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Which word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set?

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[001]  window to look at her.  'Probably Mother  and I would  _____  like it if you did.'  'Don't be silly,' said Mrs Smili     
[002] ong, dull  journey on several slow  trains.  There was  _____  a little party to say goodbye to Flora at the  station     
[003] t, Charles dear. Thank you very much - although  I  am  _____  sure I shall find it very  amusing.'  'Goodbye!' cried     
[004]   'It is,' said Flora. 'Now shall we start, if you are  _____  ready?  My luggage will be arriving tomorrow.  Would y     
[005] n and  called down, 'I say, would you mind not talking  _____  so loudly  please? I am so sleepy, and I would be  so      
[006] e, and her truly awful relations  had made Flora feel   _____  depressed, which was as unusual as it was unpleasant.      
[007] ly on  his tea to cool it. Flora did not mind. It  was  _____  interesting,  like having tea with a bull. Besides, sh     
[008] s, appeared to be swelling with  anger, and Flora  was  _____  relieved when he replied in a more or less  controlled     
[009] ves' Sins' was showing, but she  thought she had heard  _____  enough about sin  for one evening. She  looked up and      
[010] ile he talked about sex, and if she said that she only  _____   liked it, he would make her sit on wet  grass, while      
[011] ora herself,  so that was another problem. And was it   _____  fair to throw  Elfine, all unprepared, into London's i     
[012]  advice about improvements to  the farm, and he said,   _____  pleasantly, 'Aye, 'tes true. We mun let him out in the     


	
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[001] wanted  an invitation to go and live with him and  his  _____ .'  'Well, you could live with us if you liked,' said C     
[002] rning  away from the window to look at her.  'Probably  _____   and I would quite like it if you did.'  'Don't be sil     
[003] . But Flora was already reading  the third letter. Her  _____ 's cousin from  Kensington invited  her there, but it w     
[004] ght played on the  muscles of his manly chest.  'Well,  _____  mine,' he said at last, 'here I am, you see. I  said       
[005] in enough to do, with' three  children to feed, and my  _____  looking'  after a fourth? And  who's to know what will     
[006] n.'  At that moment the door opened to reveal Meriam's  _____ ,  Mrs Beetle. Her sharp little black eyes  examined Fl     
[007] nized.  She said a pleasant  goodbye to Meriam and her  _____ , and returned to the  farmhouse.  As soon as Flora had     
[008] farmhouse.  As soon as Flora had gone, Meriam told her  _____ , in a  thick whisper, the advice the young lady had  g     
[009] dness,' said Meriam heavily.  'That's right,' said her  _____ . There was a pause. Then she  added, 'All the same, it     
[010] e in the whole world,' he said fiercely.  'Better than  _____ , or the farm, or  women. I've got photos  of every fil     
[011] ther in his part of the  country and messages from his  _____ .  Whatever else he wrote  about, Flora seemed to find      
[012] . in have never forgotten it. in never  spoke of it to  _____ , but  in have remembered it all my life.  That was wha     


	
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[001] new each other's simple needs.  Suddenly a shadow fell  _____  the door. At once all the cows  lifted their heads, an     
[002] I might have an accident.'  Judith was already halfway  _____  the yard. She turned  slowly to reply. 'No, you must g     
[003] ddenly something like a brightly coloured bird rushed   _____  the kitchen, in a flash of green skirts  and flying go     
[004] s point Flora got crossly out of bed and felt her way   _____  the dark room to the window. She  pushed it open and       
[005] was open,  and a cold wind  was blowing in. Flora went  _____  and shut the door firmly.  'Eh, never do that, Robert      
[006] door opened and a figure in a long green  dress rushed  _____  the room and up the  stairs so rapidly that  Flora har     
[007] me great sorrow, and as she  spoke, she looked angrily  _____  the room at  a photograph of Seth in  football clothes     
[008]  half-past eight. She could  hear the Brothers singing  _____  the road.  She hoped that soon  they would be released     
[009] t care to dig, but she said goodbye again and  hurried  _____  the road to join Amos. He had  seen Mr Mybug in  the t     
[010] e cowshed roof.  Both brothers looked up as Flora came  _____  the yard for  her morning walk. She looked inquiringly     
[011] gain, a sound full of sorrow and suffering. Flora  ran  _____  the yard and pushed open the gate  leading to the big      
[012] outed Mrs Beetle.  Slowly the bull moved his huge body  _____  the yard and into  the field. Flora followed cautiousl     


