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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]   not very interested in clothes.  Many British people  _____  suits to the office during the week, but at weekends      
[002]  started to write down Ojibwa words.  He also began to  _____  some Indian clothes.  The dreams of the young boy fro 
[003]     or for travel.  For public appearances, she had to  _____  clothes that  were comfortable, as well as beautiful.      
[004] illages at night to make the children  sick.  Children  _____  pieces of red cotton round their necks to protect the     
[005]   said gently, if I get married, do you think I should  _____  my mother's ring?'  Oh, Eppie!' said Silas, surprised.     
[006]  everywhere.  Everybody comes  down to the river. They  _____  brightly coloured clothes, and the river is full of      
[007]       He was there.  "'Please excuse me, but I have to  _____  dark glasses because of my weak eyes,' I told him.     


	
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[001]  friends and thought for a long time.  Then he  made a  _____ .  'The game has started,' he said, and he walked quick     
[002] ature, as it were,  and is perhaps making an important  _____  for herself for the  first time in  her life. The man'     
[003]  me that evening he told his family that he had made a  _____ : he was not going to write back to Megan. His life was     
[004] goat would still be  alive. That's when I made a wrong  _____ .  Well, she was correct about one thing; the experienc 
[005]  variety of reasons. It wasn't a sudden, big, dramatic  _____ . And we realized that Eleanor would have to be bussed     
[006]  'Dear Lizzy,' said Jane, 'we must respect Charlotte's  _____ .  She may well be happy with Mr Collins. And as for Mr     
[007]  needed all her spare time for  studying, but left the  _____  to her. After a while he said  nothing. Perhaps he was     


	
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[001] ledon in 1868.  Today's top tennis players all want to  _____  at Wimbledon.  In 1999 over 457,000 people went to wa     
[002] wars, the players and the fans who will do anything to  _____ .  Stories that you won't believe about the bad, crazy,     
[003] pose.  Then the  players all put bets on Manchester to  _____ .  In the game, Liverpool played very badly and Manche     
[004] ers  in Wisconsin, she loves to watch movies.  Can you  _____  an Oscar? How much do you  know about movies and the O     
[005]       towards Sherif Ali's stockade. He knew he had to  _____  this fight - Doramin's  people  were depending on him.     
[006] l silver cup for the  winner of this race.'  And I did  _____ . Harold was delighted and Victor smiled. We  went to       
[007] rious book, 750 pages long, about old Sumeria.  I will  _____  the Nobel Prize for it.  It will make no difference;      


	
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[001] theatre.  'How could he do that?' people asked.  'What  _____  of a father is he?' Charles loved his sons too, but p     
[002] ams:  I'm a writer Joumalist: That's interesting. What  _____  of thing do  ou write? Mr Williams: Well, uhm, articl     
[003]  and we try very hard to  have a good time. I: So what  _____  of things do you do? H: Well, let's see.  It begins o     
[004] or hours until almost nothing was left standing.  This  _____  of trouble has happened often.  In 1964, 318 people d     
[005]   all. Kids nowadays have no sense of shame about that  _____  of thing. We've never met the boyfriend or fiance or     
[006] iolent fight between some of the fans.  It was not the  _____  of fight that a few policemen could  easily stop.  The     
[007] ngs that they do not usually do.  Some people say this  _____  of thing should not happen, but they forget how fast          


	
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[001]    floor. The stairs are a bit dangerous. I'd  have to  _____  them. And the roof is leaking. If they don't do somet     
[002] esk clerk handed  me a hammer and nails and told me to  _____  something up. Another gave me a length of rope and t   
[003]   down about twice a week. I'd rather do anything than  _____  the copier! That copier really wastes a lot of my tim
[004]    in the lobby. On cold days, the reverse happens. To  _____  the problem, new ventilation units have been put in      
[005]  has been sent down for indecent behaviour. Suppose we  _____  your salary at 90 a year to begin with?  I shall expe     
[006]   that direct it into  the ring, through shutters that  _____  the day length. The sunlight is constant during the      
[007] said. "Do you think I'm afraid?" The servants began to  _____  armor to Maximus's body, first his arms, legs, and sh     


