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Quiz 081

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]          Thirdly, very important don't move the victim  _____  it's absolutely necessary. I mean, if any bones are b     
[002]                           'None of this means anything  _____  the driver comes forward and says he was somewhere     
[003]         I hate to leave the life I lead in the country  _____  I absolutely have to. I get various offers to take      
[004] so strict that they never go out, laugh, or even speak  _____  absolutely necessary. She left the order at 28.      
[005]                         But that meant I would be poor  _____  I married a rich wife     
[006]   'I can do what I like, and I intend to stay with you  _____  you object. I'll be your neighbour, your nurse     
[007]     'You're in Lesotho now! There's no telephone here,  _____  you want to go back to the South African side.'       


	
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[001]              or the whole world. If the plants in your  _____  are dying, this might mean that you are worried about     
[002]   was very attractive, with the courtyard and then the  _____ . The kids would love that swing and play area.      
[003]  gardens.  People used to travel miles to see our rose  _____  in June. The smell of the roses came right into the      
[004]        when she got a bee sting working outside in the  _____  a week or so ago. Then it turned into a bad cold.      
[005] make into cheese. And I keep honey bees outside in the  _____ . I: I think it's true that people all over the world     
[006]   that they are interested in growing something in the  _____ , so they may have a plot of land that they can grow       
[007]        Tim was Five years old.  He ran up and down the  _____  with a football.  Susan was seven years old, a quiet      


	
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[001]  tied hand and foot. The thieves managed to get in and  _____  without setting off the security alarm by cutting off     
[002]  my field, young man? the old woman said.  How did you  _____  from prison? Marta asked suddenly.       
[003]    in the night, when the streets are quiet.  He can't  _____  the soldiers.'   'Soldiers? What soldiers?' Felix      
[004]     when they are moving fast.  He looked for a way to  _____ , but the ravine was narrow, with high rocky walls.       
[005]   to try.  I shall take some of the gold with me, if I  _____ ,  perhaps it will be helpful later.  If I die, it will     
[006] rrible they are!  How bright and dangerous! You cannot  _____  from words.  Dorian began to understand things about     
[007]   keys.  In that way no one would be able to enter or  _____ .  They were all there together, far away from the Red     


	
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[001]    Three people tried to stop the fire, but it was too  _____ .  She died in minutes.  Firemen and police could find      
[002]        I don't want to die like Julia!'  'We must move  _____ ,' said Holmes.  'If we go to your house today, can we     
[003]        there are no stressful traffic jams. Trains are  _____  and comfortable. The danger level is very low.       
[004]       How could we ever explain why we were driving so  _____ ? What excuse did we have? None. He could prove that      
[005] said Sara. 'I think he's afraid of me.  And he runs so  _____ ! But can you get across the roof?'  Yes,      
[006]        They were very exciting, because they move very  _____ .  One minute they were there, and the next minute I     
[007]    isn't there, so the rain water runs straight off in  _____ -flowing streams and eventually turns into a huge flood     


	
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[001]    it was not only their lifestyle that shocked, their  _____  did, too. 'I hate those clothes you have on!'       
[002] make sure you behave properly.'  She felt that her own  _____ , in a pale green dress and blue-green evening coat,      
[003]  extraordinary-looking people?'  Ten men of disgusting  _____  were approaching. They were small and dark, with bent     
[004] to observe your sister closely, and as her manners and  _____  were as pleasant and cheerful as ever, I remained con     
[005]  me. The poison was colourless, and did not change the  _____  of the drug. I guessed that if Hymorell was transferre    
[006]  people became interested in her clothes.  After every  _____ , the  reporters described what she was wearing.       
[007] not over yet; in November 1995 she recorded her famous  _____  on television.  She talked openly to reporter Martin B     


	
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[001]             This happened in Africa, and in a moment a  _____  of silly, curious people came around to watch       
[002] fight was stopped briefly in the eighth round when the  _____  started to throw objects at the referee,      
[003]    by auction yesterday. The demonstration attracted a  _____  of music-lovers who were waiting for the sale to start     
[004]     He came to a busy street, and waited, with a small  _____  of people, to go across.  A tall woman in a blue dress     
[005]    see the man with white hair.  He pushed through the  _____  of people.  That man!' he shouted at the woman behind      
[006]   down the steps.  In the departure lounge there was a  _____  of passengers waiting to get on other planes, and also     
[007]   small strong figure walking through the rain, with a  _____  of police and photographers around  her.  'Herald, my     


	
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[001]   many people, like Wyoming or Delaware, only have one  _____ .  The President is elected by votes from each state. 
[002]   recall a product voluntarily. Mr. Glickman, a former  _____  from Kansas, is not the first Agriculture Secretary to     
[003]   the characteristics of a large group by talking to a  _____  part of it. If the bureau can use sampling - a plan      
[004]       is unresolved. Many, including Mangala Sharma, a  _____  of the refugees who has been in London to raise awaren     
[005]    around marine reserves in the Bahamas.  Call the UK  _____ , Connect AB, on 0171-265 0236, if you can afford the     
[006]      at university, and then worked as a foreign sales  _____  for  a small publishing company in Croydon, which was       
[007]     spheres, Latino public personages are somehow less  _____  of the whole and less imbued with the singular power     


	
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[001]       That was lovely. Well, you have to fill the time  _____ . I: Do you find that a problem, filling time?      
[002]  sugar in her tea started to stir it with a spoon, and  _____  I spilled it all over the table. It was all a sticky      
[003]  er... getting physical and getting fresh air you know  _____ ,  somewhere. Take the kids for a ride in the park on     
[004] except, of course, that they weren't looking for work.  _____  they always had money to buy petrol for the old vans     
[005]  added in a lower voice, 'love and poetry go together,  _____ ,  don't they?'  Flora said sternly, 'Elfine, are you      
[006] why I'm telling you all this, nobody else knows, but I  _____  feel you'll understand. Ten years ago, I was a vicar      
[007]     I know,' said Paul. It's a very strange thing.'  I  _____  never felt he was dead,' said Peter.       


	
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[001]                       I was really pleased to hear her  _____  and I decided to go immediately.  And it would help      
[002]      Angel:  Do not be afraid.  I am bringing you good  _____ .  Today, in the town of Bethlehem, a child was born.     
[003]         with the Prime Minister. They talk about world  _____  and have a drink, perhaps a gin and tonic or a whiskey     
[004]                               Here is the nine o'clock  _____  to keep you up to date on world and local events from     
[005]   to date on world and local events from the BBC World  _____  team: Last night thieves stole a painting from the      
[006] home, his mother was very excited.  'We saw you on the  _____  last night,' she said.  'With your cheque for five      
[007] The phones rang often, but in the morning there was no  _____  of Alex  Dinon.  The day went slowly.  The phones rang     


	
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[001]    How can an ordinary man suddenly lift a car to save  _____ 's life? How do people walk on fire without feeling pai     
[002]  so perfect?  Too difficult to draw on paper.  How can  _____  make these beautiful shapes in the short summer night     
[003]    Janey, but it sounded far away.  She turned and saw  _____  on the grass at the side of the lake.  It was the old      
[004]    a bedside reading light, but it didn't work because  _____  had removed the plug. One hotel turned off the electri     
[005]      and only ten per cent is specialist knowledge. If  _____  isn't breathing, you must undo their collar and give     
[006]   person is bleeding, the bleeding must be stopped. If  _____  has a fish-bone caught in his throat, it has to come     
[007]       It was a sort of tap-tap coming from the window.  _____  was moving in the shadow behind the curtains.