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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]    a white-haired Japanese woman. She was the managing  _____  of an international electrical company.  'It will cos     
[002]     explain that in a moment.  My job is to be musical  _____ . I will train you to sing and, I hope, to act the part     
[003]                  There was a problem. I telephoned the  _____  of Audio English. He told me they had checked Mr Sta     
[004] simply stared. Hu was embarrassed.  'This is Dr Irene,  _____  of the Bangkok Operatic Society,'  said Verity.       
[005]        According to someone called Mordecai Green, the  _____  of the 14th Street Law Center, DeVon Hardy had recent     
[006]              The 52-year-old actor and the 34-year-old  _____  brought vastly different levels of experience to this      
[007]        Like Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson took home a Best  _____  and a Best Picture Oscar.  Steven Spielberg's long wai


	
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[001]   came from all parts of the country into the nation's  _____  because they wanted change.  They wanted equality for     
[002]  city, sometimes calling it "the world's city" or "the  _____  of the world." There are many wonderful things to do      
[003] Visitors can take a tour of the area and see the money  _____  at work.  Millions of dollars are made and lost there.     
[004]   east and west.  Constantinople, now Istanbul, became  _____  of the Eastern Empire.  Many baths were built there,      
[005]       What advice would you give to a stranger in your  _____  city about finding a reasonably priced room        
[006] ecause it was cheap and ended up biking to every state  _____  in the 48 contiguous states. Once he got into fixing     
[007]                                 please print, in block  _____  letters.        


	
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[001]             He moved his hands over her eyes, nose and  _____  until he could see a picture of her in his head.       
[002] took his face between her hands, and kissed him on the  _____ .  Drive carefully, Mr Hollywood.  Goodbye,' she said     
[003]                  Then he took the cigarette out of his  _____  and smiled with his yellow teeth.      
[004]       the top of his newspaper.  She could not see his  _____ ,  but there was a smile in his eyes.  Quickly, she loo     
[005]         Mr Harris's face was white too.  He opened his  _____ , but he couldn't speak.  He stood up,      
[006]       complains that he is thirsty, he should wash his  _____  with water but not swallow.      
[007]              Why am I being punished? I try to keep my  _____  closed tight when I smile or laugh, but the effort       


	
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[001]    state are like two different worlds.  The state has  _____  hills, farms, and mountains.  
[002] ew Yorkers live in a big city, but they can also enjoy  _____ , open spaces, Central Park in the middle of one of the     
[003]      They didn't speak the local language and only ate  _____   vegetables.  The boy soon died, but the girl began      
[004]                                    Mistletoe is a dark  _____  plant with white berries.       
[005]   end of the yard there was a big mango tree with wide  _____  leaves and small         
[006] south of Ireland,' I said to Penny. 'The mountains are  _____ , the sea is blue when the sun shines, and it's           
[007]  Terry Moreton,' I told her.  There was a block of the  _____  glass near me. She sat down on it and stared at me.     


	
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[001]         I found that I could even manage to get up the  _____  comfortably. I started to run because I felt desperate 
[002]   the house before I called you.'  Duncan ran down the  _____ .   Cathy!' he called.  What are you doing here?'        
[003] elt ill and very cold, and I began to walk back up the  _____ .  I wanted to go home, but where was my home?      
[004]    can find you in the dark.'  Quickly he ran down the  _____ .  It was very dark here, and he could not see very wel     
[005]               there was a loud noise at the top of the  _____  above us and a huge army vehicle appeared.     
[006]       an extensive and beautiful wood. At the top of a  _____  they had their first view of Pemberley House,       
[007]  southern earth turned into rock and then into greener  _____  country, and as darkness fell we were getting near         


	
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[001]         two kilometers an hour faster than the correct  _____  for that  street.  King was surprised and afraid,   
[002]         It took millions of years to grow, but at this  _____  it will disappear completely in only fifty years.  
[003]  the time was limited because of thick fog. The normal  _____  limit on motorways is 70 miles per hour under normal      
[004]  5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies faster than the  _____  of sound. When it  goes through the sound barrier,      
[005]    regret driving so fast for the rest of my life! The  _____  we were traveling was completely unnecessary      
[006]       She looked up at the screens above the bed.  The  _____  of Grace's heartbeat was faster, she was sure.       
[007]                        Their packing was done at great  _____ , and soon they were in the carriage, driving south.       


	
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[001]                                 If you were not born a  _____ ,  you could become one in three  ways.  First, you cou     
[002]   on lower pay.  After twenty-five years, you became a  _____ , and your children did too.  Second, you could pay a     
[003]   Third, you could be freed by your owner and become a  _____ .  Everybody wanted to be a Roman                          
[004]                         Everybody wanted to be a Roman  _____ , and this held the empire together.       
[005]         But what is life like for the ordinary Chinese  _____ ? What sort of housing, education, medical treatment   
[006]     wanted to do was to live in England as an ordinary  _____ . The government officials and scientists who had been     
[007]                                                  Every  _____  is responsible to help catch law breakers and put them  


	
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[001]             life becomes very difficult because people  _____  round and want to know all about me and it's almost  
[002]    into more than just an opportunity for the women to  _____  and talk about stocks. Ms. Felenstein describes it as     
[003]                                When Simsbury residents  _____  for a Town Meeting on Thursday, it will be for the      
[004]  waste time," returned Pencroft. "You, Herbert, go and  _____  the seeds, which you know better than we do.      
[005]       flaming vermilion petals. Other flowers we might  _____  as we pleased: myrtle and white violets from beneath     
[006]            be expected to administer all the tests and  _____  all the information needed about each child        
[007]     training in the South. He did not, as far as I can  _____ , find the South "worse"; he found it, if anything,     


	
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[001]     Alex? Yes.  I love you and I want to be with you.   _____  come with me.  Oh, Alex! Of course I'll come with you   
[002] 'm hardworking, and I'll do anything," she told him.  " _____ , give me a job!" It was a strange way to find a job.       
[003]                             'Could I have some coffee,  _____ ?' Janey asked the waitress.  The  woman smiled at her.     
[004] * Businessman:  Hello. Could I speak to Miss  Appleby,  _____ ? This is John Blofeld. Miss Appleby's secretary:  One 
[005]                 Miss Appleby's secretary:  One moment,  _____ . Oh, I'm afraid she's out at the moment.       
[006]   Sri Lanka.  Elizabeth learned that it is not easy to  _____  everybody.  Sometimes people said, 'Why doesn't the Qu     
[007] ntries of Europe.'  'Well, sit, you seem very eager to  _____  me, but I wonder if you will agree to a request of     


	
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[001]       political party, economic interest, or religious  _____ . Our activities focus on the release of prisoners       
[002] religion and God. A strong, solid building is a strong  _____ . A ruin would mean a lack of                               
[003]   in the world. Our sponsorship scheme is based on the  _____  that individual people relate much more easily to      
[004]         The reason he gave for wanting to help was his  _____  that he was to blame for not making Wickham's worthle     
[005]   influence on your friends. Instead you have lost all  _____  in  goodness and honesty. You have filled those poor y     
[006]  another!  My experience at Brandham seemed to kill my  _____  in other people and most of my love for them. It also     
[007] before they need to cash in. All this is prelude to my  _____  that bonds currently are a better investment than stoc