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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]                      Mother had gone to bed and it was  _____  an hour later when I found Fred standing at the kitch     
[002]           It had been a Superman film. After two and a  _____   hours of watching him bend iron and jump over tall      
[003]                     Flora glanced at her watch. It was  _____ -past eight. She could hear the Brothers singing acros     
[004]        to marry one of you.  Then that man had to give  _____  of her money to the other man.  Why was Woodley the       
[005]    North Pole.  The man climbed onto the ship.  He was  _____ -dead with cold and tiredness.  He was thin and ill and     
[006] eed some sleep.'  Tom walked up the stairs and saw the  _____ -filled cases.  'Come on, Scott, said Tom, pushing him      
[007]      What a dinner! Boiled eggs, boiled vegetables and  _____ -cooked rice! Ergh!' They both laughed.                          


	
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[001]                          'I'll let you know if I learn  _____  interesting.'  'It's over, Nudge,' Hammersmith said.      
[002] re for the summer,'  a man told me.  'I can't tell you  _____  about him.' That  evening, Holmes listened to my story     
[003] ive everything to your boyfriends, and they don't give  _____  to you.  They take from you.  They don't respect you.     
[004]  And he ought to know,' she said.  'None of this means  _____  unless the driver comes  forward and says he was some     
[005]    Colt by letting him die for you.'  'You can't prove  _____ ,' she said, still with the same  frightening smile.      
[006]                         During the meal I asked him if  _____   had happened to upset  Elinor in the spring. 'About      
[007]              'A woman knows.  But he doesn't say or do  _____ .' 'What's his job?' Holmes asked.  'He's a rich man,   


	
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[001]     little groups, looking cold and wet.  How shall we  _____  the races?' asked Paul.  I don't know,' said Mr Prende     
[002]       loudly to a man called Cassius, whose job was to  _____  the contests in the Colosseum. He also had to please      
[003]          what I had expected. When I said that I would  _____  it, I meant that I would tell them what to do.   
[004]      don't ask me. I'm determined to make you children  _____  everything this year.  Forget that I am your mother.      
[005]    not have voting rights for blacks.  King decided to  _____  protest marches in Selma.  They began on January 18,      
[006] e   letters to Parliament, send telegrams to the king,  _____  petitions, and put up posters explaining their ideas.     
[007]        fixing it. That's exactly how the mayor thinks.  _____  your  neighborhood, find the responsible parties,       


	
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[001]    guilty of no crime. Let's not hide our problem from  _____  -  let's  tell people what awful jobs we've got.     
[002]   mainly from the middle classes, who rebelled against  _____  in the sixties and early seventies.  They quarreled   
[003]         They were against many things - materialism in  _____ , the boring routine of nine-to-five jobs, ordinary     
[004]    Biko and let us liberals gradually fit you into our  _____ , then...'  Tenjy put down the bucket of water      
[005]       'First or last. What you are saying is that your  _____  is better than ours, so you liberals are going to tea     
[006] calm and reasonable. 'There are some advantages in our  _____ : fewer white babies die, and we have more...'  'Guns     
[007]    confrontation!'  'That is right. We will not accept  _____  as it exists in South Africa. We demand confrontation  
 

	
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[001] and begin working  on him during the long drive to the  _____ .  So, on the Thursday evening of her second week at th     
[002] imagined anywhere, in a country village, in a  seaside  _____ , in a busy city, and he would still  remain for ever t  
[003] about his swim in Ostia after a visit to  the Ostia: a  _____  on the coast near Rome.  Vatican  Museum with Angela.      
[004] ry Wednesday Diane collected Grace from the clinic in   _____ , where she practised using her new leg.  Sometimes  Fr     
[005]  often took Grace with her when she had to work out of  _____ .  But now Annie worked long hours.  She and Grace had      
[006] Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid!'  'What brings you into  _____ , stranger?' said Grace.  She took  off her hat and thr     
[007] h ago.'  'Can you prove you were the other side of the  _____  at the  time of the  murder?' Nudger asked.  'No, but       


