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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.
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[001] ional action last week included: @ The Senate (by _____ vote) and the House (by 224-170) passed and sent to
[002] heless must be made. The vote still gives citizens a _____ in the operation of their government and their party
[003] voices sweep pleasantly over him. Suddenly one young _____ rose above the others. "But", it said, "do you alway
[004] said, "do you always know when you're happy"? The _____ sank back into the general tangle of sound, but the
[005] auction itself. Mr. Podger heard again, at will, the _____ of the auctioneer, the voices of the bidders, and fi
[006] cts of him, in order to overcome them. His own inner _____ , which should tell him what not to do, has not devel
[007] IES FROM CTA# _OAK PARK, AUG. 8_ - In today's " _____ ", the CTA is urged to reduce fares for senior citiz
[008] ICAGO, AUG. 9_ - In reply to a letter in today's " _____ " urging the sale of meat after 6 p. m., I wish to st
[009] onvention. I regret that Bertha Madeira [today's " _____ "] obtained incorrect information. Had I been granted
[010] silence as Miss Sutherland revealed her mastery of a _____ probably unique among sopranos today. This big, f
[011] y unique among sopranos today. This big, flexible _____ with uncommon range has been superbly disciplined. N
[012] ifficult. Richard Tucker sang Edgardo in glorious _____ . His bel canto style gave the performance a special
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[001] bars us from our own sands at Miami Beach, those who _____ us all should agree to nothing. #CLOSED DOORS IN C
[002] numbering 25 volumes (including the present exhibit) _____ a high standard of literary excellence, as every sch
[003] am of the government, vast, man-made bodies of water _____ a kind of glorious fringe benefit, providing boating
[004] f pulled. The lines connecting the wedge-shaped dogs _____ the locking bars at right angles to the tappet bars.
[005] t only do these quacks assume impressive titles, but _____ themselves as being associated with various scientif
[006] the adolescent (or adult) whose beliefs and actions _____ primarily his rebellion and reaction again the ideas
[007] None of this is true for the Northerner. Negroes _____ nothing to him personally, except, perhaps, the dang
[008] to assure the republic that the U.N. rioters do not _____ the real feeling of the Negro community. Accordin
[009] est, then, lies in what the encounter may be made to _____ , in the power of some central significance to draw t
[010] tic strangers in "Death in Venice", for example, who _____ some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.
[011] ause it was non- partisan. The Commission seems to _____ the viewpoint of what I would call the unconscious l
[012] that one can devotedly and with absolute dedication _____ the seemingly provincial interests of one's own comm
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[001] oratorical flourishes He made good, plain American _____ sense and the House usually recognized it and acted
[002] egates of the American Bar association leaned to the _____ sense side. But the internationalists have taken ove
[003] from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, _____ and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little b
[004] tatus of West Berlin has reached its apogee. British _____ sense is proverbial. The present attempts of the pol
[005] contaminate ordinary Britons shows that this British _____ sense is unwilling to pull somebody else's chestnuts
[006] on, indicate brain tumor? _REPLY_ No. This is a _____ symptom and the cause usually is pressure on the ner
[007] ed in your newspapers, suggesting investigation of a _____ rubbish disposal area to service the Potowomut and
[008] stination. Bridges, tunnels and ferries are the most _____ methods of river crossings. Each one of these is,
[009] rk on a crash program for 200-megaton bombs of the _____ or hydrogen variety, and neutron bombs, which do not
[010] ATIVE# I disagree with Mr. Burnham's position on the _____ Market [Nov. 18] as a desirable organization for us
[011] ult to understand. The pressure for our entry to the _____ Market is mounting and we will proceed towards this
[012] 1], by Mr. Eric Johnston, entitled "We Must Join the _____ Market". He says: "It has swept aside petty national
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[001] To Rickards, a 52-year-old veteran 30 years in the _____ , it was an old story: His plane was being hijacked i
[002] y McCauley of Sacramento, Calif., one of some twenty _____ Force recruits on board, awoke from a nap in confusi
[003] nd like a nut I raised my hand. I thought he was the _____ Force recruiter". What the man wanted was four pe
[004] artment. From the luggage, they learned that the two _____ pirates, far from being Cubans, were native American
[005] B-52 and other long-range bombers for the Strategic _____ Command.) The House, which had passed its smaller ap
[006] when Congress is asked to approve. #WHISKY ON THE _____ # A Philadelphia distiller is currently breaching the
[007] elf to survive. @ #DETERRENT# @ THE Army, Navy and _____ Force, among others, may question Secretary Freema
[008] more trans-Atlantic passengers have been crossing by _____ . Economy class fares and charter flights have attrac
[009] thank you" note from a youngster he appointed to the _____ Force Academy in Colorado.
[010] Force Academy in Colorado. _____ Force life is great, the cadet wrote, "though the fo
[011] the aroma of autumn- fallen leaves, the wine of cool _____ , and the nostalgia of woodsmoke which blows through
[012] ittee on National Legislation was interviewed on the _____ . While I respect his sincere concern for peace, he m
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[001] mary responsibilities is to bring children and books _____ ; consequently an experienced children's librarian at
[002] s one county helps its neighbors and that by banding _____ in an area-wide effort better results can be accompl
[003] a living monument to Greater Miami's ability to get _____ on worthwhile enterprises. #A SHORT REPORT AND A G
[004] standing of how the various parts of its economy fit _____ and dovetail into the national economy. @ The r
[005] riage- long periods when you're hopelessly stranded, _____ . And if you bore each other then, heaven help you.
