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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]   this business is.  If you cannot help, there will be  _____  and trouble for one of the most important families      
[002]            He seems to be in a hurry.'  I walked, with  _____ , to the hall, as I was feeling very drunk     
[003]           their ships were destroyed in a storm.  With  _____ , the Romans found money to build more ships.      
[004]   strangely.  They got him into the trailer with great  _____ , but he kicked angrily against the sides all the way      
[005]     the mountains, but before midday he was already in  _____ . 'I lost my balance and slipped off the edge of a       
[006]   worst side of Vic.  'He enjoys it when people are in  _____ .  Why haven't I noticed it before?' she asked herself     
[007]   two years because many children would otherwise have  _____ . The French teacher spends more than half her time      


	
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[001]    sold all over the world.  There are more than 1,500  _____  newspapers but most of them are just for one city.       
[002]   US are made in Los Angeles.  But the main companies'  _____  news programs and some talk shows are made in New York     
[003]   of 'home-workers'. These are people who can do their  _____  work from home, thanks to the revolution in the commun     
[004]           Was she murdered? Did she kill herself?  The  _____  News wanted answers to these questions, and said,       
[005]    she was not lonely.  Occasionally, while taking her  _____  walk on the hills, she saw Elfine in the distance,      
[006]              it had required twenty servants to do the  _____  work, and even now it was scarcely possible to live      
[007]               At dinner Margot talked about matters of  _____  interest.  Later, when they were alone, she said,      


	
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[001]    near Starkfield, and I was staying at the home of a  _____  called Mrs Ruth Hale.  Before she was married, her     
[002]   I need that damn book.'  'Don't speak like that to a  _____ , Preppie.'  'Why are you so sure that I went to prep      
[003]        'Son, you're in too much of a hurry.  The young  _____  herself is fine.  The problem is you.  You are rebell     
[004]  You see, Miss Cathy? Nice words to be used to a young  _____ !  Now come along, let's fetch the pony and leave,' I      
[005] picture appeared on the screen. It was of a little old  _____  who was carrying a shopping bag in one hand and a purs     
[006] could be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old  _____  of good fortune, excellent health, and firm character     
[007]      if either of you wants an introduction to a young  _____ '  Certainly not,' said Paul.  Oh, all right,'       


	
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[001]        told me I should sit up straighter in my chair,  _____  I might injure my back!' By now Ian was laughing out     
[002]      I always get it cut short before I go on holiday,  _____  the salt water makes it look like dried grass    
[003] about. Please go back to your rooms. You'll catch cold  _____ .' And so he  calmed his  guests and persuaded them to      
[004] ou're very kind, sir, and indeed I do hope so, because  _____  they'll have nothing at all to live on.'       
[005]     She had Lao Mao, the cat, sitting on her knee, but  _____  she was alone. The balcony was full of plants in pots     
[006]     inform him that a container was being sent to him.  _____ , once he had packed away the articles the spaceship      
[007]  in your bones will keep you warm.'  But Flora thought  _____ , and went to fetch an extra coat.  They started on the     


	
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[001]                 He looked around him. They were in the  _____  of the river, moving quickly downstream.  Here, it was     
[002]      bricks in the front and back but was empty in the  _____ .  I started work at once.  I took out some of the bric     
[003]                       He pointed to a picture.  In the  _____  of the picture stood Carl himself - a short thin man     
[004]    crew, and five Americans.  They sat together in the  _____  of the plane.  The girl and the young man in the black     
[005]        young man with thick black hair jumped into the  _____  of the floor.  He went into the crowd and pulled out a     
[006]         Eady, the rich village shopkeeper.  But in the  _____  of winter his and most of the other Starkfield horses      
[007]    grades 1 to 5 are  'elementary school', 6 to 8 are ' _____  school', and 9 to 12 'high school'.  About 85 per cent     


	
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[001]    journey to the top of the world.  I need to find my  _____  and destroy him.  But I am tired and weak.  I am dying     
[002]                 Four years ago my legs were smashed by  _____  bullets.  They operated on me nine times,      
[003] Navajo soldiers to send secret radio messages that the  _____  could not understand.       
[004]   nothing to enjoy, nothing to hope for.  Time is your  _____ ,  Mr Gray.  It will steal everything from you.       
[005]           - soon I would break free from this terrible  _____  and never take his orders again.  One evening,       
[006] was not one kind person in the world.  Everyone was my  _____ .  I hated all humans.  More  than anything, I hated my     
[007]  This taught King an important lesson-how to change an  _____  into a friend.  After this, King was voted class presi     


	
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[001]              I want you to marry.  I believe that your  _____  will bring you future happiness.  It will make your       
[002] from Cranston to watch.  We didn't tell them about our  _____  plans because we wanted a quiet wedding,      
[003]   I will tell you my story of misery the day after our  _____ , because, my sweet cousin, there must be no secrets      
[004]                  Tom and Rachel lived here after their  _____ , then later Frank and Diane.  Now it was empty.        
[005]       in the country.  Jane received several offers of  _____  but did not accept any of them.  She lived quietly      
[006]               I knew it, and his mother did, too.  But  _____  was impossible because Rafael was a poor, fatherless      
[007]     they'll provide that as soon as you show them your  _____  certificate.'  Duncan stared at the Agent.       


	
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[001]                      Until recently, Western political  _____  was content to see its troops keep the opposing milit     
[002]   but one component of a broad turnover in educational  _____  across the city. When the school year begins on Wedn     
[003]  able to change it, trade unionists under new activist  _____  are resurrecting old and more militant tactics as the     
[004]  addition to its bad roads, China presents a Communist  _____  eager to maintain tight control over foreign shippers     
[005]     has been a Socialist Republic since 1949 under the  _____  of Mao Tse Tung. He started the Cultural Revolution     
[006] Conservative  Association, February 1995 On the Labour  _____ : 'Tony  Blair  and John Prescott are the Eddie and Pat     
[007]                              One of the tasks of moral  _____  is to draw lines which should not be crossed. 


	
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[001]       San Francisco is also famous for the Golden Gate  _____ , which was built in 1937 and joins the city to Marin       
[002]   metres long and 67 metres above the water.  From the  _____  you can see the island of Alcatraz, which was a prison     
[003]  made its way down the side of the house.  I crossed a  _____  to the house.  A man was waiting for me on the other     
[004]  this old boat and the river will carry it down to the  _____ .  Go and wait for me there." Anne climbed into the      
[005]  boat out into the center of the river, and ran to the  _____ .  The river was very fast and dangerous.  The boat      
[006]  the side of it.  They were looking for an old railway  _____  that passed over the river.  'There it is.'      
[007]              and I saw a rainbow there.  It was like a  _____  between this world and the next world.     


	
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[001]              Wyatt and Dawson turned away and began to  _____  the City towards the hotel.  When they finally got      
[002]       In this way, letters only took about ten days to  _____  the country.  One very well-known rider was Buffalo      
[003]                                          Where can you  _____  the International Date Line?        
[004]         more than one way to reach Manhattan.  You can  _____  one of the many bridges.  You can drive under the rive     
[005]             You can drive under the river.  Or you can  _____  the water on a ferry.  The City and the Island New Yor     
[006]     Mattie looked at him, and for a moment he saw fear  _____  her face.  He held onto her sewing and kissed the      
[007]  some not understanding.  The Greycoats teacher looked  _____ .  'If there's been some cheating, then there are no