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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]      courses, and an application form. How soon must I  _____  if I wish to begin a course in September this year?      
[002]   taught by dons in other colleges I was encouraged to  _____  to Oxford by one of my teachers. I took the entrance 
[003]   option is to go on to university and the other is to  _____  directly for business employment.' The typical diploma     
[004]        weed out wrong information in the report and re- _____ .   They are tiny slips of paper that can have a real      
[005]   your child is due to begin, and don't forget you can  _____   to as many as you like in the state or independent      
[006]       a secondary school, many of the above principles  _____ . But you know very much more about your child now,      
[007]          Markers have been trained to ensure that they  _____  the mark scheme fairly and consistently.  


	
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[001]  in life. About 14 years ago, to help her get over the  _____  of her husband she went on an overland bus trip to       
[002]     afternoon a 35-year-old housewife narrowly escaped  _____  when a tree blew ove  and fell onto her house,      
[003] tural Revolution in 1966, and that continued until his  _____  in 1976. China is now in the hands of Deng Xiaping,      
[004]  waiting he got soaked to the skin and almost froze to  _____ .  After waiting two hours he finally got a lift with      
[005]  hospital not a gaol. My mother would worry herself to  _____  if I went to gaol! I would regret driving so fast for     
[006]          And there is only one punishment for mutiny.   _____ .  Do you  understand?'  Peter's face was white and he      
[007]        and this was why he died: he starved himself to  _____ .  Kruger's smiling face on television drove Woods in


	
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[001]     to live in and what the rent is. You can never own  _____  or pass anything on to your children. The                 
[002] pulation of over 15 million people. There isn't enough  _____  in Japan. We're going to start doing tests to find       
[003] thout a word, and I began to feel that he was like the  _____  around him.  This sad, silent man and the snow-coverde     
[004]      that we were criminals in any court of law in the  _____ . We  would be punished for this. How did we not notice     
[005]              He looked to thewest, but he could see no  _____ , no  lights.  Only water  big grey waves with white to     
[006]      was a small island with nowhere good for ships to  _____ .  But a canoe came out through the  white water to the     
[007]   towards me at about 300 feet, and then it started to  _____ . It was  behind some trees, but I could see it clearly d


	
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[001]      forty pupils in each classroom, and discipline is  _____  strict.  Students never speak without permission -  
[002]    they were waiting. Now they seemed to find the wait  _____  pleasant, perhaps even enjoy it. They were even glad      
[003] the bread strike Paul baked the most beautiful bread!   _____  often Paul comes with me when I drive the Girls to sc 
[004] meal of the day for  many people. They usually have it  _____  early, between six and eight o'clock, and often the      
[005]    and called down, 'I say, would you mind not talking  _____  so loudly please? I am so sleepy, and I would be        
[006]   least know something about them, because I do travel  _____  a bit in my own country as well as going abroad.       
[007] akfast but I do like my toast and marmalade.  I've got  _____  a few pounds of marmalade in jars in my van    


	
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[001] omebody?'  Suddenly, the girl smiled.  Then she walked  _____  the street, came up to Nick's table, and sat down.       
[002]   half-past eight. She could hear the Brothers singing  _____  the road.  She hoped that soon they would be released     
[003]  ry, James'. 'Sh! Sh!'  said Bond, and quickly led her  _____  the room to the bathroom. He turned on the light and    
[004]    The farmer had jumped over the fence and was coming  _____  the field, waving his arms and shouting 'Get off my       
[005]   The waiter looked over Nick's head.   There's a girl  _____  the street,' he said.  Do you know  her?'  Nick turnr     
[006] I might have an accident.'  Judith was already halfway  _____  the yard. She turned  slowly to reply. 'No, you must      
[007]   400 ft in diameter bent into a ring just over a mile  _____ . The wheel spins gently once a minute. It is this      


