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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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[003] n to the sky.   Inside there was an old wooden fishing  _____ .  My brother and I looked inside.  The sand was deep       
[009]   ach, and in the distance was a large, luxury sailing  _____ .  That's Margot's                                          
[008]   home. They walked down to the sea together. A rowing  _____  was waiting for them on the beach, and in the distance     
[018]    Soon a lot of sharks arrived in the water round his  _____ .  Then Rafael took his fishing spear.  He stood up in      
[001]   nal property, stolen from the owner here. So was the  _____  in which the  bandits were supposed to have escaped. B     
[002]   from outside the island would have needed a car or a  _____  to bring their machine guns and grenades here. So why     
[003] hand grenades here. So why didn't they use that car or  _____  instead of stealing a fresh one? Third, this job wasn'     


	
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[001]  magic has gone.  We want the royal family to do their  _____  and protect our traditions.  But we also want them to     
[002] thlessness more  public, and that therefore it was his  _____  to assist us in every  possible way. If he had another     
[003]  life on its own planet. If we find any such life, our  _____  is to teach, and to learn, and to work with them. Per     
[004]   home is good something to fight for. I have one more  _____  to ask of you before you go home."  "What would you li     
[005]   the poor and the sick in Morton. His strong sense of  _____  made him insist on going, even if the weather was ve     
[006]  Usually these are official visits, so she is still on  _____ .  Then, before bed, the Queen sometimes looks again at 
[007] ul.  Prendy you've met Prendergast, haven't you? is on  _____  tonight. I'm off to the pub. How about you?'  All rig       


	
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[001]  I didn't know why he was mad.  I knew nothing of his   _____  and terrible story.  Now, fourteen years later, I know     
[002]   told me everything that he knew.  It was a long and   _____  story.  I wrote it all in a notebook.  I wanted to hel     
[003]   his father.  Every few months, he did something very  _____ .  When anyone in the village killed an animal for meat
[004]  old then, and Rafael was eighteen.  The soldier was a  _____  man.  His real name was Carlos, but everyone called      
[005]   the music.  He danced, his head back, eyes closed, a  _____  half-smile on his face.  We all watched him in surpri     
[006]  parents in secret when she  was a baby.  She had many  _____  and silly ideas in her head.  'But who did she go to      
[007]  soldier.  I mean something really terrible, something  _____  and frightening.  Rafael is afraid to remember it.       


	
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[001]      the orchestra, to so many different countries. My  _____  of the world is so tiny by comparison to yours! I'd
[002]    history, art, science, and skill of Forta. Use this  _____  to help  others.  Learn from others, and add to Forta'     
[003] es,  although gentlemen were scarce, and to my certain  _____ , more than one young lady was sitting down, waiting f     
[004]   Bingley, 'an accomplished woman must have a thorough  _____  of music, singing, drawing, dancing and  modern langua     
[005]    we at first aid? I mean would you say that a little  _____  is a dangerous thing?  If we're not sure what to do,      
[006]   is common sense, and only ten per cent is specialist  _____ . If someone isn't breathing, you must undo their coll     
[007]  I were fairly young children when Dad died but, to my  _____ , there hasn't been another man in Mum's life since. A      


	
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[001] Every few months, he did something very strange.  When  _____  in the village killed an animal for meat, Rafael  aske     
[002] ew one thing for sure.  He  didn't want Anita to marry  _____  from the village.  Rafael loved her very much.  They      
[003]  it closed.  They were very cheap then.  He worked for  _____ .  He did anything.  He carried things for people.  He      
[004] ly  went out for a few minutes.  Don't say anything to  _____ .' I said nothing, but after that I watched her.  I saw     
[005]   Anita told me to keep quiet  about it.  "If you tell  _____ ," she said, "I'll say terrible things about you to ou   
[006] eople agree to  go to a party but then do not speak to  _____ .  In an English house you can see that the English co     
[007]    way.  How many people were poisoned in Hinkley? Was  _____  in danger? Erin returned to the town to find out.  Peo     