	
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[001] quest has been called to determine the reason for  the  _____  of Mapetla Mohapi, who was found hanged in  prison.'       
[002] s. 'The  inquest finds that blame for Mapetla Mohapi's  _____  can be  fixed on no one. The inquest is closed.'  Wood     
[003] , Mr Kruger, denied police  responsibility for  Biko's  _____ . Yes, Mr Biko had been arrested,  outside his banning      
[004] ital, and  this was why he died: he starved himself to  _____ .  Kruger's smiling face on television drove Woods into     
[005] come.  It was the first time they had met since Biko's  _____ . Ntsiki  stood at the side of the road, waiting until      
[006] her  husband's  body.' The oicial stood up. 'Mr Biko's  _____ ', Woods  continued coldly, 'has caused enough trouble      
[007] form. 'We are here to express our  deep sorrow for the  _____  of one of the great men of Africa  I loved Steve Biko,     
[008] ng next to her,  cried for the first time since Biko's  _____ , as they watched the  thousands of posters of Biko's f     
[009] iting a book about Biko. When Woods thought of  Biko's  _____ , he wondered how Biko had continued to  believe  that      
[010]  himself. 'Wendy, do you just  want  to accept Steve's  _____ ? Accept what the government is  doing?'  'What more do     
[011] housand, and of course inherit a larger share upon  my  _____ . Many young men would find this an inviting oer.  And      
[012] g modern architecture. Then Paul  told Potts about the  _____  of Grimes and the doubts of Mr  Prendergast. Potts tol     


	
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[001] looking'  after a fourth? And  who's to know what will  _____  to me when the sukebind is  out again, on the long sum     
[002] ut again, on the long summer evenings-'  'Nothing will  _____  to you,' said Flora, 'if only you use your  intelligen     
[003] o much. He'll take her, and ruin her - that's  what'll  _____ .'  Flora felt that was unlikely. Probably, Richard Haw     
[004] e world there are garden sheds where nasty  things can  _____ . But nothing can                                           
[005]                                      . But nothing can  _____   here. And in will not  allow any of the family to lea     
[006] go out into the  great dirty world where nasty things   _____  in cowsheds. in hold  all my family in my hand. None o     
[007] It is a very good idea. Now, what  do you suppose will  _____  to you if you don't marry this  Someone?'  Elfine look     
[008] rrible.'  'Oh, in am so sorry! What a pity! How did it  _____ ?'  'Mark an' Micah were arguing an' Mark pushed Micah      
[009] to Elfine? Even Flora did not dare  imagine what would  _____  if they  returned from the ball and  he had not asked      
[010] he birds, by the  amazing beauty of Elfine, to make it  _____ .  There was a knock on the door. It was Seth, informin     
[011] e, my dear,' said Aunt Ada generously. 'But what  will  _____  to Pointless, Aimless, Hopeless,  and Careless if he       
[012] ce here will just laugh at you, but you can't let this  _____   without doing something.'  Woods stared at her doubtf     


	
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[001] ? Judith  Starkadder of Cold Comfort Farm!'  'I rather  _____  with you,' said Flora. 'I think, if I find Cousin  Jud     
[002] erica tonight. But  what about your  family? Will they  _____ ?'  'I'll tell you all about that, Earl,' said Flora. '     
[003]  more liberal politically than Donald, but she did not  _____   with Black Consciousness.  Woods sat down. 'I'm not s     
[004] y how Biko would deal with the crowd since he did  not  _____  with the call for violence.  'I heard what the last sp     
[005]  violence.  'I heard what the last speaker said, and I  _____  - we are  going to change South Africa! All we have to     
[006] e court. The Judge frowned in that direction.  'So you  _____  with these men?' the Prosecutor continued.  'I             
[007]         with these men?' the Prosecutor continued.  'I  _____  with their concern. Their sacrifices for black people      
[008]  the natural support of all of us. Even if we  do  not  _____  with some of the things they did, they spoke the  lang     
[009] ain Judge Regter turned and  frowned.  'And you do not  _____  with their call for violence?' asked  the Prosecutor.      
[010] raid on Natal University. He was  very intelligent - I  _____  with you about that.'  'Yes. He was very intelligent.      
[011] nswered. 'He says that he's  sure  Father Curren would  _____ , but he will explain it to him  later.'  Woods shook h     
[012]  there if they hadn't been told it existed. Don't you   _____ ?'  I don't think you can be quite right,' said Paul. Y     


	
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[001] not answer. A  woman... Had she  come to take away his  _____ , the                                                       
[002]                                                  , the  _____  that would be his when  his father died? The               
[003]           that would be his when  his father died? The  _____  he loved, the dark  earth of the fields  under rain, t     
[004] le of your white  concern for the black people of this  _____ .'  Woods almost lost his temper. Then he sighed, sat b     
[005] se to live in and what the rent  is. You can never own  _____  or pass anything on to your  children. The                 
[006]             or pass anything on to your  children. The  _____  belongs to the white man. . , and you, all  t    ... .     
[007]  black family.  'Homelands are not home to us, and the  _____  is no good;  that's why the government wants us to go      
[008]  I  pass through here?" "Hell, no, man," we say. "This  _____   belongs to God." Then he comes back. "Do you mind if      
[009]  children?" "Of course not," we say.  "There's lots of  _____ . We're just going to hunt over the hills  for a couple     
[010] ages there were no starving men,'  Mapetla added. 'The  _____  belonged to everyone. No one  slept  on the streets, n     
[011] . 'You did have tribal wars, you know,  m this perfect  _____  of yours.'  'What do you call the First World War and      
[012] - black or  white. A South Africa as beautiful as this  _____  is, as beautiful  as we are!'  There was a second of s     


