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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]   hurricane, where the air is very still.  But the air  _____  on the outside of the circle is very high, so the wind     
[002]     ache terribly,' he said.  'It's because of the low  _____  in the eye of the hurricane,'  Wyatt  explained.      
[003]  Kafelnikov into the background.  "I think she let the  _____  get to her," said Williams, who had never beaten a      
[004]  very big thing to them, but they haven't put me under  _____ . On the other hand, I could never have dropped out      
[005]               One of them says the assessors are under  _____ , too. 'We feel a great responsibility for the final      
[006] my parents. I know they're paying my way, so that puts  _____  on me to do well. Mum is a housewife, dad is a univer     
[007]    most take it in their stride. 'There might be  more  _____  to perform, but I accept that for what I get out of       


	
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[001]  the wine, I wasn't sure.  He had already lost a large  _____  of money.  Then he did what I had hoped for.   
[002]    the plan, and agreed to lend the manager a suitable  _____  of money. Unfortunately, however, the plan was never      
[003]      can have the animal back.  He must pay me a  mall  _____  for catching and keeping it.  Come to number-  Rue -,      
[004]                 It was getting dark.  Aron ate a small  _____  of food and drank some of his water.       
[005]     and she takes it.  She gives you a receipt for the  _____ , you pack your shopping into a box or bag, which the      
[006] work that we solidly go through.  We've done a certain  _____  of more organized maths,  but most of the things      
[007]                             But London has an enormous  _____  of culture - art museums,  plays, music, and so on  


	
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[001] Merlin told him.  'I will not always be here.  In  the  _____ , when you make mistakes, my magic will not help you.'   
[002]  cDonald,' he said.  'We  must drink to our children's  _____ , and wish them luck.'  Christine and Simon were marrie     
[003]    She was not going to die.  She and Drew still had a  _____  together.  They all danced until midnight.       
[004] warm and bright place.  My thoughts would be about the  _____ , not the past.  I picked up the diary and opened it.      
[005]         It was then that I began to have hopes for the  _____ : I decided to become a writer.  Perhaps I would be the     
[006]    and they saw that Maximus could have an interesting  _____  in Rome. The real power was not with the Emperor.       
[007]  sat down again. "It's strange: I think more about the  _____  than the present. How will the world speak my name            


	
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[001]  have to gain from Jessie's death? There's no money or  _____  involved.'  Charlie sat down on the edge of his bed.      
[002]   prepared for his visit -  and prevent it! Guard your  _____  against it! The burglar is serious, and you should be     
[003]   the neighbourhood and protect its citizens and their  _____ . Let us remind you that, whether we like it or  not, t     
[004]   the field, waving his arms and shouting  'Get off my  _____ !' Hurriedly, the tramp put the duck back into the wate
[005]      that Oliver's father had left his son half of his  _____  in his will. So the money was shared between Oliver      
[006]    If there is personal injury or damage to government  _____ , then do not fail to report to the police as soon as 
[007]       to rebuild his outmoded factory, along with high  _____  taxes and other expenses,  Mr. Fassler announced         


	
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[001] verything was peaceful. Even the future seemed full of  _____ . People listened to reason, and it was natural for ev     
[002]   with Lara's daughter, Katya, enjoyed a short time of  _____  and happiness in their own private world.       
[003]  erius's old books and playthings and was happy in the  _____  and comfort of the big house. Lara enjoyed       
[004]     for many other kinds of books. Yury's heart was at  _____ , and he experienced the feeling that his writing was      
[005]    Americans today have the same dream.  His fight for  _____ , equality, and freedom for all people continues.       
[006]   love their enemies.  They  hould fight violence with  _____ .  Gandhi was born in India and studied law in England     
[007]      rights and Martin Luther King was given the Nobel  _____  Prize.  But in 1968, he was murdered in Memphis and   


