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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]  valid reason for not giving blood.  Fortunately, most  _____  people understand the situation and give blood regular     
[002]     trouble, nobody ever getting hurt - just everybody  _____  and sensible all the time. A green and pleasant land     
[003]     if they have them in stock.  Then, if the price is  _____ , you decide to buy them.  Now, instead of simply payin     
[004] hybrid corn had great advantages, and that it was only  _____  to grow  it. They seemed to trust the leader, and had      
[005]   or a typical office building. The complaints weren't  _____  - they were nonsense. He guessed the more likely reaso     
[006]    but he didn't want to discuss it. He was polite and  _____  and everything, but he just suggested that I make a      
[007]  like movies and museums. The prices charged are quite  _____ .  There's never a lack of enjoyable ways to spend time     


	
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[001]     He needed a 30-litre motor to push it all down the  _____ . Your car needs may be less extraordinary.      
[002]   a body on the old road behind Tucker Trailer Park on  _____  17,' said Mark.  'We need your name, son.' Mark said     
[003] orhood schools, the only way to cross the busy Atlanta  _____  in the peaceful Dalraida neighborhood of Montgomery      
[004]      Mr. Christian wasn't looking for a headstone or a  _____  marker; he wanted nothing less than a plan for a sta     
[005] elated to the highways; so, all things considered, the  _____  commissioners would seem to be elected.      
[006]     home. Hu could see the traic standing still on the  _____ . There was the smell of the traffic, a smell of cookin    
[007] I've been so worried.' The car moved quickly along the  _____  back to Bangkok.  'Please don't worry, father,' said H     


	
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[001]             Soldiers circled the pitch, and inside the  _____  other soldiers held machine guns.  El Salvador won the     
[002] arger, the wind grew wilder - now I could see the full  _____  of the blood red moon, and the great walls of the hou     
[003]  every game I played.  My friends stood around me in a  _____  and looked at me in silence.  Mr. Preston then picked     
[004]    some flowers with a very strong smell, and he put a  _____  of them round Lucy's neck.   My dear,' he said, these    
[005]     outwards, so the air pressure in the centre of the  _____  becomes very low.  This is the 'eye' of the hurricane     
[006]                         With a black pen he drew a big  _____  round St. Pierre.  'There will be serious floods in th     
[007]               There are a lot of families in the royal  _____ , and also Charles was twelve years older than her.    


	
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[001]     cream.  Use a wooden spoon to make the butter very  _____  and white.  Mix in the icing sugar.  For chocolate     
[002]        Then something touched my hair lightly - like a  _____  hand.  Fingers went lightly through my hair!  I jumped     
[003]   time for you - never 'too busy right now'. She has a  _____  heart and likes everybody. Although she's a businesswo    
[004]      'duvet,' a special thick blanket that consists of  _____  feathers from baby ducks.       
[005]   is a quiet, empty space.  You can sit and think, and  _____  colours change slowly around you. Here we can remember     
[006]                  I walked along the beach and felt the  _____  sand under my town shoes.  There was a man sitting nea     
[007]   light was beginning to change from a light blue to a  _____  grey.  'Perhaps I need to talk to someone about this;   


	
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[001]       On the ship Sir Tristram looked out at the green  _____  water.  Birds flew in the sky.  He took his harp and      
[002] ill love you well,' said Tristram.  After many days at  _____ , the ship came to Cornwall.  'I have to leave you now,     
[003] very tired and they fell asleep.  The ship went out to  _____ .  The next morning, when the knights woke up, they      
[004]         I left the house and walked on the beach.  The  _____   was like a wall between me and the rest of the world.     
[005]                  I went outside and looked at the cold  _____ .  My friend was dead, and I cried for him.  Suddenly      
[006]         It was a beautiful clear day and the sky was a  _____   of blue.  'Are you OK, Grace?'  'You've got to stop      
[007]           I could not look up at the sky or out at the  _____ .  "You must not be afraid," said my guide.  "Here is      