	
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[001] mably weed out wrong  information in the report and re- _____ .    THEY are tiny slips of paper that can have a real      
[002] el  courses, and  an application form. How soon must I  _____  if I wish to begin  a  course in September this year?      
[003]   taught by dons in other colleges I was encouraged to  _____  to  Oxford by one of my teachers. I took the entrance      
[004] ialled. Markers have been trained to ensure that  they  _____  the mark scheme fairly and consistently. Where  school     
[005] o use it more efficiently.  Education has been slow to  _____  the available kit. But our  new  universities, in part     
[006] ystem, and the high  standards of the host institution  _____  to MBA students. 'We  are  part of the university, and     
[007]  option is to go on to  university and the other is to  _____  directly for business  employment.' The typical diplom     
[008] ecretaries who  obtain  the part one qualification can  _____  for well- paid work in a  solicitor's office, with the     
[009] prefer,  and  made it possible, in theory at least, to  _____  to a school  across  a county or borough boundary. But     
[010]  your child is due to begin, and don't forget you can   _____   to as many as you like in the state or independent se     
[011] sing a  secondary school, many of the above principles  _____ . But  you  know very much more about your child now, i     
[012]  in England to discover whether the Tennessee findings  _____   in  this country and to examine the effect of small c     


	
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[001] ... No... Away over there...' A wild movement of  her   _____  showed no limit to her wanderings.  Judith made  simil     
[002] ight?' cried Mrs Beetle, deeply  shocked.  Urk put one  _____  round Meriam's waist and tried to lift her, but  she w     
[003] g in the  farmyard, Mr Neck held tightly on to Sethes   _____ , as though he  feared Seth might change his mind. He n     
[004] w you  everywhere?' he asked.  Biko smiled. He put his  _____  out of the window and waved  at the car behind. 'They      
[005] hat are you doing?' Wendy screamed, holding  on to his  _____ . Charlie was jumping up at them both.  'Go to the chil     
[006] I'm also shaking like a leaf,' Woods said, putting his  _____   around her waist. 'And if you let go, I think I'll fa     
[007] ctures as Woods pushed through the  crowd and took the  _____  of one of the policemen.  'I would like to know what t     
[008] es: he was deeply unconscious.  The  doctor lifted one  _____ ; it fell back lifelessly. It was obvious  that a docto     
[009] ko's face she  suddenly  burst out crying, putting her  _____  around him, her head down  next to his.  'Oh, Steve...     
[010]  their emotion was so great. But finally Woods put his  _____   around Ntsiki. 'We must hurry, Ntsiki, before he call     
[011] aved backwards and  forwards. Anxiously, Woods put his  _____  around Wendy.  'I had hoped this wouldn't happen,' he      
[012] security desk. As he  approached it, a man touched his  _____ . 'Donald Woods?'  Woods nodded.  'We are security poli     


	
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[001]  modern  times, of course.  Until then I shall collect  _____  for it. If anyone asks me what  I work at, I shall ans     
[002]  asks me what  I work at, I shall answer, "Collecting   _____ ". You know,  Mary, I think I have much in common with      
[003]  will be amusing, and I  expect there will be a lot of  _____  I  can collect. And  perhaps some of the relations wil     
[004] use, my mother came to look  after me. She bought some  _____ , with her own money, for  the sitting-room curtains, a     
[005] r mother, especially after she had bought  the curtain  _____  and got so friendly with the Bundles.'  A bell rang do     
[006] he evenings the  confessions of Grimes, which provided  _____  for a  fascinating study of shamelessness.  Mr Prender     
[007]  the day sewing postmen's  bags, made of thick, coarse  _____ , but Paul did not  consider this diicult or unpleasant     
[008] ctory in Slough.  They make a special  kind of plastic  _____ .'  ' haven't heard of him,' said Larry. 'Why don't you     
[009] er of metal. Inside  that was a layer of soft, plastic  _____ , like a lot of tiny  bags all attached to each other.      
[010]  He would have to pack himself very  carefully in soft  _____  to protect himself against the  shock. Later on, the m     
[011] ful  figure, and brown hair tied back on her neck. The  _____   of her dress was very light and transparent, but ther     
[012] f the  room into a great hall, also built of the green  _____  like  glass.  There were people in the hall, none of t