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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] t marchers.  Almost  everybody understands the need to  _____  children about  equality.  In schools across the US te     
[002] utside who are waiting to  see us!' She often tried to  _____  Margaret her duties too.  Once, before a party for imp 
[003] lp you.  I'm not going to go to Redmond College.  I'll  _____  at a school  on Prince Edward Island, and I'll help yo     
[004] and help the world with his magic.  He will, they say,  _____   everybody to be good and happy.  But after that sad d     
[005] t from real photographs, Bill.  I haven't got time to   _____  you about taking pictures.  It's an art.  And I'm on       
[006] said, 'you must learn all the sciences.  But I want to  _____  you  chemistry.  That is an area of science that is gr     
[007] n line with inflation. 'Teachers  know their job is to  _____  whatever comes in front of them,  but  large classes a


	
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[001] he child now.  "Anne," she said.  "Miss Stacy was here  _____ .  She talked  to  me about your future.  Would you lik     
[002] ?'  Holmes asked.  'He brings me tea every afternoon.   _____  he forgot about the  visit to my friend.' 'And he left     
[003] olice.  They want me to work for them, and I'm leaving  _____ .  '  'Good,' Mr Soames said.  'You can't take the exam     
[004] Rossi shoes  famous in Asia and in the Americas, too.   _____ , Gucci has more than 160 stores and sales each year  o     
[005]  who cared for them,  felt as  they faced the disease.  _____ , in many parts of the world, the  AIDS epidemic burns      
[006] s  may be the most vibrant force in American education  _____ .  Perhaps what we learned can inspire D. C. residents      
[007]  Alexander the Great shaped the world that  we live in  _____ .  Chapter 1  The Greek World  On his black warhorse Bu   


	
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[001] s by satellites with infra-red cameras which actually   _____  the  change of a patch of green leaves into a patch of     
[002] mperatures as  low as minus 40 degrees Centigrade. To   _____  temperatures as  low as minus 40, they will need speci 
[003] . That makes the extent of the problem  impossible to   _____ .   Pat and Jeanne Hurd had been prepared to resist th     
[004] king more and more anxious.  What do those instruments  _____ ?' Rachael asked.  They                                     
[005] so-distant past,  when Latinos invested an unrealistic  _____  of hope and  responsibility in their few public figure     
[006] ent,  including  any road  signs and  traffic lights.   _____  the distances between  the cars or any other objects       
[007] er possible;  yet more home ownership  as a  long-term  _____  to cut the housing benefit bill. To date, he has  prov  


	
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[001] lp them.  'I've hurt my foot!' Marianne said.  'I can   _____  you,' he replied, and picked her up from the ground.       
[002] ery good man, and we can't leave  him.  We will try to  _____  him on board the ship.' No,' Dantes  said.  'The pain      
[003]  to places where you  cannot see other people.  Do not  _____  a lot of money with  you, and leave jewelry at home or     
[004]  worry about another important fact.  The ship  could   _____  more than 3,000 passengers, but it only had lifeboats      
[005] Pilgrim.  She cried for the other babies she  tried to  _____  inside her - the babies that were never born.  And she     
[006]  Roman ships could sail down the river to the sea and   _____   things to other places.  People made money and the ci     
[007] one case? B: Yes. A: Do you have  any  hand luggage or  _____ -on  luggage? B: Just this one case. A:  That's fine. W      


	
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[001]   dead, Diana," she said.  "But my leg hurts.  I can't  _____ ."     "Stop, Anne!" called Diana.  Mr.  Barry carried   
[002] d.  'He was a very quiet man, a kind man.  He liked to  _____  with  me in the evening when there weren't many people     
[003] wn in that chair -  there,' Holmes said.  'Why did you  _____  past the other  chairs?'  'I don't know, sir,' Bannist     
[004]   Jean started to help Mary back to the hotel.  'I can  _____  back to the hotel. Just find my glasses for me,'  Mary     
[005] dies.  It was a sunny day and they decided to go for a  _____  along  the beach.  They took off their shoes and walke     
[006]  ride, Michael Jackson's moonwalk to  Neil Armstrong's  _____  on the moon. It is a giddy guided tour  of  pop cultur     
[007] thank you,'  Holmes said.  'Mr Soames, can we go for a  _____  outside?'  We went out into the garden.  It was nearly   


