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Quiz 063

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]   per cent of babies die before they are one year old.  _____  life expectancy is about 46. One in four Third World     
[002]    pints of his blood between 1966 and 1986. That's an  _____  of 112 pints a year. The National Blood Transfusion      
[003]    was made.  Workers do not have to work more than an  _____  of 48 hours a week if they don't want to.  But about      
[004] drinks about 200,000,000 cups of tea a day. That is an  _____  of nearly 1,040 cups of tea a year for each person.       
[005]   in healthy eating these days.  In 1988 the national  _____  was 905 grams of fruit and fruit juices each week,      
[006]   Human Rights Prize in 1978. Each year we handle, on  _____ ,  nearly 5,000 individual cases, regardless of the      
[007]   these days.  Coffee is popular too.  They drink, on  _____ , 3.39 cups of tea each day and 1.65 cups of coffee.      


	
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[001] ilies with daughters in need of husbands.  The perfect  _____  is young and handsome, loves music and literature, an  
[002]  'Yes, and a large house.' 'Wonderful! He'll be a good  _____  for you, Elinor!' 'For me?' Elinor asked in surprise.     
[003]    Rodrigo didn't want a poor fisherman to be Anita's  _____ .  Poor Rodrigo.  He loved Anita and he had great hope     
[004]   thing to happen to her.  Terrible.  First her young  _____  was killed by a shark.  Then her only son went crazy      
[005]  Fish'  This is the story that I read to Marta and her  _____ .  The story that was written by Anita all those years     
[006] ded not to go into a lifeboat.  She couldn't leave her  _____ .  "We have lived together and we will die together,"      
[007]   the anxiety she had previously expressed for her  _____ 's safety.  'What, is he coming home without poor Lydia    


	
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[001] heir queen.  So on 10 December 1936, Edward signed the  _____  papers which ended his rule as king.  He made a speech     
[002] Queen.  But in 1952, when Princess Elizabeth was on an  _____  trip to Africa, she was brought terrible news.  Her      
[003]  were growing up.  Their mother was very busy with her  _____  work, but she still made time for the  family.  In 196     
[004]   tour, Charles and Anne had a short trip on the first  _____  journey of the new royal ship - the Britannia.  This      
[005] ormal dances and parties on it, and they could welcome  _____  guests.  It was also comfortable, like a country house     
[006] ficials.  After this, her private secretaries show her  _____  papers.  She must look at them, study them, or sign
[007]  ones wasn't going to stop until he won the race.  The  _____  was standing near the gate, but when she saw Bones    


	
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[001]  and said,  'Again.' And I put another cassette in the  _____ .  Then Rafael smiled, closed his eyes, and continued      
[002]   boy until the song ended.  Then I switched off the  _____ .  I said good night to him, and sent him home to bed.     
[003]  the pitch, and inside the circle other soldiers held  _____  guns.  El Salvador won the match easily, 3-0.  o 
[004] did not do sums with a pen.  They either used a simple  _____  or a  piece of wood with holes in it.  In fact, the R     
[005] dent? As he drove nearer, he saw a large, egg-shaped  ' _____ ' about five metres long.  It had four legs and no win     
[006]  stains because they never saw the inside of a washing  _____ .  'We raised our children to always look neat and tid     
[007]     powerful, noisy motorbike, got off, and leaned the  _____  sideways onto its prop stand. He took off his large    


	
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[001] strange half-smile on his face.  We all watched him in  _____ .  After a few minutes we laughed and went on talking.     
[002] thia's radio operator, Cyril Evans, couldn't hide his  _____ .  He immediately told Arthur Rostron, the captain of      
[003]  alive.  When the news was finally known, sadness and  _____  were ,felt around the world.  Ten thousand people were 
[004]  wise.  He kept his mouth shut after that first cry of  _____ .  In his right hand he still held the knife.  He quick     
[005]   you won't get in without me.' This was an unpleasant  _____ .  'Well,' Lady Middleton said, 'you'll be back soon,      
[006] on be a relative of mine.' 'Of  yours?' Elinor said in  _____ .  'Do you know her younger son then ? Mr Robert Ferr     
[007]   Suddenly a shark attacked him.  It was a complete  _____ .  The other fishermen could do nothing to help him.    


