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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]  Colonel interrupted him.  'Prime Minister, let my men  _____  with this problem.  They have killed a man now and the     
[008]  She looked at me sharply. 'The truth. I still have to  _____  with  this  matter. I shall have to do  something with     
[002] e early  days, constant building has been necessary to  _____  with the  growth of air traffic and the demands of air    
[004] th to celebrate this  great event. It all cost a great  _____  of money.  'Well, what has that to do with Aku-nna?' I     
[005] ell. When anyone hit it  with a stick, it made a great  _____  of noise. As the first wife  of  the family, it was Ng 
[003] em and keep them in  good condition, and spent a great  _____  of time learning from  Eleanor  all about the work of      
[001]  than a year old.' The  assistant wrote again.  It's a  _____ ,' Rick said, and passed over all his money.  Employees   


	
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[001] l,  I thought, when  he hears that young Barrett can't  _____  his daughter? Worse, she will have to work as a  teach     
[002] aughter? Worse, she will have to work as a  teacher to  _____  him while he is at law  school!  As we drove down to C     
[003] ws every detail of  these events, and will be happy to  _____  what I say.  I will only add, may God be with you.  Fi     
[004] ad just put a chair under one  corner of the bed as a   _____ . Hardly any of the staff in these  places were pleasan     
[005] t over, that's all. But it would be better with  some   _____ . Do you have a  bandage?'  'Yes,' she said, and spoke      
[006] ung plants need the strength  and  safety of a tree to  _____  them.'  'Jane, will you marry me, a poor blind man wit     
[007] said Mr Neck, looking round proudly  for agreement and  _____ . 'He wants to  be a film star and in  want to make him    


	
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[001] orry. We can always take her into the hospital  for an  _____ , and save both her and the child. And do  remember tha     
[002] tal, the doctor told him the  truth. 'She must have an  _____ ,' he said. 'The baby is  small, but it will be all rig   
[003]  being sent  to a private nursing home to have a small  _____ . He was  extremely surprised, as he knew no                
[004] like a sleepwalker. The doctor said, 'She  has had the  _____ . She isn't conscious yet, and I'm  afraid that she may     
[005] nd had made  his plans carefully, ready to be put into  _____  at any  moment.  Ogilvie had another problem. 'I had a     
[006]  get to  England,  I was the key to the success of the  _____ . For some  reason none of them could make the trip to      
[007] ng us now?' I asked.  'They want to make sure that the  _____  is successful.  When we found out the truth about Andr      


	
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[001] e man invited all the village  children to a Christmas  _____  at his house. He said that he  had some of these new m     
[002] young man  Not long after the dancing had begun at the  _____ , Marian  Almond came up to introduce Catherine to  a t     
[003] h  snow.  At the Red House, everybody was enjoying the  _____ . Some  people were still eating, while others  were da     
[004] on arrived.  It was for my father's  sixtieth birthday  _____ .  'Well?' said Jenny.  I was in the middle of a thick      
[005] ce which Squire Cass  gave every year. It was the best  _____  of the year, and guests  used to come from miles aroun 
[006] I was in my third year, I invited some  students to a   _____  in my rooms.  We drank and played  cards  all through      
[007] arn as much as  he could.  Lincoln made the Republican  _____  strong and  spoke about rights and freedom.  A very im  


	
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[001] at him, he was doing  this. At first we thought it was  _____  to do this to cook  the  eggs.  Once Montmorency went      
[002]  wish you would let me tell you.'  I don't think it is  _____ ,' said Catherine.  Not for you, perhaps, but for me.'      
[003] War is not the way to solve problems, he said.  It is   _____   to end war and violence between nations.  We can solv     
[004] ed an easy,  comfortable life. They worked as much as   _____  (but no more), happy to dream fondly of Earth, and  to     
[005]  That's 406.7,' the other man said, and completed the   _____  papers.  Over here,' officer Crams said to Rick, leadi     
[006] rk.  As more people  told  their stories, Erin got the  _____  information.  She worked  longer and longer hours.  Sh     
[007]  people won't move,' continued Favel, 'push them.  If   _____ , you'll have to shoot a  few.  There's no time to  exp    


