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Quiz 037

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] nth  move.  And it's your move.' 1 looked at the chess  _____  hard for a  long time.  'You're right,' 1 said.  '1 wa     
[002]  But  the government was afraid of me.  When I went on  _____  the  ship, soldiers took me prisoner.' Faria looked at     
[003] re's your ticket and  boarding  card. Your flight will  _____  at Gate 14 in about an hour's time.  You  can wait in      
[004]  your  seats in advance. And there is never a queue to  _____  a  first-class train! You  don't save any money travel     
[005] apted to the new  method.  The plan was adopted by the  _____  of  directors. The  manager  began to hire new employe     
[006] oad of us who will live in a house, for  free room and  _____ , we will be given money to share and  cover  our bills 
[007] degree. She signed up after seeing an ad on the notice- _____   at  the University of Pau, where she was completing a     
  


	
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[001] never mind the expense of  that, and the stress it can  _____ . I  mean, the rush hours, as everyone knows,  are the      
[002] well,  something  unseen and evil, that had helped  to  _____  the  disaster. He wished to make that clear. He wanted     
[003] e are wealthy and  successful.'  'Father, I'm sorry to  _____  you so much trouble. But I  dream about this girl ever     
[004] rt.  Trains were delayed for the rest of the day. The   _____  of the accident was  believed to be faulty signal ligh     
[005] at adultery is often the symptom of divorce, not  the   _____ . Could you say a little more about that, do you think?     
[006] l and  Sylvia decided they needed publicity for their   _____ . They  encouraged women to break the law. Soon the new     
[007] er. News that the class is to be job-shared  can be  a  _____  for concern. But as a teacher 'sharing' a class, I  wo     


	
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[001]  if we can.'  As John walked away, he listened for the  _____  of quiet  laughter behind  him.  But he heard nothing.     
[002] ' he said.  'There's no danger at all.'  There was the  _____  of voices in the room.  The lawyer  smiled a small,  r     
[003] g when  they're  dangerous.'  Just then they heard the  _____  of a heavy fall.  Lord Henry ran  out of  the room and     
[004] yes, and  most  sounds hurt his ears - except the soft  _____  of  guitars.  Worst of all, he was a prisoner of his o     
[005] ir  beside his father and Christine.  The story didn't  _____  very  exciting  at first.  'I  went to  a factory toda 
[006] s politely; Moore beams back a warm smile.  'This may   _____  ridiculous, but I'd put Merrill in that same bag as El     
[007] ith that? P:  Oh no,  I  disagree completely. They all  _____  completely different from  each  other! Especially Ace     


	
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[001]  But in the long term they would reduce the  losses of  _____  years. it was the up-to-date way to move cargo around     
[002] te  cutbacks  have been greatest in California.      A  _____  article discussed the importance of debt  retirement,      
[003] everal highjackings of planes reported in the paper in  _____  months. What can one do to protect oneself from these
[004] consolidation that has swept through  the  industry in  _____  years - and that has seen Chase Manhattan  merge with      
[005] hangeable parts, none of which worked too well in the   _____  past. For eight months everything has been Jets, Jets,     
[006] gency police task force. Now, ironically, Hernandez's   _____  arrest on drug charges may do nothing to lower his go     
[007] r will it be, easy,' according to 'Workforce 2020,' a   _____  report by the Hudson Institute, a public policy think   


	
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[001]  am here!' At once the monkeys  jumped on him, and the  _____  started to hit them with his great  strong arms.  Mowg     
[002] ome to these wolf-  meetings   Baloo, the sleepy brown  _____ .  His job is to teach the Law of the Jungle to the wol     
[003] rds the rising  sun. Finally, when he  could no longer  _____  this kind of life, he ran away from sea  ports  and wh     
[004] ertain to die.  'Oh, Catherine! Oh, my life! How can I  _____  it!' he cried.  'You and Edgar have broken my heart,'      
[005] e!' 'I can't stay with her!  She cries so much I can't  _____  it! I can't sleep with all that  noise. She promised t     
[006] ions living in  some unreachable place, when you can't  _____   it any longer. Have  you told Charles about it?'  'Ce     
[007] gry  with me that he would send me away. She could not  _____  to  think of that, so she promised to keep her visit a     


