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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] any Londoners  have parents  of different nationality,  _____ , and culture. Is  this good or bad, easy or  difficult     
[002] ilgrim Fathers', and they had very strong ideas about   _____ .  They did not want to live in England because they  d     
[003] ul jewellery from silver and blue-green stones.  Their  _____  is very important to them; their dancing often  has a  
[004] d an important leader of  Atlanta's black population.   _____  was very important in  King's early life.  He went to      
[005] ked  about science, and the teachings of the Christian  _____ .  We can choose 'to do good', he said, and protect our     
[006] prisoned for their beliefs,  colour, sex, language, or  _____ . We try to get fair and early  trials for all  politic     
[007] eshing. In fact, he claimed that Buddhism was his  one  _____ , and the only worthwhile philosophy. When I  pointed       


	
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[001] What are they  doing  now?'  'I don't know,' I said.  ' _____  they live in the  country.'  Merrick thought about thi     
[002] ces where you can hire  vehicles of various types. Or,  _____  you'd rather  come by  train - then you can take advan     
[003]  were even glad when the lift took  longer than usual.  _____  they found themselves amusing to look  at, or hadn't       
[004] nack from home - a sandwich, a drink, some fruit, and   _____  some crisps. 'Tea' means two things in Britain. It is      
[005] ad to wait forever for another one,  in a queue -  and  _____  miss the next one too! It was the  lift's fault they w     
[006] ng. Now they seemed to find the wait  quite pleasant,   _____  even enjoy it. They were even glad when the lift took      
[007]  You aren't going to leave the hospital.'  'Not today,  _____ ,' he said.  'But soon.  You are a  kind  man, Dr Treve     


	
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[001] I  do worry about her. London is such a big place. I'm  _____  she  wants  to come home, really. She phones home some     
[002] el,  she is also one of the richest. She herself isn't  _____   how rich, since she  doesn't know exactly what her sa     
[003] here.  Wherever you decide to stop, you can always  be  _____  of finding a comfortable  place to stay and a good mea     
[004]  but you get comfort and freedom  instead, and you are  _____   of getting home at a suitable time in the evening.     
[005]  it off - look after  this problem now. If you are not  _____  that you  are doing  everything you can to fight crime     
[006] If Paul is recording or we  are touring  I try to make  _____  he's not disturbed. But if he isn't working he  Pets u     
[007]   'You look extremely beautiful,' replied Flora. 'Make  _____  you  behave properly.' She felt that her own  appearan     


	
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[001]   cold and wet.  This is where the great redwood trees  _____  -  the tallest trees in the world.  The biggest is 115     
[002] hine State' because it is so  warm and sunny.  Oranges  _____  there, and visitors come to  enjoy beach holidays.  Th     
[003] were often in the  countryside, and there they used to  _____  vegetables and keep farm  animals. They  wrote poetry   
[004]  plants need the  sun to shine on them - no plant can   _____  in the dark or even  shade for 14 days in a row. And o     
[005] e totally  detached  from our kids and hardly see them  _____  up. If you have enough  money to  live in a big house,     
[006] the  chair onto the floor.  But the noise continued to  _____  louder,  louder than every noise I made.  And the men      
[007]  so happy in his life.  At  last  the shadows began to  _____  longer.  Wyatt stood up and  pulled  Julie to her feet      


	
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[001] h. She's in her late fifties, but she's quite young in  _____ .  She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair which sh    
[002] e of the wood. Jane, you must have  been  asleep. Your  _____  and mine must have met to comfort each  other!  It was     
[003] as I do now, and appealed to your great  generosity of  _____ . I promise to love you and stay with you  for  ever. J     
[004] en me in two with one hand,  but he could not break my  _____ . Small  and weak as I was, I stared firmly back at him     
[005] ath, and thought of Helen Burns, who was so  sure her   _____  would go to heaven.  Would my aunt's                       
[006] d her mother lost interest in me.  You strange magical  _____ ,  I love you! You, small and poor and plain, I ask you     
[007] prison in  Germany. He had returned to Russia with the  _____  of the  revolution shining in his eyes. He quickly bec  


