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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] er girls played on new girls.   'Every new girl has to  _____  a song to the head teacher,' they said.  'Start pract     
[002] s  nice to just take in some jazz, listen to some lady  _____  a few nice jazz songs. They serve food in the club, s   
[003] s Soapy remembered other happier days.  Soapy began to  _____  and shout and make a lot of noise.  You haven't change     
[004]   came from Mississippi, was the first white singer to  _____  music that came from the blues.  In the 1960s  'soul'      
[005]   story.   Often he laughed, and sometimes he tried to  _____  like the  children in the theatre.  He was like a chi     
[006]  completely different from me.  She liked to dance and  _____ ;  she liked to go to parties.  Our house was always fu     
[007] , where there was fighting and killing.  Rappers don't  _____  but they talk very fast over music.  Some famous rapp   


	
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[001]  Tony Phillips, a baseball player of some considerable  _____ ,  was arrested on a felony charge of possession of coc     
[002] apacity, the  number of new services far surpasses the  _____  to  accommodate them. According to the National Cable     
[003] ed  to  take all applicants, regardless of educational  _____  or social  background? If a school accepts only those      
[004]  however,  their  most valuable asset is usually their  _____  to earn a living - and this is what disability insura     
[005]  public policy think  tank. 'With sufficient ambition,  _____  and education,  individuals can still rise far and fas     
[006] t point was one of many Williams  won on  her athletic  _____  alone.  As the last of his teammates left the dressi 
[007] ,  first, the black man has to believe he has the same  _____   to be a doctor - a leader - as a white man.'  Woods    


	
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[001] a's  body.  She moved away from the stove and tried to  _____  her sweater off, but the fire quickly reached her ski     
[002] ht arm was caught under a large rock, and he could not  _____  it out.  It was a beautiful spring day and 27-year-ol     
[003]  also think of his reindeer.  He has eight reindeer to  _____  his  sleigh.  Their names come from a poem by an Ameri     
[004]  can ...  hold my hands,'  said the girl.  'I can ...   _____  you.  Please?' 'Is it safe?' said Janey.  The girl la     
[005] le  in New York seem so angry - as if they're going to  _____  out a gun and shoot somebody any minute. S:  Oh yes, t     
[006] en.  He proved his right to be king when he managed to  _____  a sword from a rock. He had to fight many lords, and  
[007]    between its sharp, enormous teeth, but I managed to  _____  Kamal away. One of our elephants ran at  the tiger and   


	
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[001] 'royals' have to work very hard at their duties; it is  _____  for them to have a private life.  But Elizabeth Bowes     
[002] :   Do you think divorce should be made easier or more  _____ , or in your opinion is the situation acceptable as it     
[003] e.  Britain was becoming poorer at the time.  Life was  _____  for many families, and the royal family didn't always     
[004] ot move the  top part of her body freely.  It was very  _____  for her to walk without pain.  It was almost impossib     
[005] t also carried him  away from his painful past.  It is  _____  to leave your country, your friends, and your family.     
[006]   weak man who wanted power and money And Wallis was a  _____  woman who ruled Edward's life.  The year 1936 wasn't      
[007]   you can build a court case upon.  Many of us find it  _____  to know our true feelings, our emotions, and it can      


	
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[001] gsters can  play against their elders with more than a  _____  of success. In America there are tennis schools which     
[002] he could not sleep because of it.  It had stolen every  _____  of peace or happiness from  him.  He must destroy it     
[003] ed  as he got dressed.  If a  poor girl like her has a  _____  to marry a smart boy like Denis Eady, I ain't going to     
[004] o do in town.' But they both knew  that she had little  _____  of finding a job.  There were too many people looking      
[005] d to the others,  'Look!  There he is! Now we've got a  _____  of winning!'  Nails had come at last!  Winners and lose    
[006] f? The job won't be very  difficult.  It's a wonderful  _____  to travel and see more of Europe!  Italy!  Greece! Turk 
[007] e  offered me more money than Global Tours.  'It's the  _____  if a lifetime,' he said.  Perhaps he came on this tour   