	
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[001]  a man follow a young woman on his  bicycle, but never  _____  to her? These are important questions  for Sherlock Ho     
[002] im.' 'That's  interesting,'  Holmes said.  'Now, let's  _____  to your servant, Bannister.' Mr  Soames called Bannist     
[003] ery strong.  The knights were excited,  and started to  _____  about it.  'Where did it come from?' , How did it get      
[004] et better.  He called for Merlin  because he wanted to  _____  about the future of his country.  Merlin came and list     
[005] uffer more than we  care  to realize.  Parents need to  _____  honestly to the children,  preferably together. I: Do      
[006] angrily.  'I can't sit here and listen to  this stupid  _____ .  When you catch the man, tell me.' 'All right, I  wil     
[007]  expected to take on a more political tone. And on the  _____   radio  programs that serve as a sounding board for th   


	
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[001]  "I was very silly, and I  paid Amontillado: a special  _____  of wine.  the full price  for it too.  I wanted to ask     
[002] bject in the land.  In Europe, people say, 'He is  the  _____  of person who talks about the weather,' to show that       
[003]  Hinkley.  It was the largest amount of money for this  _____  of  lawsuit in the history of the United States! This      
[004] me out from London for the day on tour  buses.  So the  _____  of police work I do is not catching criminals or  chas     
[005] games, a lake with little boats for  hire, etc, every   _____  of entertainment possible - and the  children really e     
[006] now about you.  They'll  laugh  at me." I said, "I can  _____  the letters.  Then they won't  know about us." But he      
[007] ish these papers, he'll have to put them in order  and  _____  them again.  I think he can sort them out very well.       


	
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[001]  and his life in other  countries.  He always spent an  _____  or two at my cafe.  He  sat  and drank with us and tol     
[002] the hut.  From the look of these, she's  about half an  _____  in front of us.'  The horses were drinking noisily whe     
[003] e waited again.  'Will my  friend die?' he cried.  One  _____  passed, and there was no  change.  Then at last a litt     
[004] feel better.' The sailors went away.  They returned an  _____   later.  'He is not getting better,' one of the sailor     
[005] n him was OK.  The light only comes after the  darkest  _____ .  That was Pilgrim's darkest                               
[006]  minute as  they fall at a rate of almost 200 miles an  _____ . Then, at a  defining moment (2,000 feet or above) the     
[007] oughly double the amount of fuel. Because of the five-  _____   time  difference between the USA and Britain, it is p      


	
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[001] and I see quite a lot of them.  There's one couple  in  _____  that I've met, same age as me,  and we've got very fri     
[002] k, Why can't you sort  out your own problems? about a   _____  client. Be honest with  yourself and the others in you     
[003] n to  hospital,  or whether, given the nature of their  _____  accident, the  victim  should be left alone. I: Yes, c    
[004] n advance. A: Right, that  sounds fair. Are  there any  _____  house rules, you know, that I've got to  keep to? L: H     
[005] en,' because I know the copier will be  'down' at that  _____  moment.  Of course, sometimes it's  because someone's      
[006]  Lynn Dermott works for the Low  Pay  Unit. One of her  _____  concerns is the working  conditions of 'home- workers'     
[007] rprise that Belgian business schools  have developed a  _____  expertise in this field. The Solvay  Business School a        


	
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[001] rner, watching her.  He stood with his neck.  hanging   _____ ; his head was almost touching the ground.  The terribl     
[002]  pain.  He has broken his leg,' the captain said in a   _____  voice.  'But he is a very good man, and we can't leave     
[003]  there in the cabin with him.  Archie's  bed  was very  _____  because Jelly Roll liked to be able to see him!  Archi     
[004]  one thing I  didn't like, actually, and that was the   _____  ceilings everywhere,  especially in the kitchen. L: Ye     
[005] uild huts to  protect themselves from temperatures as   _____  as minus 40 degrees Centigrade. To  measure temperatur     
[006]   lunching  in a new restaurant, I ordered the special  _____ -calorie  meal from the menu. I've  been eating             
[007] nd Catherine Walker.  Sometimes she chose bravely - a   _____ -cut, short black dress, for example.  But she could al