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Quiz 051

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]  'All stand, please.' Everybody stood up, and the  _____  came into the courtroom.  He went to his chair ands   
[002]   I have no more questions, the lawyer said to the  _____ .  She's innocent Stephen said.  But Hassan's going to      
[003]  rich and important man in Lancashire, and he was the  _____  for all the villages near Pendle Hill.  He lived at      
[004] It is the hangman's rope,' said the doctor. 'After the  _____  condemned someone to death, the unfortunate man was      
[005]  in the morning.  Please be here at ten o'clock.'  The  _____  stood up and left the courtroom.  The jury left too,       
[006]  creature and continued to examine the picture.  The  _____  was sitting in a great, high backed oak chair, on the     
[007]  tell me! This is a court of law!' He looked at  the  _____ .  'This is a very important question.  We need an ans  


	
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[001] to obstruct traffic flow, especially on a crossroads.  _____  movement to return to normal as soon as possible.  
[002] of dancing. You must excuse me.' 'Miss Bennet, please  _____  me the pleasure of dancing with you,' said Mr Darcy        
[003]    Other groups refuse to do this and also do not  _____  alcohol on their reservations.  Many of the big reser     
[004] ate from the other deposit, I'm afraid.  And we don't  _____  any pets in the house - except birds, so long as they      
[005]  Take all precautions when answering the door.  Do not  _____  strangers into your home without proper authority.      
[006]   name will be the first on my lips!'  The law did not  _____  newspapers to print photographs of police beating blac     
[007] some time with Mr. Rochester, and I was careful not to  _____  him to hold me in his arms or kiss me. Sometimes he 


	
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[001]  got their torches, and went out into the dark.  The  _____  had hit the ground in the middle of the field. It had     
[002]  like thunder, and everything around us shook.  A huge  _____  came down on the dead monster and removed it from our     
[003]  and, would you believe,  it has the only man-made  _____  visible from outer space, the Great Wall. But what is     
[004]  who  has lived  in hiding for nearly a decade as the  _____  of an open-ended Islamic death sentence, was married      
[005]  be picked on if they complain about teachers.  They  _____  to the stipulation from the Office for Standards in      
[006] ossible way - but more about this later. If you do not  _____ , I propose to visit you and your family on Monday No     
[007] you will wish to share the same bedroom. I would not  _____  to your moving into the large room in the West Tower.  


	
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[001]  was a businessman there and my mother worked as a  _____ .  We lived in Hong Kong for seven  years.  I was happy 
[002]   Mrs Sanders.  I need some  help with my work.  My  _____  is in hospital, and there's a lot of work to do.  Some     
[003]   now.'  Helen smiled at him quickly.  He was a good  _____ ; he usually knew  what she was thinking.  Both the Am     
[004] ou're a policewoman! A detective! I thought you were a  _____ .' Mary took off her glasses and smiled.  She looked a     
[005]  put his hand quickly over the phone, and told his  _____   to leave the room at once.  As the door closed behind     
[006] to keep financial records. She might make a very good  _____  for someone.  And he had always thought education was     
[007] , and learn to type,  and then you can  be somebody's  _____  and have a nice little fiat of your own, and we can          


	
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[001]  Anne for himself, so he sent his artist Holbein to  _____  a picture of her.  Holbein painted a Fine picture of      
[002]    his portrait?' asked Lord Henry.  'An artist should  _____  beautiful things, but he should put nothing of his own     
[003]  now what I did not tell you then.  That I decided to  _____  a wonderful portrait of you. I put all my feelings      
[004]  this s a chemical company, Mr. Duncan.  We make  _____ .  But we need a biologist to make sure that everything     
[005]  diseased fish; and some people  said that it was the  _____  factory near the river.  There was a sewage works near     
[006]  into two groups. The fighters were marked with red  _____ , and the others with yellow.  Haken enjoyed his job      
[007]  important thing  that the company produced was a new  _____  for cars.  It was a very strong, hard      


