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Quiz 073

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]   may help us catch a criminal, or even better help us  _____  a terrible crime.  Help us stop trouble before it hap     
[002]    the drawers on your desk. Do everything possible to  _____  anyone from getting in. Put in a security system      
[003]    Cities across the nation are developing programs to  _____  pollution of drinking water at its source,  
[004]    meetings with policy books in hand, hoping they can  _____  similar embarrassing tragedies. 'I'm like a parent who
[005]  one newspaper said that he was the only man who could  _____  a war starting.  I remember wondering if I could get a     
[006]  that he worried about, but the success of his plan to  _____  the  murder of Karolides. One night he was very seriou     
[007]                    incur a disability severe enough to  _____  working for a while. For older people, their most valu     


	
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[001]  information about your advanced level courses, and an  _____  form. How soon must I apply if I wish to begin a cour     
[002] ies if we could get the job.  The following Monday the  _____  forms and details about  the job arrived. It all sound  
[003] ternal Revenue for your district, or you may make your  _____  in a letter.   Your                                        
[004]  than $1 will not be made unless you attach a separate  _____  to your return requesting such a refund.       
[005]    with the Ups 'N Downs staff member who took her job  _____ .  "If I were a person off the street, I wouldn't have     
[006]   ance method is being used instead. This involves the  _____  of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor,      
[007]   toward wavelength standards in the far infrared, the  _____  of infrared techniques to solid state studies,       


	
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[001]                     So I prefer not to kill animals to  _____  their flesh. Animals                                       
[002]   cook anything different for me, so every night all I  _____  is vegetables and cheese.  Last night my dinner was a     
[003]  cheap! You're there all day, so you need something to  _____  eventually, and meals and even snacks are expensive.      
[004]                     you get free champagne and you can  _____  as much as you like.    
[005]       We were given a rather stale old ham sandwich to  _____  after a few minutes, but no tea to drink    
[006] rench food at home in Bristol, too - I think we didn't  _____  West Indian food because where we lived there were    
[007]   next evening some friends and I decided to go out to  _____  at a small restaurant, which someone had recommended     


	
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[001]  and my younger brother, Paul. My father works for the  _____  office selling stamps at a wicket, and my mother has       
[002]       offices, flats, cinemas, schools, hospitals, and  _____  offices will all be just a few lift stops away. 
[003]          like a small town, with a police station, two  _____  offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco       
[004] the press as high priest.' Diana resigned her teaching  _____  at a kindergarten and moved into the home of  the  que     
[005]         Fresh Cooking, which Friday said it expects to  _____  a loss of about 10 cents a share     
[006]                           Kessler, a former Washington  _____  and Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of       
[007]      in less than a decade in many countries. When the  _____ -World War II baby boom generation retires, younger g     


	
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[001]      way to move cargo around the world.  The plan was  _____  a try. It was simple and almost sure to succeed        
[002]   that they gave him computers, printers, and software  _____   more than �3000. In return, he has to print up a      
[003] ouldn't believe it - he had the winning ticket! It was  _____  $7 million! He thought about keeping the tickets      
[004] ghest price ever paid for a musical instrument.  It is  _____  much more than its weight in gold. The violin, owned      
[005] ngs of personal or sentimental value, even if they are  _____   little in  hard cash. Everyone owns things he would      
[006]              She said all she had left now were assets  _____  �92. She had filed her own petition for bankruptcy     
[007]             if you're ever in California, Disneyland's  _____  a visit. My family was very glad to have visited Disn


	
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[001] ttle Women, by  Louisa M. Alcott.  Jo's family is very  _____ .  It seems that Santa Claus isn't coming this year.      
[002]  money boxes on that day.  The money was then given to  _____   people.  The name was first used in 1849.  It is usua     
[003]       all the citizens of this strange world, rich and  _____ , lovely and ugly, honest and dishonest. It is the Air     
[004]       I certainly have nothing to spend on a movie. My  _____  old mother lends me the money when I need anything b     
[005]   they are shocked because it is so huge and ugly. The  _____  monster has no friends and feels lonely and depresse     
[006]  the rest of the ordinary people were soon at least as  _____  and  miserable as they had been before. They regrette     
[007] armer was very angry. He pointed to the pond where the  _____  duck was swimming without any feathers, and shouted,    


	
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[001]  a cat, and his teeth were strong like the teeth of an  _____ .  There was hair on his hands and his fingers were      
[002]   be safe in the jungle, because no snake, no bird, no  _____  will hurt you.  You do not need to be afraid of anyone     
[003]           two cries in the morning air - the cry of an  _____  and the cry of a man, both in pain.       
[004]  00 kilos plus and four metres long. I looked into the  _____ 's  eyes and face, and saw past its tongue      
[005]   I live  on a farm, and I have started thinking about  _____  rights. Now I have become a vegetarian.      
[006]   dangerous-dog laws, dog license laws, leash laws and  _____  cruelty laws that are rarely enforced.      
[007]  he spoke calmly and carefully, he felt like a trapped  _____ ,  desperately searching for a way out.        


	
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[001]     looking at things happily, and singing his strange  _____ .  I went back to London, but Merrick stayed there for      
[002]    see them in cap and gown graduating and they sing a  _____  called 'Bring On Tomorrow', which is an incredible      
[003]           Isn't that exciting? Diana's going to sing a  _____ .  And I'm going to say two poems." One evening,      
[004]   as he got near to me, he started to whistle the same  _____ . He was a big man in old clothes and a wide hat. He      
[005]             Far below the sea shone.  Silence. No bird  _____ . No sheep bells.  I picked up my suitcase and started      
[006]                   He took his harp and began to play a  _____ .  He played the harp very beautifully.  When his ship      
[007]             Enjoy the dancing.  We will play a special  _____  for you.  You are a very beautiful woman.'    


	
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[001]  had music and dancing.  Today, pantomimes are usually  _____  children's stories like Aladdin, Cinderella and Dick      
[002]     main areas of theatres, movies, museums, and other  _____  entertainment. But they are often not 'nice' places 
[003]    but it's not very good.  People read lots and lots,  _____  books and classical as well.  We have parties      
[004]                            She was now one of the most  _____  detective-story writers in the world.  One of the man     
[005]      but most of them are just for one city.  The most  _____  newspaper is USA Today, which sells five million copie    
[006]          During his life, he wrote more than a hundred  _____  novels, and many plays for the theatre.  Agatha was a         
[007]  The mineral waters of Budapest are famous, and a very  _____  way to relax. Even the city's outdoor fountains are     


	
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[001]    a small lantern, and in its light Grace saw a great  _____  of white water.  It broke against the rock in front o     
[002]  'No, please God! No!'  The boat came up on top of the  _____ , with white water all around it.  The oars were up,      
[003]   over on the deck and began to cry.  Then another big  _____  hit the side of the ship.  The white water came ove     
[004]       them, and when they met on the road they used to  _____  to each other. Twenty million Beetles were produced,      
[005]   lighthouse! Daniel remembered it suddenly.  'We must  _____  to it!' he shouted.  'They can't see us here!          
[006]   and risk management experts that managed care is the  _____  of the future.  And for the most part, managed care      
[007]  asking a   student to describe the basic principle of  _____  motion or the relationship between matter and energy,