	
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[001] hands with both of them, and sat down.  It  was a big   _____ , with a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful pictur     
[002] ry will tell you about your pay.  You'll have your own  _____ , and a company car of course  I'd like you to start wo     
[003] At two o'clock. She's seeing a customer  here  in her   _____ . B: Ah. So what time can I phone back? A: Any  time  a     
[004]  terrible secret.  One day Mr Jonas called me into his  _____ .  'Oliver, I have an  important job for you.  How soon     
[005] o work on  the  information about the  hurricane.  His  _____  was in  the US Navy Base at Cap Sarrat on the island o     
[006] found  themselves outside the  door of the President's  _____ .  A soldier opened the door,  and Wyatt  and Causton w     
[007] 0. Then the  next  year, he wanted to join the foreign  _____ , but  didn't pass the  exams. He went back home, and w     


	
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[001] it was quiet.  Her daughter was reading.  She put the   _____  down.  'Hello, Mummy.  You're late.  You said you'd be     
[002] rian walked up and down the room.  Then he took out a   _____  from his desk and began to search for a name.  Alan  C     
[003]  there.  Another time he  showed interest in a science  _____  of mine, which I had left in  his sleigh by mistake in     
[004] mination I went over to the  library desk to ask for a  _____ .  Two  girls were working there.  One was tall and spo     
[005] ooking at my legs.'  'Only once every chapter.'  'That  _____  has very short chapters.'  'Listen, you aren't as good     
[006] d an  Israeli mathematician whose work is cited in the  _____ .  Corrected  information is provided.    One of the wo     
[007] uiet and wore glasses.  I chose  her, and asked for my  _____ .  She gave me an unfriendly look.  'Don't you have a l      


	
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[001] l be a whole load of us who will live in a house, for   _____  room and board, we will be given money to share and  c     
[002]  their computers  with  every program available in the  _____  world. If they need to  convert inches to centimeters,  
[003] t season. In some,  the  landlady serves her guests a   _____  cooked breakfast included  in  the price of the room.      
[004]  no hunger or poverty,  and  medicine and housing  are  _____  for all citizens. No one pays  any  tax. There is litt 
[005] t will kill the past, and when that is dead, I will be  _____ .' He  picked up the knife and dug it  into the picture     
[006] d, please don't ask.'  'You spend every minute of your  _____  time with her.  It isn't  natural .  .  .  '  'Ray, wh  
[007] sten to me! You know we are here to set our  brothers   _____ .  I have spoken to the  Prime Minister of this  countr      


	
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[001] , and he learned English, French, and German.  At the   _____  of nineteen, he went to London, England, and worked in     
[002]  was a thin, serious child, who was too small  for his  _____ .  His real name was Rossiter, but when someone  spoke      
[003]  Harald said nothing.  The hijacker was about the same  _____   as him, but  not so big.  The young  hijacker laughed     
[004] usually call  inspectors 'sir' or 'madam'.  Was it her  _____ ? He must be  about fifty-five and she was only twenty-     
[005] ." "Yes," answered Marilla.  "Diana Barry is the  same  _____  as you.  She lives at Orchard Slope, across the river.     
[006] his man  do? He didn't want her to have friends of her  _____ , so people  couldn't come to the house.  She couldn't      
[007] ht only misery to my later years.  When I reached the   _____  of seventeen, my parents decided to send me to the  Un     


	
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[001] independent.'  'Oh - will you do all that for me? I'll  _____  you until I die.  I'll be a good wife to you. I'll alw     
[002] es  too.  He liked people, and Lady Middleton liked to  _____   beautiful meals.  But she was a cold woman, who did n   
[003] listen to some  lady sing a few nice  jazz songs. They  _____  food in the club, so  if we're hungry we can order a l     
[004] ad and meat or fish to go in the  sandwich. Pubs often  _____  good,  cheap food, both hot and cold.  School children     
[005] m  to hear in court the next day that he would have to  _____   seven years with hard labour. In ten years she'll be    
[006] dered coffee with the  terrible taste. And they don't   _____  it in a proper cup and  saucer, but in one of those aw
[007]  a white "liberal" doctor working here, that  wouldn't  _____  your purpose?' Woods asked.  Biko became more serious