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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]   , well, we have very high inflation and the exchange  _____  changes all the time, so it's best to take dollars      
[002]    flight. It is a long, long minute as they fall at a  _____  of almost 200 miles an hour. Then, at a defining mome     
[003]  remind you that, whether we like it or not, the crime  _____  is going up in nearly all areas. This is a  imple fact
[004]     a patch of bare ground. And even on that level the  _____  at which the jungle  s being destroyed amounts to      
[005] Tesult: 5,000 a year for five years at a high interest  _____  and tax free. . . It worked out to be a very generous     
[006]   The statistics are appalling.  South Africa's murder  _____  is eight times that of the United States, its rape        
[007]      Jewish Population Study, showing an intermarriage  _____  of 52 percent and a community declining in numbers         


	
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[013]  will explain the job to you.  Don't worry - it's very  _____ .'  He smiled his thin smile again.  The door opened      
[023]       Luckily, tobacco saved the young colony.  It was  _____  to grow tobacco in Virginia, and smoking was becoming     
[022]      and we wanted him very much.  But it's not always  _____  to make a baby, although we tried very hard.  Finally     
[007]   at once began to try his first plan.  It was usually  _____ .  He ate dinner in an expensive restaurant.  Then he      
[009] long time before he  tried again.  This time it looked  _____ .  A nice young woman was standing in front of a shop      
[003]  girl to clean the house and do the cooking.  'Take it  _____ ,' he said to Aku-nna. 'Read as much as you like,       
[024] ; 'sunny side up' means with the yellow on top, 'over   _____ ' means with the yellow underneath but still soft.  


	
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[003] erit the Linton fortune, she would at least be able to  _____  in her family home. He had no idea that Linton was se     
[007] could break easily must be tied down. I advise  you to  _____  in your seats and fasten your safety belts. The  whole     
[001] the wind will die out but the rest of the weekend will  _____  wet.  Not good news for sportsmen - but some welcome      
[010]    that the painting grow old so that he himself could  _____  young. But such things were impossible. It was terribl     
[016] way: 'Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to  _____  an artist once he grows up.'   Northwest Airlines ha     
[001]  must do something about  it.'  'Whatever you say will  _____  between ourselves.'  'Well, first I have to tell you      
[002] because of you!' 'Catherine,' said Mr Edgar, trying to  _____   polite, 'please pour out the tea, or it will be cold. 


	
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[001]      MacDonald.  He's a journalist - he works  for the  _____  newspaper.  He's a nice young man, I suppose.  But      
[002]   'Excuse me.  What time do we arrive?'  '11.30 p. m.   _____  time, sir.  That's about half an hour from  now.'       
[003]  nster lay in pieces on the floor.  I did not want the  _____  people to discover the body, so I put the pieces into      
[004] Prison   I was taken immediately to see Mr Kirwin, the  _____  judge.  He was a kind old man, but he looked at me      
[005]          He  solves problems that are mysteries to the  _____  police.  Poe's stories are still popular 150 years aft     
[006]  around 1956 - just one big drum! He played with a few  _____  bands.  Then he joined Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.      
[024] from the forest's  trees.  The rubber was then sold to  _____  factories.  This is an old style of farming.  


	
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[014]   Take the oars.  One each!'  The little boat was very  _____ .  The sides were only just above the water, and often     
[017]     of the Wolf-Pack met every month when the moon was  _____ .  The leader of the Pack was Akela, a great grey wolf.     
[019]  back door - and stopped in surprise.  The kitchen was  _____  of camping things - on the floor, the table, everywhe     
[011]     and icy blue face in the glass case.  The room was  _____  of blue light and the quiet noise of electricity.       
[007]            it was wonderful to see her again.  She was  _____  of life and talked happily of her plans.  Oh, Mina,'      
[024]         I was delighted to see a warm fire and a table  _____  of food. And this time there was a woman sitting        
[025]       Looking inside the curtains I saw a little shelf  _____  of books, just under the window. I put my candle down    