	
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[001]      life that is in you! We can never be young again.  _____ ! Ah, there is nothing in the world as important as        
[002]  more important, more valuable than beauty.  When your  _____  goes, your beauty will go with it.  Then you'll sudden     
[003]  while I'm beautiful, I suppose.  Lord Henry is right.  _____  is the most important thing in the world.  Oh, why did     
[004]               I will teach him to discover the fire of  _____ , and love, and life.'  The conversation among the fas     
[005] ith half closed eyes.  'Tell me how you have kept your  _____  and your wonderful beauty,  Dorian.  You must have      
[006] hat are so disturbing to grown-ups and so desirable to  _____ . If we were being perfectly honest we would admit      
[007]    - her age was far beyond my reach. The energy of my  _____  had amused and attracted her. Now she was tired of it     


	
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[005] don't know anything about him.  "I read a story in the  _____  about an orphan.  This child lived with a Canadian      
[001]          "What's wrong?" Laurie asked.  "I went to the  _____  office with two stories," Jo said.  "The man said,      
[003]                     "Are there any good stories in the  _____ ?" Meg asked.  "Yes," Jo answered.  "There's one good     
[008]   the best students on the island!" Anne looked at the  _____ .  There were two hundred names there.  Her name was      
[004]  a teacher for three years, and later she worked for a  _____ , the Halifax Daily Echo.  She started writing stories     
[011]    Then, one day, we saw an advertisement in The Times  _____ .  Somebody wanted us to go to an address in London.       
[013]  at Oxford University, and then he began writing for a  _____  in Newcastle.  Later he changed jobs and went to work     
[014]   also an artist.  One evening, we were looking at the  _____  when we found a strange story.  This is the story:    


	
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[001]  est nominations for the Oscars.  Everybody can make a  _____  for Best Picture.  For the other Oscars, a member only  
[002]   together at Moor House.  Naturally, when I made this  _____  to St. John and his sisters they protested strongly,        
[003]    immediately enthusiastic and thought it a very good  _____ . Emma painted Harriet in the garden and      
[004]          I had a new character.  I remembered Marcus's  _____ . I put on my green suit and got ready to go out.      
[005] not understand the messages that he carries.  Marian's  _____  that I should not go with them on these trips had ann     
[006]   to the coast. It isn't far.' 'We'll think about your  _____ .' In the middle of the morning, the three men went in     
[007] celebratory meal, of Alexander's friend Ptolemy made a  _____ .  Alexander should burn the palace where they were eat    


	
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[001]       'Yes, and the exam paper was there, but only one  _____  was on the desk.' 'Where were the other two pages?'      
[002]      'One was on the table near the window.  The other  _____  was on the floor.' Holmes was suddenly interested.  
[003]                Dupin gave me a book, open at the right  _____ .  I read a description of the East Indian orang-utan.     
[004]   in Buckingham Palace.  His message was also on every  _____  of his books.  But what did people know about this ma     
[005]  was worried, too.  FREE MARTIN LUTHER KING! The front  _____  of the newspapers reported on King's move to Reidsvil     
[006]       She started looking at the big box of papers one  _____  at a time.  It seemed that a large electricity company     
[007] m I mad or is he mad?  Why do I have to copy out every  _____  of a dictionary? But  Vincent Spaulding told me not to     


	
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[001]      Mr Soames said.  'The exam papers are, of course,  _____ .  Every student would like to see them before the exam     
[002]  My secrets?' 'I don't know.  But be careful.  Perhaps  _____  things will happen.'                                    
[003] ednesdays and we played chess, but I never told him my  _____ .  One Wednesday evening he said to me: 'You're very       
[004]    It's nice to see you like this.  Perhaps you have a  _____  life!' I smiled and said nothing.  It was true       
[005]      Poldy was saying, 'Be quiet, William! This is our  _____ ,  remember?' So I've been very careful since then.       
[006]      forever.  You love me and I love you.  That's the  _____  of our happiness.' 'Yes,  that's our                       
[007]    when I was walking my dog.  You can't keep anything  _____  in this place for long!' Anna laughed. 'I must rememb