	
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[001] urting myself.  At school I had used my magic power to  _____  ordinary people and ordinary events. At Brandham I had
[002] young - only twenty.  Don't change him.  Don't try to  _____  him.  Your clever words are very amusing, of course
[003]     ashamed of them now and ashamed, too, at trying to  _____  the events of life.  Perhaps the heat had made my brai
[004]  rved and instantly understood it.  She was losing her  _____  over him. This proof of moral weakness in her family      
[005] little afraid.   Why was this stranger having a strong  _____  on him like this? He had known Basil Hallward for mon     
[006]   want you to have a clean name. You have a wonderful  _____ . Let it be for good.  Yet I wonder whether I know you     
[007] or work,' said Mr  Page. 'At least I was not under the  _____  of alcohol,' said  Mr Page in  defence of his actions.     


	
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[001]  for the land.  In his opinion, the government was not  _____  to the tribes.  He wanted to help as much as possible  
[002] ts  bought American dollars, they did not always get a  _____  price.  The trains sometimes had high prices for ticke     
[003]      It changed and took in new ideas.  It tried to be  _____  to all citizens.  It was written down, but judges cou     
[004]   accepted that they had lost the war.  Grant was very  _____  to Lee's soldiers, who did not have to go to prison.      
[005] , colour, sex, language, or religion. We try to get  _____  and early trials for all political prisoners, and we     
[006]   or a long white dance dress.  With her long legs,  _____  hair and wonderful smile, she could look good in almo     
[007] fifties, but she's quite young in spirit.  She has a  _____  complexion, thick brown hair which she wears in a bun     


	
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[001]   afraid.  Faria's eyes were dark, and there were deep  _____  circles round them.  His skin was very pale.  'Listen     
[002]    outside my uncle's house.  I looked out at the calm  _____  sea.  I was very tired and unhappy.  Soon my uncle can     
[003] he house, crying.  My uncle and I looked at the empty   _____  sea.  We didn't speak for a long time.  There was food     
[004] same clothes: brown trousers, yellow shirt, green and  _____  jacket.  They also like purple shoes.  They choose the 
[005]  After breakfast, I sit by the hotel pool.  The sky is  _____  and the sun is hot, but I don't really have a good ti     
[006]  but they couldn't explain it.  After three weeks, the  _____  light disappeared and never returned.    
[007]          the newspapers.  Charles gave her a beautiful  _____  ring, and they were ready now for the photographs.    


	
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[001]  walk and pose to show off the clothes to their best  _____ . 'There's more skill to it than people think,' says       
[002]   full-time, professional army, which gave him a great  _____  over the part-time armies of the Greek city-states to      
[003] In other words, it turned  the desert  climate into an  _____  rather than a disadvantage. The pump could deliver the     
[004] found that in the United States, companies have taken  _____  of cheap communications to employ data-entry clerks      
[005]  If we had an argument, that kitchen would give Ted an _____  over me. He was used to its ugliness, but I was not.      
[006] Persians had 300. It was time for the Persians to take  _____  of their power at sea.  Led by General Memrion, they    
[007] perhaps you'd rather come by train - then you can take  _____  of British Rail's popular holiday fares. You can arran  


	
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[001] to dance when so much beauty is in front... of you.'  ' _____ , sir,' replied Elizabeth quickly, in some embarrassmen     
[002]  you no pity for me? Don't you realize how I suffer?' ' _____ , my dear, I've suffered with you for the last twenty-t     
[003]    why I have come.'  Elizabeth looked surprised. - ' _____ , you are mistaken, madam. I have no idea why you are      
[004]  and another young man, Mr. Darcy. Mr Bingley was  _____  good-looking and gentlemanlike, and his sisters were      
[005] ery nervous in exams, and this time I was very nervous  _____ .  I was right in the middle of a composition question,     
[006]  I read that, John.  I read your report very carefully  _____ .  And your report also says that on most days we put l     
[007]   and I am very surprised about it.  Very surprised  _____ , Ambassador.  Secondly, I do not think it is a good id