rock there      
[007] ere the rat had  gone.  The light of  the lamp did not  _____  as far as the high ceiling,  and the fire had burned l        


	
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[001] icholas put three bags of gold  through the man's open  _____ .  The man's daughters were  now  safe.  Another time,      
[002] ir cars so that you can't actually get to their  front  _____ . And of course  there's the dogs. One took the top off     
[003] dded. The DC3 suddenly landed. The boy  was  shown the  _____  and he jumped down onto the grass field, and in  less      
[004]  of  course, but you must pay a  deposit for the front  _____  key.  That's separate from the other deposit, I'm  afr     
[005] cept for my  job. Yes, it's certainly me.'  The office  _____  opened and a tall man with a beard and  glasses came i     
[006] ,' Rick told her. The taller figure tried to shut the   _____  and turn on some electrical equipment.  No,' Rick said     
[007] mmunicate with the Queen is to slide  a note under the  _____  and wait until she notices it. On the tenth  of every      


	
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[001] believe in yourself, and tell yourself that you're the  _____ '. *** A year  ago the Sultan of Brunei gave a birthday     
[002] Cuba too.  The Cuban  government wanted to produce the  _____  doctors, the  smartest teachers, and the strongest spo     
[003] The public transport system in Budapest is  one of the  _____  and cheapest in the world. You can travel easily by       
[004] ow, in the finals, she could race against the  world's  _____  runners at the Olympics one more time.  In her  mind,      
[005] conversations with the companies'  presidents were the  _____  way to save the rainforest for the  world's future.  I     
[006]  you  don't intend  to accept me, do you? You did your  _____  to kill me this  afternoon.'  'Not my                      
[007] children where the pupils didn't  work.  'I'm doing my  _____  to make Simon fall in love with me, but it's difficult   


	
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[001] n I try to listen to  these people  chatting, and if I  _____  any words then I know  the pronunciation must be  righ     
[002]   As Oe listened to Dr.  Shigeto's story, he  began to  _____  more about true courage.  "Every day, a  thousand peop     
[003]  lessons at school are too  difficult for  me. I don't  _____  them, but the others in the  class know what the teach     
[004] dreams  have  special meaning, and they can help us to  _____  our inner  personality.  Interpretation: Now read abou     
[005] , and the others called us names. I  was too young to   _____  why, but then I made some friends, and they forgot  ab     
[006] not giving blood.  Fortunately, most reasonable people  _____  the situation and  give blood  regularly. But there ar     
[007] d. But spend it very carefully.'  The children did not  _____  why their father was so  worried, and they were afraid      


	
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[001]  other walkers.  He wanted to  run  and shout, but his  _____  was too weak.  When they finally saw  him, the worried     
[002] o's help, Ana quickly  became thinner.  She pushed her  _____  hard, and began  winning races at school again.  Soon      
[003]  in her  race.  But now it was almost time to rest her  _____  and mind.  There was one more important race to run.       
[004]  a terrible  death  with twenty-three deep cuts in his  _____ .  Caesar's death was  a great surprise to the people o     
[005]   Every day the soldiers hit the prisoners.  Matthew's  _____  was weak and broken, but his mind and  heart were stil     
[006] d the other Rachael.' He shot Roy  Baty. The big man's  _____  fell onto the kitchen table. Plates  and glasses flew      
[007] oodbye.'  Then the children understood. Their father's  _____  had  been brought home. Aku-nna and her brother were t      


	
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[001]   round to  the back of the house. 'Now then, have you  _____  seen  such a fine horse as this?'  One of the stableme     
[002] om for the  night? Find someone in your  class who has  _____  stayed in one of these types  of accommodation  in you     
[003]  this job which  I do  not enjoy. I can't see how I'll  _____  be able to leave it - I lack  the  education for anyth     
[004] ld their brave mother.  "You look  more beautiful than  _____ ," she told them.  "Your love gave me  hope and kept me     
[005] his  book.  Can you explain them? Do you think we will  _____  find  the answers? Kathy Burke was born in the US but      
[006] at  Jane would be more friendly towards him. If he had  _____  had  a younger  sister, he would have liked her to be      
[007] nd they have  lived in the same cottage in the country  _____  since they  got  married. He says that he has never be    


	
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[001] including holes in the ozone layer and  the greenhouse  _____ '. This will involve sending scientific  instruments up     
[002] in 1923, noted that he had  problems  getting just the  _____  he wanted, noting that "the brick was  laid as irregul     
[003]  job into a union  job  very likely will have a bigger  _____  on lifetime finances than  all the advice employees wi     
[004] well. I  read it when I was nine and it had a profound  _____  on me. I  remem- ber it most because of the character      
[005] ee findings apply  in  this country and to examine the  _____  of small classes on  secondary pupils. Professor Morti     
[006] teams, the lowest number since free agency went  into   _____  in 1993, there are scads of big names in that group,       
[007] tle), lots of scenery, snakes, volcanoes and special-   _____  hippos ambushing rubber rafts. If you've never actuall     
 

	
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[001]  it was  filmed.  Scientists now agree that this is an  _____  of the  power of the mind over the body.  In this phot     
[002] st, then  the translation, and  a short sentence as an  _____ . I try to learn ten new  words a  day. *** STUDENT 2 -     
[003] ocial effects of the new pumps were  planned for.  For  _____ , children aged 6 to 15 used to bring  loads of water f     
[004] ing trees. David Attenborough: In  the  Himalayas, for  _____ , people cut down forests simply  because there are an      
[005] s  associated  with that. On the subject of burns, for  _____ , some people put  cream or grease or butter on burned      
[006] ndly. Try to look  after her. Let her have a maid, for  _____ .' 'I'm not going to  be soft with her,' he replied wit     
[007] ertainment? Do you like  going out to the theatre, for  _____ ? S: Well, there are lots of cinemas and  concerts and