[006] to suggest that the landlords and Commissioners get _____ and consider liberalizing the practice of prohibitin
[007] e that the Communists have made two mistakes, which, _____ , may prove fatal. The first was the commune program,
[008] The effect of Chou En-lai's clash with Khrushchev, _____ with the everlasting attacks on Molotov + Co., has s
[009] the first act for my taste. Still, his finale is put _____ with taste and a most sensitive projection of that p
[010] prises (as usual) a slightly unstrung necklace, held _____ by little more than a slender thread cunningly inser
[011] ce. If only they and Fausto Cleva in the pit had got _____ a bit more. @ "MELODIOUS birds sing madrigals" sa
[012] the Cromwellian interregnum, the practice of singing _____ - choruses, catches and glees- always flourished. The
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[001] ded among five libraries in the system designated as _____ centers. Basic reference tools are the backbone of
[002] from headquarters to the other libraries. Each _____ center library was chosen because of its demonstrate
[003] never loquacious, and his word, once given, was not _____ to retraction. It might be added that as he kept his
[004] necessity change. The Secretary General must have, _____ to the constitutional direction of the Security Coun
[005] organization at the top as human beings can make it, _____ to no single nation's direction and subservient to n
[006] o increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, _____ to the Mayor's veto; but the City Council will now s
[007] yle of his own- and he had few inhibitions about his _____ matter. His pictures were roundly denounced as "the
[008] were stringy, contorted and strangely pathetic. The _____ he liked most was the female body, which he painted
[009] ll do a better job of communicating and will be less _____ to abuse by those who have learned how to manipulate
[010] lady, Miss Judy Garland, because she brought up the _____ herself in telling a story about a British female re
[011] fluous. In its present artless, low-budget form, the _____ matter seems designed to invite censorial wrath.
[012] ace of a large sphere of hydrogen atoms, it would be _____ both to the gravitation of the sphere and the charge
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[001] al problems and come up with answers without all the _____ heroics. @ #LEAGUE REGULARLY STANDS ON THE SIDE OF
[002] al wealth. The jails were filled to overflowing with _____ prisoners who had incurred his displeasure. He maint
[003] eaders who as a rule have shown livelier interest in _____ power than in the city's welfare. They, too, have li
[004] hest, his hands gripping the side of a desk, and the _____ and legislative chatter would subside into silence.
[005] ervice he had a long memory, an excellent thing in a _____ leader. He was, of course, in the House for a ver
[006] ckless military adventures, given no sanction by any _____ authority, have become almost daily occurrences. Yet
[007] ndependence. The idea was not even suggested because _____ expediency prevailed over wisdom. It is perhaps too
[008] ndate because it is inconsistent with what is termed _____ realism. But if any realism and feeling for truth re
[009] anization show an affinity for a foreign government, _____ party or personality in opposition or preference to
[010] hem". The Jackson report will provide some of the _____ support Mr. Rusk will need if he is to get rid of de
[011] her jurisdiction in the St. Louis area. The unstable _____ situation there represents one reason new plants shy
[012] rate of growth ought to be a priority concern of the _____ , business, civic and other leaders on both sides of
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[001] ovement. It's going to take time for investors to _____ how many of the toll-road bonds will pay out in full
[002] low Secretary Hodges through the Fiat plant, and you _____ this: "One, modern equipment- much of it supplied
[003] ing America as bastion of the free world, labor must _____ to put the national interest first if it is itself t
[004] to receive so-called junk mail. He was delighted to _____ that the Post Office Department is now going to expa
[005] suggestions about staying inside the lines. But most _____ to color and paint as and when they are ready with o
[006] ngarian or almost any other foreign tongue. Once you _____ how to translate Communese, much of each day's delug
[007] Dover "publishes" what the company calls "Listen and _____ " productions designed to teach foreign languages. Pr
[008] r heads. How many times must we get burned before we _____ ? @ #RUSSIA AND U.N.# _TO THE EDITOR OF THE INQUI
[009] realization that each group has much of substance to _____ from the other also developed, and a strong convicti
[010] re nothing but Piccadilly farmers, he has as much to _____ about them as they have to
[011] about them as they have to _____ about the ways of truly rural living. Mr. Bates s
[012] s par for the course at Newport and that you have to _____ to live with it. Before her chore was finished she w
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[001] nded in February, 1960, the highway earned enough to _____ 64 per cent of its interest load- with the remainder
[002] ars to be enough money in the road's reserve fund to _____ the interest deficiency for eight more years. #FOR
[003] ever, several of the turnpikes are earning enough to _____ interest requirements by comfortable margins. Many o
[004] rival or replace the King James Version, but, as its _____ states, it is offered "simply as the Bible to all th
[005] sure, fortified with raincoats or with newspapers to _____ their heads. Others huddled under the trees outside
[006] indoors or out by any visitor. The greenhouses alone _____ 3-1/2 acres. #BOOKS# _CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS._ C
[007] refreshment period between. The sessions should _____ four major areas: _A_ - The Christian Faith _
[008] e are atoms in my body, how large an area would they _____ ? I calculated first that there are about an octil
[009] sextillion peas. Next we freeze over the oceans and _____ the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the
[010] ect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also _____ each of these with peas four feet deep; and then we
[011] reaches of the Milky Way; we get 250,000 planets; we _____ each of these with our blanket of peas and then at l
[012] for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors _____ not only the country, but the whole world. Glenn Kit