	
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[001] olitical spectrum agree: Turning a nonunion job into a  _____  job very likely will have a bigger effect on lifetime     
[002]  otherwise making more of what they earn. Over all,  _____  workers are paid about 20 percent more tha  nonunion     
[003] pollsters that they would likely vote against having a  _____  in their workplace.  Ask most Americans about the Ta     
[004]   a newspaper journalist from the New York Times and a  _____  official from Washington.  These three men were waitin   
[005] getting worse.  The Committee decided to write to the  _____  leaders in Washington and ask for help.  Two days lat     
[006] of having serious trouble with the powerful workers'  _____  made the manager nervous. The plan failed and was       
[007]  and fierce battles, the Red Army finally won and the  _____  of Soviet Socialist Republics was set up.  Moscow, 19 


	
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[001]  garlic flowers.'  Lucy's mother was ill herself , her  _____  was not strong, and Arthur had to go back home because    
[002] arms around her, to keep her warm.  He could feel her  _____  beating, and her body breathing under him.  Simon beg     
[003] jumped down to the ground, held my knife high over his  _____ , and brought it down as hard  as I could.  It went      
[004]  not frightened any more. She was terribly angry.  Her  _____  banged like a drum. 'I'll teach you to frighten a woma     
[005]  old, but the picture will always be young.' And his  _____  grew cold with fear.  'Don't you like it, Dorian?' as     
[006] your intelligence or character! And if you have a good  _____ , you'll have a handsome face. Who knows who your pare     
[007]  I bear it!' he cried.  'You and Edgar have broken my  _____ ,' said Catherine. 'And you both want me to pity you!       


	
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[001]  - a basket of strawberries!  'Mademoiselle, please  _____  these.'  'What, are they for me?' She looked alarmed,     
[002]  but Schelling had very fixed ideas and would not  _____  that  facts and figures did not  always give a true pi     
[003]   'Excuse me for saying it,' he said.  'But you can't  _____  no for an answer, can you?'  'No,' Annie said simply     
[004]  was there.  And he chose to come back.  He  chose to  _____  life.' He turned to Grace and put his hands on her  sh    
[005] or direct confrontation!'  'That is right. We will not  _____  society as it exists in South Africa. We demand confr     
[006]  little girl has in fact a very bad character. If you  _____  her at Lowood school, please make sure that the head     
[007]   made good use of your experience of life.'  'I don't  _____  that, as I've made very bad use of my experience!    


	
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[001] After all, you only want to ride across country for a  _____  or two.  You need that niece of hers  -  Biddy Bedwelt     
[002]  was the shooting, then the four-minute swim, the  two- _____  run, and the riding.  In each part, only the best thr     
[003]   understand that other people might not be.  'Another  _____ ,' Father was saying, 'and then we'll be at the top.      
[004]  handsome house with plenty of servants, about half a  _____  from their new home.  Sir  John nearly always had visi 
[005] reathless and aching, I walked the next quarter of a  _____ , then I jogged the next quarter of a                      
[006]  After a slow, six- month build-up, I managed the 26.2- _____  track in just under four hours. A creditable perform     
[007]  500 floors to school. Imagine you can see the sea a  _____  below you. Imagine you can never open a window. Well 


	
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[001] friendly laugh.  They talked quietly.  More men came ,  _____  there  were nearly a hundred.  They began to pick up      
[002]  We're all tired and hungry, someone is going to die  _____ .'  But it was not far now.  Every hour Bligh held the      
[003] going now.  At once.  The police are going to be here  _____ , and ...'  'Huh!' Marta said angrily.  'I'm not afraid     
[004]  village of Read.  James ran along behind us.  Very  _____ , we arrived at Read Hall.  The servant opened the door     
[005] onderful time.  When she came back to England, she was  _____  getting invitations to garden parties, tennis parties     
[006]  - I was sleeping in cook's bedroom at the time - as  _____  as the lights were out, I could see them again.      
[007]  Her husband went up to their bedroom to fetch it. As  _____  as he'd gone, Reggie touched me on the arm.