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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]      any new ships nowadays. This industry must make a  _____  to survive. Men at dockyards which close will be offer 
[002]     together for five years, and we made a nice little  _____ . When I retired from crime, I used my share to buy a      
[003]    no longer easily available. Unless there's a lot of  _____  to be had, the big publishers can't be bothered to      
[004]      now based in Madison Heights, Mich., is a not-for- _____  group that provides member clubs with information      
[005]             Europe now divides Britain and there is no  _____  for any politician in becoming more enthusiastic about     
[006]   to learn to ride, and each year Latchetts had made a  _____ . Bee had made sure of that.  And in six weeks' time      
[007]   is such a clever businessman: he knows how to make a  _____ .'  The Lucella was bigger than any of the ships       


	
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[001]  man is standing in a strange city.  The buildings are  _____ , like domes, and they are painted in unusual colours.     
[002]    married, she still looked very young.  Her face was  _____ , and her clothes were nothing special.       
[003] was mainly used in the baths.  Roman houses were built  _____  open squares, so light and fresh air could pass into     
[004]                                   Today mince pies are  _____  and full of sweet, dry fruits.  But a long time ago      
[005]   front room was clogged with heavy furniture - a big,  _____ , oak dining table and chairs, a buffet, with a row      
[006]      life becomes very difficult because people gather  _____   and want to know all about me and it's almost dark      
[007]     for instance in the United States who were cycling  _____  the whole country, and camping. Now I would not camp


	
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[001]                Odette cried inside with pain.  But her  _____  was always the same:"I have nothing to say." The cold,     
[002]     the Queen reads each one and then speaks aloud her  _____ . The secretary takes dictation directly onto an old ty     
[003]  North Pole'.  Almost all the children get a letter in  _____ .  Dear Santa, I am hoping to get a bicycle for Christm     
[004]                If it is, I'm sure that she never got a  _____ !' said Uncle William, laughing.  He opened the letter     
[005]         He's so funny.' Grace was laughing too much to  _____ .  Her horse was walking with his head down, pushing      
[006]      Are you ready? He'll be here soon.'  Grace didn't  _____ .  'Grace?'  'Yes? So what?' She knew the pain she was      
[007] and it was arranged cleverly in folds.  When I did not  _____ , she frowned and repeated her question. I didn't list


	
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[001]   However, I need not try them until all else fails. I  _____  to send a letter to the relations I have mentioned, 
[002]                                If you do not object, I  _____  to visit you and your family on Monday November 18th,     
[003] from Kansas, is not the first Agriculture Secretary to  _____  added powers for the department, which regulates the     
[004] eauty and character, she felt sure that he intended to  _____   marriage. For the moment, however, she decided to do      
[005] turned from the ball and he had not asked her. He must  _____ ! She prayed to the god of love, by the spring evening     
[006]    sure that if she wanted, she could encourage him to  _____  to her again, she only had to decide how far she wish     
[007]                  Above all, would Richard Hawk-Monitor  _____  marriage to Elfine? Even Flora did not dare imagine   


	
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[001]   of her expensive silk  blouse and it made made a big  _____ . Later I found out she  couldn't wash out the 
[002]   and Grace was swimming  in it.  Far away there was a  _____  of light.  She could go towards it, or turn away,      
[003]  meeting Joe and the horses there.  It was a beautiful  _____ , hidden from the world by trees.  She waited and list     
[004] he girls' turn.  Ten minutes later they all met at the  _____  where the fire had been the night before.       
[005] illions of years more until drifting up to its present  _____  at the far tip of Nova Scotia. Volcanoes. Glaciers.     
[006] an accident.  But it wasn't, of course. Ted had a weak  _____  in his character, like Edward.'       
[007] loping an 'analytical ear' - the ability not merely to  _____  an interesting sound or phrase but to take it apart     


	
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[001]   perfect. Well, what I could see of him.  He has such  _____  shoulders and strong arms. Mmm...        
[002]                  If it weren't for his rounded cheeks,  _____  smile and cheerful demeanour, Gaiman, 34, could be       
[003]            I want you to make that clear.' She beams a  _____  grin and empties the glass. For a woman whose husband     
[004]      takeover of District 15 is but one component of a  _____  turnover in educational leadership across the city.      
[005] 801 million in assets. Pozen describes Magellan as a  ' _____ -  based, capital-appreciation, go-anywhere fund.'      
[006]                 Previously, they were classed in three  _____  bands: unsatisfactory, satisfactory or excellent.       
[007]   that this should not be achieved at the expense of a  _____  curriculum. Policy-makers, he argued, should use the     


	
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[001]  of nowhere,' said Mr Carter. 'They came up out of the  _____  of the ocean and started hitting the side of the boat     
[002] water without knowing how deep it is. Always check the  _____  before you dive. Remember - shallow water is safe for 
[003]                           ure can be used to chart the  _____  of lakes or oceans or to locate and track submarines      
[004]  oxidation pond has a surface area of 4.77 acres and a  _____  of 4 ft. The pond is currently serving 1,230 person     
[005]      the issue months earlier.  The documents show the  _____  of White House involvement and provide new details      
[006]      is itself remarkable, it is the thoroughness, the  _____ , and the enlightenment found in these volumes which   
[007]    gone down this line ten minutes before to set a new  _____  record for the free dive, was already back on the     


	
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[001]      during the 'daytime', farming is productive to an  _____   which can be reached by earth only occasionally. e
[002]  seven o'clock most of them were up, and, to a certain  _____ , working.  Reuben, of course, had a lot to do because      
[003]    the next morning, however, did she realize the full  _____  of her success. After breakfast a servant from  Nether     
[004]   losses in angry silence, experts say. That makes the  _____  of the problem impossible to measure.       
[005]  sery school, where valiant efforts were made. To some  _____  he enjoyed school but the gap between him and the ot     
[006]   unexplored and have not been used in industry to the  _____  that they have been in military and other areas.        
[007]     generally collaborated with the Nazis, even to the  _____  of sending millions of their peasants into Russia as 


	
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[001]   for guns and cloth.  Then, in 1626, Peter Minuit, an  _____  of the Dutch West India Company, bought Manhattan Isl     
[002]     I: What do you mean? Surely the person is still an  _____ ? LD: Well yes, you may think that, but let me tell  
[003]   marketplace, the basic requirement when hiring a new  _____  is  attitude. Potential employees (from janitor to pre     
[004]            It becomes questionable just how much of an  _____  the worker-at-home becomes, as he or she requires mo     
[005]     may derive more confidence from his identity as an  _____  in a large company than he does as the father of a      
[006]      or mandatory anything. They just work. A contract  _____  can charge double the cost of a regular                  
[007]   sse First Boston said today that it had dismissed an  _____  for unauthorized options trading that caused losses      


	
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[001]                Charlie Chaplin made millions of people  _____ . He was one of the great comic actors of all time.      
[002]                I think she's very pretty, she makes me  _____  a lot, um... she tells terrible jokes but I like the      
[003]               Some people are very boring.  They won't  _____  at anything.      
[004]       These nuns are so strict that they never go out,  _____ , or even speak unless absolutely necessary.       
[005]    foreign accent and then where are you?  People will  _____  at you.  The best way to look clever is to use long      
[006]   Australians made jokes about that, but Charles could  _____  too and they all became good friends.      
[007]               Sarah, with her bright red hair and loud  _____ , seemed perfect for him.  They first became friends