	
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[001] They played in small restaurants, and then they made a  _____ .  Lots of people bought it.  The band began to play 
[003] In The Cavern       On their second trip to Hamburg, a  _____  producer asked the Beatles to play on a                   
[024]   a Beetle. The Beetle has a perfect mechanical safety  _____ ,  on all types of roads and in all kinds of road cond     
[001]  watched and recorded and I looked at Benson's medical  _____  in the army. Early in November 1946 he had complained     
[002]   understand them. All I can do is to keep an accurate  _____ .  It was some time later when the worst possible thing     
[021]     In 1995, the three living Beatles came together to  _____  two 'new' Beatles songs - 'Free as a Bird' and 'Real   
[022]   time of the Royal Wedding.  They wanted something to  _____  and remember that special day, the most important roy    


	
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[001]     bedrooms, a small garden, and is in a noisy, dirty  _____ .  It's better than my old apartment, but still .  .      
[002]      not really your dog, is he? You found him  in the  _____  and you've only had him for a few weeks.'  But Joe and     
[003]     long until Matty came home.  All the people in the  _____  were very angry about the noise.  And that evening  
[009]           It was nice and bright, and everybody in the  _____  could see him.  Slowly and carefully he picked up a       
[019]    stick into the room.  Immediately the people in the  _____  and in the house all began to shout "Fire!" very loudl     
[013]   living at my friend Sherlock  Holmes's flat in Baker  _____  in London.  Very early one morning, a young woman,      
[007] rusty truck. He started the car and turned on to 130th  _____ .  I  noticed his hands gripping the steering wheel       


	
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[001] happy too.  He tried hard to smile, and thanked  Mary,  _____  he didn't think of giving her a present.  He watched     
[015]      things filled me with fear.  I always obeyed him,  _____  I hated myself for doing it.  But recently I had      
[013]    thing that I really did not like.  It was my name.   _____  I come from an old and famous family, my name is a      
[007]     in the office.  I understood the message: Oliver,   _____  you are still only twenty-four, you are one of our top     
[004]      and would go home early.  At home he felt worse.   _____  the room was warm, his hands shook with cold.  He      
[022] like the famous Waikiki Beach, and the warm sunshine.   _____  there are a lot of tourists, you can escape to quieter     
[006]   very much.  But it's not always easy to make a baby,  _____  we tried very hard.  Finally I became worried and we      


	
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[001]  a business friend in New York,' said Greta.  'Please,  _____  down.'  While we waited, I looked around the office.  
[006]       'There's no need to start a fight.  Now come and  _____  down at the table, both of you, and have your tea.'        
[009] atty took off his raincoat and gave it to her.  'Let's  _____  against this rock with Betsy,' he said.  'We won't      
[015]    I've had a hard day, I'm tired, and I don't want to  _____  here listening to my daughter telling me I'm a liar.     
[016]      speak of poor Sybil again.  But will you come and  _____  for another portrait soon?'  'No.  Never,' said Dorian     
[021]   they took their places on it.  This time he made her  _____  behind him.  She put her arms round him,  and he turne     
[010]     She couldn't do anything about it.  She could only  _____  down and cry.  So she sat there, in the poor little      


	
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[012]  you send me some more information about your advanced  _____  courses, and an application form. How soon must I      
[010]   leaves into a patch of bare ground. And even on that  _____  the rate at which the jungle  is being destroyed amoun     
[015]   hnology that is stopping us. If we want to build two- _____  roads, we can do it. If we want trains which can trav     
[014] fic jams. Trains are fast and comfortable. The  danger  _____  is very low. There are no annoying traffic lights to       
[001] and felt for the first foothold. Now that his face was  _____  with the ground he realized that the sky seemed brigh     
[007]  preparing to marry and bring down to his own pitiable  _____  a lady of beauty and stainless reputation.' The judge     
[013] apable of taking a child up to maths or English 0 or A  _____ ? Can you go outside educating your child at home for