	
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[001]  not  explain it.  The judge did not believe her.  The  _____  decided  that she was guilty.  The punishment was deat     
[002] oing to  be in big trouble soon. You'll be up there in  _____  facing all  kinds of charges.'  Biko was unafraid. 'On     
[003] o' to him),  and he chooses the judges for the Supreme  _____ .  He lives  and works in the White House in Washington     
[004] le in the city liked her.  She bravely agreed to go to  _____   and fight for her civil rights.  A boycott of the Mon     
[005] e band had  arrived, and sat in a corner of the tennis  _____ .  'My dear!' screamed Kitty Maitland, 'aren't they all     
[006]  Harris fell over  backwards. When we  came to Hampton  _____  Palace, Harris asked me if I had  ever been in  the ma     
[007] t  be very  nice for her to have a beautiful young man  _____  her. Perhaps  I should give him another chance.'  A li     


	
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[001] intedly to  Priscilla.  It doesn't matter at all to me  _____  you go or stay,' said  Priscilla impatiently, looking      
[002] f happy. And the  child?  Well, it won't matter to her  _____  I'm her father or not.'  That week the dead woman was  
[003] ned him - it  was so huge and cold.  He could not tell  _____  it was made of metal or stone, and when he shouted,  h     
[004] ed about the universe - how big it  is, where it ends,  _____  it ends at all,  or goes on for ever. It is diicult fo
[005] d its arms held something which seemed to be a  child,  _____  dead or living it was not  possible to say.  The three     
[006] y daughter married him, her happiness would  depend on  _____  he was a good man  or not.'  Yes, I see that,' murmure     
[007] and their  minds, and people are beginning to question  _____  this  is a  good thing for children. A 14-year-old jus   


	
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[001] dents. They  always say,  'British students can't even  _____  and subtract when  they are in high school!'  And I gu     
[002] ey back if you lose, like  Biddy,' he said to Nutty.  ' _____  it to the bill,' Nutty said crossly.  'It's only one t     
[003] e through the door.  There is not much more that I can  _____  to this story.  Later, the  Frenchman caught the orang     
[004] butter into the flour and salt with your  fingers. 2.   _____  the milk quickly and mix with a knife. 3.  Take  out o     
[005] ge, if you can.  If  you do not use your knowledge and  _____  to it, there will be no  future for our race.  'And if     
[006] ple to other people. Secondly, I'm sure marriage will   _____   greatly to my happiness, and thirdly, which perhaps I     
[007]  in mine.'  'To all the objections I have mentioned, I  _____  one more. I am  aware of your younger sister's elopeme


	
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[001] ost  �100/night minimum, not  including meals or local  _____ . And you won't enjoy the  surprise  of finding that yo     
[002] he value on Tara sky high and you'll have to  pay more  _____ ,' said Will. 'If you can't, Tara will be sold, and  I'     
[003] d housing  are free for all citizens.  No one pays any  _____ . There is little crime or  violence, and people seem t   
[004]  most Southern gentlemen can't.  Anyone who was on the  _____  books for more than two  thousand before the war can't     
[005] .  Bridges,  roads and ports all needed repairs, while  _____  money went into  the pockets of the rich. There were m     
[006] s as  Alexander's father, King Philip, had received in  _____  from his  empire in a whole year. There were piles of      
[007] cracies, to create their own  laws, and to stop paying  _____  to the Persian king. This was a  clever trick, because     


	
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[001] y. If Morris doesn't care about it, then I don't care   _____ .'  Mrs Penniman hesitated. Perhaps he does care about      
[002] that I  want to live.  I'm not rich, but I'm not poor,  _____ .  I live simply.  I've always lived simply.  When my w     
[003] d, I'll start  asking  some questions. I don't like it  _____ ,  because here's something that you probably don't kno   
[004]  But still he did not speak.  I did not want to leave,  _____ .  But I couldn't think of anything  painless to say.       
[005] get to sleep. He tried to read, but that was  no good   _____ . Finally, he put on his coat again, and he  went out f     
[006]  a laugh.  For a lifetime, then. She will be miserable  _____  way with  you or without you.'  Here at last Morris be     
[007]   body.  I  knew I couldn't take it out of the house,   _____  by  day or night, because the neighbours would see me.