	
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[001]            When are you going?' she asked.  Later this  _____ ,' he said.  There was a letter in the top of the girl     
[002] Vancouver with white hair.'  It was one o'clock in the  _____ , but Nick couldn't sleep.  He listened to the cars in     
[003] stayed in his hotel room and wrote about mountains all  _____ .  Then he drove to Stanley Park in the afternoon.        
[004]    of Vancouver.  Nick drove there in his car the next  _____  for the one o'clock ferry to Vancouver Island.        
[005]   and made a very important telephone call.  On Monday  _____  a policeman came to the hospital with Emma's new shoe
[006]  you can go and look at this beautiful city.  Tomorrow  _____  we  begin againat nine o'clock.  Please don't be late!    
[007]     about eighteen years old, smiled at Edwards.  Good  _____ , sir! My name is Peter Heywood, I'm a young officer   


	
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[001]   hundreds of pictures and photos of him on my bedroom  _____ .  Then one day in winter when I was seventeen, things      
[002]       it's a very big house, old and dark, with a high  _____  all round it.  There are trees everywhere.       
[003]     I must try to escape.  I shall try to get down the  _____  outside.  The window is high above the ground, but I      
[004]   metres of his heavy body off the ground, Kaa hit the  _____  very hard, five or six times.  A hole opened, and Mow     
[005]   climb quickly up the steep hillside, through a white  _____  of mist.  Every few minutes he stopped, put his hands  
[006]    place, pink stones that warm in the sun.  There's a  _____ , a gate, and a small field of vegetables."  Maximus lo     
[007]      change my opinion of the family. The names on the  _____  were a part of history. But if there was a ninth Vis     


	
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[001]   didn't smile back.  'Carol will enjoy working on the  _____ ,' said my mother.  'Won't you, Carol?'  'Yes,' I said     
[002]   was still raining.  I got up early and worked on the  _____ .  There were  eggs from the chickens and I put them in
[003]     'He says he likes it here and likes working on his  _____ .  It's  strange, I know.'  Sometimes, when I finished      
[004]  in the afternoon Duncan took the children back to the  _____  to buy the Christmas tree.  And then I phoned Nick.       
[005]          'perhaps,' said Greta Ross.  'There's a small  _____  on the island.'  'I'd like to work on the                 
[006]  marry, Why should he? He is happy by himself with his  _____  and his sheep and his library.  'But he really loves      
[007]  equal the sight in front of him.  His family home and  _____  were burning, completely destroyed. The wheat and the     


	
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[001]    with friendly, sleepy eyes.  It refused to move any  _____ , and its front feet were planted hard on the ground.     
[002]  had decided not to mention these events and upset her  _____ .  When she spoke to him, he said, 'Thank you for your      
[003]     overcome. Unions and their supporters must go much  _____  if they are to thrive in the 21st century. As part of     
[004]  tonight, in the warm lamplit room, she seemed so much  _____  away.  I guess they'll get married soon,' said Ethan.      
[005]                 Police are requesting that anyone with  _____  information regarding this robbery please come forward     
[006]  25 per cent in five years, and is projected to drop a  _____  nine per cent in the next three  years. Student grants 
[007]     animals in a cage, so you won't take them to a zoo.  _____ ,  you don't want them to see wild animals dancing wi     


	
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[001]  round the Mediterranean.  But in the years before the  _____  of the empire, Rome was like every other city in Italy     
[002]  constant building has been necessary to deal with the  _____  of air traffic and the demands of air travellers. Howe  
[003] department's list of "occupations with the largest job  _____ , " the top five categories are cashiers, janitors and      
[004]     But the point here is not the explosive population  _____ , it is the early decentering-the confounding of tradi     
[005]  estinctive humanness, allied perhaps with the gradual  _____  of the brain and of human language? The difference is      
[006]      mountains, many local Berbers are troubled by the  _____  of the government-sponsored militias, fearful that the     
[007]    before war interrupted its activities. The post-war  _____  of the society gave him  great  pleasure, and he was