	
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[001]   quite a big  arden. And that's a lovely mature apple  _____  right in the middle. Lots of space for your vegetabl     
[002]   to these people and say, 'You  mustn't cut down that  _____  in  order to cook your food'? I: But is it universally
[003]  it in the big living-room.  There was a big Christmas  _____  in one corner, and some comfortable chairs near a big     
[004] a  35-year-old housewife narrowly escaped death when a  _____  blew over and fell onto her house, completely destro     
[005]   they sleep in the heat of the day in the shadow of a  _____  or bush. Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and K     
[006]  across the road.  I got  out of my car.  It was a big  _____ , and I couldn't move it.  Just then, a car drove up b     
[007]   was a terrible crash of thunder, and the branch of a  _____  fell on to the roof. We were not hurt, but Joseph imm  


	
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[001] t lucky and escape. Eight  families come and see their  _____  because they're interested in whether or not he's. al     
[002]      Octavian and  Antony The next ruler of Rome was a  _____  of Caesar.  His name was Gaius Octavius, but now we      
[003] ," Suren  explained to an American officer.  "She is a  _____  of Winston Churchill." Without looking at Odette, he      
[004]   illness.  She was dying, and was Usher's last living  _____ .  "When she dies," he said, "I will be the last of the     
[005] ite stupid young  man.  'Lucy isn't rich! But she's my  _____ , and a nice young  lady!' Mrs Jennings continued.  'Wh     
[006]  king. Although he had royal blood, he was not a close  _____  of the Persian kings  that had ruled before him. He ha     
[007] future without him.  Alexander died with no close male  _____  except his brother Arrhidaeus, who had learning difficu    


	
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[001] She ran well, and won a silver medal in  the 800-meter  _____ .  The crowd loved it.  "She won the silver medal in t     
[002] -three years old she was often the oldest woman in her  _____ .  But now it was almost time to rest her body and mind     
[003] e of her many country homes, where she keeps expensive  _____ -  horses. She hires her own jockeys to ride these hors     
[004]   biggest British sporting event - overtaking the boat  _____  and the Derby in the number of spectators it attracts     
[005]    a day or two for me to become a member of the human  _____  again!'  'Mm,' said Stephen, not really listening. 'Wh 
[006] b, too.  But don't forget that they were a very clever  _____  once. Long before we  arrived here, they'd stopped bot     
[007]    universe, then you are responsible not only for our  _____ , but for all intelligent life  that may develop.  'Go      


	
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[001]  briefly in the eighth round when the crowd started to  _____  objects at the referee, who they thought was being u     
[002]     ten yards behind the running man. I was tempted to  _____  my empty gun at his head, but it was too  risky. A d     
[003] e who don't like him.  But not the kind of enemy who'd  _____  acid into his daughter's face.  That's something die     
[004] o skiing; it's easy for them.  I know I can't go Dad.   _____  the letter away. John looked at her, and felt his hea     
[005]     And when something in the house goes wrong, do you  _____  it away and buy a new one, or try to mend it? J: I t     
[006]     They work well until they are out of ink, then you  _____  them away and get another  one for a 25-cent coin.  'A     
[007] ully  at Mr Edgar's small figure. 'So, you're going to  _____  me out yourself, are you?' My master looked towards  t   


	
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[001] that crossed the water near the prison walls.  "If you  _____  those lines," he continued, "you will die!"  Matthew's     
[002]    with a long stick, and reach into the hot ovens and  _____  hot objects when I take out the cooked bread. At the      
[003]    a bad burn, what we call a third degree burn, don't  _____  it; you really should get for this kind of burn expe     
[004] oftly.  'Since that night fifteen  years  ago, can you  _____ , smell, or look at white roses - and not think of me     
[005]   touched his arm with her small, gentle hand.  'Don't  _____  me!' he shouted angrily.  He pushed her away, and she     
[006]     inevitable. Something I've done recently is get in  _____  with  all the relatives I haven't seen for years. You      
[007] respondence course with an American college. He got in  _____  with a computer seller, Eltec, who were so impressed