	
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[001] for a long time.  My eyes wide open. I could see every  _____  of my room in the moonlight.  Suddenly, I heard heavy     
[002]   smelling flowers and a group of listening men, every  _____  of that fresh young face and straight  figure came ba     
[003]    would understand the full horror of it. Every small  _____  of what had happened was important.  Fortunately he r     
[004] ind in  the hotel.  We four had told our story - every  _____ , even Josef's death.  It had not taken long. The vill     
[005] described  that game of chess because I remember it in  _____ .  At that time my game with Poldy was beginning to go     
[006]  plan with the local people, and explained it in great  _____ . Every possible aspect of the project had been compl     
[007]    have never met, Stephen Tallboy knows in surprising  _____  the facts of Terry Moreton's private life. Another is   


	
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[001] quiet and clean, they tidy your room for you, and some  _____  their prices in the quiet season. In some, the landlo     
[002] rs would be borrowed.  But in the long term they would  _____  the losses of recent  years. it was the up-to-date wa  
[003] s. Citizens and police officers must  work together to  _____  the number of crimes! It is seriously wrong to think
[004] as 9. 56.  Bruce kept his eyes on the road and did not  _____  his speed.  As they approached the centre of the town     
[005] rd to swallow, and tasted  most unpleasant.  He had to  _____  everyone's share of food. Even then, it would not las     
[006]    the doctors could do to help.  I was trying hard to  _____  the amount of drugs I was taking. I had persuaded mys     
[007]    laws that are rarely enforced. If we really want to  _____  the risk of dangerous dogs, we need to educate dog ow       


	
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[001]    on the shore jumped into a boat and went out to the  _____ .  A young man, about twenty years old, looked over th     
[002]  I am only twenty years old and the captain of a great  _____ .  I will earn good money.  I  can buy you a new house.     
[003] e  was badly hurt during  a storm at sea, and when the  _____  reached an Eastern port, he was taken to hospital.      
[004]  in every corner. The days were hot and heavy, and the  _____  moved slowly across a flat, lifeless sea. There were      
[005] ioning of his  conscience.  'So after you realized the  _____  had hit something underwater, your captain ordered      
[006] eded time to  mend, and so he was left behind when his  _____  sailed away.  Time passed slowly in the hospital, wher     
[007] need to work on it?' 'There was nothing wrong with the  _____ .  We stopped at Elba and went on shore.  It was a ho     


	
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[001] exactly what her salary is, or how much is in her bank  _____ .  'Mom looks after my bank balance,' Kimora explains,     
[002]  to sign his name to pay in money or get it out of his  _____ . And ask her about the odd jobs he used to do for ne     
[003] He owned his house, had nearly 2000 in his post office  _____  and fishing equipment worth about 1000.  Nobody seem     
[004]      to know everything that goes on. She sees all the  _____  books twice a week. An' if anyone does anything she d     
[005]   than he had expected. He started to teach her how to  _____  for money, and how to keep financial records. She migh     
[006]  was  thinking about the past.  The diary contained an  _____  of the events which had  changed my life. If those eve     
[007]  this, and help him to drink a little water. But on no  _____  must you speak to him. is that  understood?' I nodded,     
  


	
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[001] ptain of a great ship.  I will earn good money.  I can  _____  you a new house.  What is the matter, father? Aren't       
[002]   lf,' he thought.' I am a stranger.' Next, he went to  _____  some clothes.  Then, a changed man, he went back on  b     
[003]   on.  Paul called it 'a beautiful place where you can  _____  beautiful things'.  The shop lost money almost immedi     
[004] heir parents' home for university or work.  After they  _____  their own home, their  parents do not usually come and     
[005] holidays were taken in Britain.  Most British tourists  _____  'package holidays' when they travel  to other countrie     
[006]  the most wonderful sights in the world.  Tourists can  _____  T-shirts that say "I Love New York."  This is true for     
[007]  don't think Miss Matty will even have enough money to  _____  your food.'  Not enough for food?!' Martha sat down on