	
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[001] from Elizabeth.  My  dear friend I was very pleased to  _____  a letter from my  uncle, from Paris.  You are not very     
[002] troubles on Let it Be, George Martin was surprised  to  _____  a telephone call from Paul.  The band wanted to  make  
[003] ns of people in countries all over the world send and   _____  Christmas cards.  Before they could buy printed  Chris     
[004] et - and a ring?'  'All right,' Mr Bumble said. 'I did  _____  some money from  this man. But you will never find the     
[005]  so I think you had better stay in  England, until you  _____  further news of him.'  After the gentlemen had left, I     
[006] ions without argument. If anyone had  doubts, he would  _____  one of her looks. That ended the  discussion.  One day     
[007] iatives and development of a  national curriculum will  _____  enormous attention. "This is a  country that is trying     


	
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[001] l  myself. Journalist: What  are you working on at the  _____ ? Mr Williams:  Well, actually  I'm doing something ver     
[002] ed  to pull her  through then open window. At the last  _____  her foot caught in  the  curtain and the window banged     
[003] I clean my teeth a lot, you see.' Hassan  smiled for a  _____ .  'Well, he does have very white teeth,' Anna thought.     
[004] p with tears. 'Sure, sure'. Bond smiled at Mary for a   _____ , then  turned off the shower and opened the bathroom d     
[005] hink of this job? I  can't complain - it's OK for  the  _____ . But I wouldn't spend the rest of my  life doing this.     
[006] Mmm. This appears to affect women more than men at the  _____ .  LD: Well, only in the secretarial and data-processin     
[007]  said Karen.  'You're  going to  drop some on me in a   _____ .'  'It's too good to be true.  Nobody as beautiful as     


	
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[001] hio, in 1925, and did some acting in high  school and   _____ , but never seriously considered making it his  future  
[002]  but  I was unhappy and angry.  The police came to the  _____  to arrest some of the four students.  They didn't arr     
[003] as the  beginning of the  summer, three months  before  _____  began in  the autumn.  London was full of tourists.  W     
[004] land at the end of the summer.  Soon  after, I went to  _____ .  My life is better now.  I work on a farm in England      
[005] ns.  She likes gardening.  She's  studying  farming at  _____ .'  'perhaps,' said Greta Ross.  'There's a small farm      
[006] bout your future.  Would you like to study at Queen's   _____  in Charlottetown? Would you like to be a teacher?"  "O     
[007] fter  my father's death I stopped doing my work at the  _____ .  I  began to go out with some new friends.  They were   


	
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[001] ometimes  visit friends or  stay at home and listen to  _____ , and at the weekends I am a  very keen swimmer and hor     
[002]  Ellen,' he said.  'Now I'm going to play lots of good  _____ .  I'll be OK now.'  4  The Futures  He went away for f     
[003]  Vietnam. They stayed up all night playing  loud  rock  _____  through huge speakers on expensive stereo  systems. Wh     
[004] ion yesterday. The  demonstration attracted a crowd of  _____ -lovers who were  waiting  for the sale to start, many      
[005] d to  play.  Suddenly his hands stopped moving and the  _____  stopped  at once.  Harpist!' the conductor shouted ang     
[006] ots of friends, and we had a  good  time.  I liked pop  _____  - the  Rolling Stones, David  Bowie and Jake Rosso wer     
[007] e too.   There  were famous people, wonderful food and  _____ , lots of  drink and drugs.  Drugs.  Yes, well, the dru     


	
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[001]  I use  public transport when I can, usually  going by  _____ . I get on  the bus much more than I used to. I: I'm su  
[002] summer,  she said.  I took Merrick to the country in a  _____  with dark  windows, so  nobody could see him.  Then we     
[003] fe and a bus in  Manchester.  It was a hot day and the  _____  was slow.  There were seven  people in the carriage.       
[004] on.  Despite the disadvantages, I prefer travelling by  _____  to travelling by car,  chiefly because I know I am tr     
[005] an  stay in town as long  as you like. If you miss one  _____ , you  just catch the next, no matter what  time it is.     
[006] me friends for the  weekend, but he could not afford a  _____   ticket, and even the coach was too  expensive, so he   
[007] pite of their terrible driving. I: There's a a  subway  _____  like London's  famous Underground railway - 'the  tube