	
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[001]   a word for hours; if you go out for a walk with your  _____ , keep chatting to him.'  George Mikes, How to be an Al
[002]   after her animals.  She had a cat, Marmalade,  and a  _____  called Jill.  Like a lot of English girls, Diana learn     
[003] 1933, Elizabeth was given her first Corgi - a  kind of  _____  that has short legs and light brown hair.  Corgis are     
[004]    most ridiculous excuses not to go to work - My  pet  _____ 's got a cold, I heard the other day! Oh, come on. You      
[005]  the rain.  She had come out without her umbrella. The  _____  was  quiet and friendly, and never barked. The downpou     
[006]     when someone banged on the front door. Charlie the  _____  growled and ran to the door.  'All right, Evalina,' We     
[007]     wonderful sandwiches.  And remember? the first hot  _____  was sold in New York.  You don't even need to go insid    


	
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[001]      going quietly out of the room.  She was wearing a  _____  and shoes.  The moon was very bright that night, and      
[002]  Shoppers can find every kind of style ? from a $1,000  _____  in an expensive store to a 1950s T-shirt in a little      
[003]  flowers.  Diana looked wonderful in her long  wedding  _____ , which was almost white, with the skirt very long at      
[004]   silver shoes.  Their grandmother, Queen Mary, wore a  _____  with gold flowers, and they drove with her by horse an     
[005]   and that she was talking quite naturally. A well-cut  _____  and a fashionable hairstyle  might make her look reall     
[006] s,  dance dresses, trousers, and suits.  She learnt to  _____  for all kinds of different appearances - for special      
[007]  she was not brainy.  She must learn to be polite, and  _____  carefully, and brush her hair.  And there was such a      


	
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[001]                    The government of the USA has three  _____  but equal parts: Congress, the President, and the Supr     
[002] ted  the laws that forced blacks and whites to live in  _____  areas. But he had been trained as a lawyer, and he d     
[003]  husband and wife, butin private they were sleeping in  _____  bedrooms.  People were beginning to see that all was      
[004] ing.  The next day the Rivers family returned to their  _____  places of work, and I moved to the cottage in Morton     
[005]   can, I don't throw it  away. What I do throw away, I  _____  into three kinds of rubbish. I have  different bags f     
[006]  have no wish to deny that I did everything I could to  _____  them, and that I am delighted with my success.  Towar     
[007] y attest to.  For despite the chasm that continues to   _____  contemporary musical theater from mainstream  popular    


	
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[001] ying in my room one Sunday afternoon.  'Oliver, you'll  _____  your exams if you don't do some work.'  'I am working.     
[002]  injury or damage to government  property, then do not  _____  to report to the police as soon as possible, but no       
[003]  is improvement in their lives? How could  the project  _____ ? What was the reason? Whose  fault was it? The answer    
[004] very much. We have exams soon, and I know I'm going to  _____  them. My parents will be furious, because they think     
[005] ks say is true -  we can prove it! Try us  - you can't  _____  to enjoy yourself. You won't regret  coming.  You'll n     
[006]  front door opened, and out came a  figure I could not  _____  to  recognize, Edward Rochester. I held my breath as I     
[007]   a difficult job.  But Grey Owl knew that he must not  _____ .  It was too important.  This book tells the story of     
 

	
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[001] e   been fired in exactly the same line from above and  _____ ? No, that was nonsense, 'I've no idea what made these     
[002] n an old shop.  There was the owner's name in red, and  _____  it the word Szabo in green. In the window there were       
[003] ng  of the men who might be caught five-hundred metres  _____  the ground: 'Please God, don't let it be my husband,       
[004] rg  hit  the side of the ship, making a few long holes  _____  the water.  Many passengers heard the noise, but it wa     
[005] introduced new rules.  People do not want the  streets  _____  to be too dark in the shadow of big buildings.  New Yo     
[006] of hundreds of ships and planes.  Stories like the two  _____  have given experts some information about this myster     
[007]  afternoon, and on the hills temperatures will drop to  _____  freezing, minus four or five, and on the highest spo