	
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[001]  his wife, and he had suspected this for a long time.   _____  he turned  the clock back once more, not just a few  m     
[002] their examinations at the beginning of the next term;   _____ , they have to  revise right through the holiday. P:  T     
[003] ere less  intelligent and more emotional than men, and  _____  could not  make important  decisions. Women could neve     
[004]  his wife, and he had suspected this for a long time.   _____  he turned  the clock back once more, not just a few  m     
[005] their examinations at the beginning of the next term;   _____ , they have to  revise right through the holiday. P:  T     
[006] ere less  intelligent and more emotional than men, and  _____  could not  make important  decisions. Women could neve   
[007]     was as unusual as it was unpleasant.  She decided,  _____ , to cheer herself up by walking to the village to find    


	
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[001]    I've often thought about this, too.  If I learn the  _____  to this question, perhaps I'll have the                    
[002]  Holmes turned to Mr Soames.  'Mr Soames, you have the  _____  to your little problem.' He looked at the student.     
[003]         Is the job in Scotland?' Helen  waited for his  _____ .  Perhaps now he wanted her to marry him.  There was a     
[004]     it must be blue. Try it, and see.'  Elfine did not  _____  this. She said casually, 'Here it is,' as they arrived     
[005]    is it?' I called.  'Who's there?'  But there was no  _____ .  I waited for a long time.  The 'person' in the room     
[006]  you  stole.'  I was surprised by how ready she was to  _____ .  'Under the garage. We secretly dug a place there      
[007]                He was young and she was beautiful. His  _____  wasn't hard to guess.  'But not to kill him,' he said      


	
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[001]       with his eyes.  'I think I'll have a look at the  _____ ,' he said.  Helen watched him as he walked away.        
[002]   Geneva.  I  looked up at the mountains.  I loved the  _____ , but I felt so unhappy.  As I crossed the lake     
[003] they stopped and sat for a while.  'That's a beautiful  _____ ,' Annie said.  They could just see the top of the rive     
[004]          Annie stopped the car to let Robert enjoy the  _____ .  'Wow,' Robert said.  'Now.  I know why you don't wan     
[005]      not be afraid," said my guide.  "Here is the best  _____  of the place where my story happened.  That is why I       
[006]       He studied genetics from a mathematical point of  _____ , and has shown that genetics has a mathematical basis    
[007]    looking at the matter from a business-like point of  _____ , taking things as they are for what they are worth,   


	
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[001] re a bed, a chair, a table, and a water  pot.  'I will  _____  the water pot and use one of the sharp  pieces,' he th    
[002] to open it, but  there was no key.  He took his axe to  _____  it open.  The top  came away; the wood was old and sof     
[003] ich you began.  Why did you do that? Are you going  to  _____  your promise? I have waited for a long time.  I left       
[004]   amazement.  Woods smiled. 'I think they're trying to  _____  off our  friendship.'  Biko looked at Woods for a mome     
[005] Violet? Or Elizabeth? Seth - my son...  do you want to  _____  my heart?'  'Yes,' said Seth simply. The porridge rose     
[006]  of the  island.   Find the steps that go underground.  _____  into the  second room.  The treasure is in the north e     
[007] dest words in the English  language too late.'  In the  _____  between lessons Grimes said to Paul, Look  here, I've 


	
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[001]   Vic looked deep into her eyes.  'You must forget the  _____ .  Look to the future,' he told her.  'He's interested      
[002]  enjoyed these famous old cities.  I remembered my own  _____  with sadness.  When I was young, I was never unhappy.      
[003]        Wiley and I enjoyed doing this.  But during the  _____  month I haven't been able to  work.  I still come to      
[004]  but I could hear them.  Once a hand-mirror flew right  _____  my face.  Sometimes Poldy opened and shut my bedroom      
[005]        it was daylight, and her watch said it was half- _____  eight. There was not a sound from the yard or from a     
[006]  had taught her to  use. Then, just as the man stepped  _____  the bushes, she jumped behind him so he couldn't see     
[007]    Disneyland until the boy's eyes closed.  Tom walked  _____  Frank and Diane's room on the way to his own.  She th