	
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[001]  make parachutes and tyres.  Today, this extraordinary  _____  is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts,     
[002]       my mother came to look after me. She bought some  _____ , with her own money, for  the sitting-room curtains,      
[003]   the day sewing postmen's bags, made of thick, coarse  _____ , but Paul did not consider this diicult or unpleasant     
[004]    the room into a great hall, also built of the green  _____  like glass.  There were people in the hall, none of      
[005]     Band-Aid is one company's name for these pieces of  _____ .  Robert was already in bed, waiting.  'Oh, Annie" I   
[006]   He would have to pack himself very carefully in soft  _____  to protect himself against the shock. Later on, the      
[007]   modern times, of course.  Until then I shall collect  _____  for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall   


	
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[001]   I think the first one is the time of day that things  _____ . People get up later, and start work later. I start      
[002] crimes! It is seriously wrong to think that 'It cannot  _____  to me'  or 'It is not my worry'. Nonsense! This is      
[003]  home. But what I'm concerned about is what's going to  _____   when cable networks and satellites bring down the      
[004] went downstairs to the kitchen.  How did the  accident  _____ ? Harvey does not know.  He heard nothing, he says.      
[005] to that money,' said Hutson  angrily.  What's going to  _____  to Vickers?' Nick asked detective Edmonds.  Hospital,     
[006] rrible.'  'Oh, in am so sorry! What a pity! How did it  _____ ?'  'Mark an' Micah were arguing an' Mark pushed Micah      
[007] ce here will just laugh at you, but you can't let this  _____  without doing something.'  Woods stared at her doubtfu  


	
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[001]   IA: My father is half Malaysian, half Portuguese. My  _____  is Polish - her family came to  England when she was      
[002]        because they are kind to him.  He remembers his  _____ , and he has a  picture of her.  She was beautiful and     
[003]              She owes her remarkable looks to a Korean  _____  and a black father. But when she was young, back in      
[004]     enough to do, with' three children to feed, and my  _____  looking'  after a fourth? And who's to know what will     
[005]  seven every morning, he wakes everyone up.  Being his  _____  I like to be the first to greet him, so up I  get.      
[006]    But Flora was already reading the third letter. Her  _____ 's cousin from Kensington invited her there, but it      
[007]  spoke English at home. It's my first language, but my  _____  taught me Polish, so sometimes I spoke Polish with her 


	
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[001]   again.  Explain to them how you feel.  Then, if they  _____ , I can help you to find a job on a farm.'  But Matty      
[002] gain.  'That's all right then.  Your mother and father  _____ , but your mother wants to see you at home every other     
[003]    most important.  Before I tell you about it, do you  _____  to keep it a secret?'  'I do,' we said together.       
[004]  after.  They decided it was an accident, but I didn't  _____ .  I thought it  was murder, and I could not forget      
[005]  raid on Natal University. He was very intelligent - I  _____  with you about that.'  'Yes. He was very intelligent.      
[006]   court. The Judge frowned in that direction.  'So you  _____  with these men?' the Prosecutor continued.  'I             
[007]    how Biko would deal with the crowd since he did not  _____  with the call for violence.  'I heard what the last     


	
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[002]   was like a man's foot.  But the left hand - the left  _____  and the left hand were beautiful! The left                
[008]      he was deeply unconscious.  The doctor lifted one  _____ ; it fell back lifelessly. It was obvious that a doctor     
[006] I'm also shaking like a leaf,' Woods said, putting his  _____  around her waist. 'And if you let go, I think I'll      
[007] ictures as Woods pushed through the crowd and took the  _____  of one of the policemen.  'I would like to know what      
[009]     's face she suddenly burst out crying, putting her  _____  around him, her head down next to his.  'Oh, Steve
[007] , I think.  What can I do?' Johnnie put his hand on my  _____ , and he said,  Don't be afraid for your daughter.     
[001]    body.  These bags came down to his legs.  The right  _____  was enormous, and there were bags of skin on it, too.