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Quiz 083

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]    'Yes, John ? but you're not poor.' 'Well, we're not  _____ ! We're making a new flower garden, and of course we       
[002]     people.  They loved art and music.  They were very  _____ , and gave money away to poorer people, but they were      
[003]              The customs officers wanted to please the  _____  ship owner.  'The count can go on shore now, if he wan     
[004]                  businessman in the city.  He's a very  _____  man and a friend of our family.  Your son Rafael is a     
[005]    was so beautiful.  Her father wanted her to marry a  _____ , handsome prince.  But the princes in that country we     
[006] the sea. The farmland was good, and the whole land was  _____  in flowers and trees and clear rivers.  But time passe     
[007]     the meal which caused this. He is not used to such  _____  food. George and I decided to go for a walk in Henley     


	
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[001]    close to the toilets for extra convenience. You can  _____  your seats in advance. And there is never a queue to     
[002]    travel in second-class compartments, and you cannot  _____  your seats, but you avoid the rush-hour crowds,       
[003]     and then call the booking-office at the station to  _____  their seats. I guess my favourite job is anything to     
[004]  the company is travelling on business, I phone up and  _____  the air tickets for them. If they're going by train,     
[005]    head of Graveney School, which this year decided to  _____  half its 250 places for pupils who scored best in an     
[006]    Therefore I shall attempt to break down your social  _____  in the following way you will take exercise for half    
[007]   commercial pilot and a deskbound captain in the Navy  _____  at Naval Air Station Atlanta.   


	
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[001]     at least three times as large a crop as the native  _____ . Also, the hybrid corn grew well in the rather poor soi     
[002]      to get into my caravan, but it wasn't a poisonous  _____ . No, no real danger at  all.  Well, the only time was      
[003]             What does a plant breeder need to change a  _____ ? Answer - new  genes. Where do they come from? Answer     
[004]    didn't send them to school in the first place for a  _____  of reasons. It wasn't a sudden, big, dramatic decision     
[005]           .  Fitzwilliam Darcy Elizabeth experienced a  _____  of emotions as she read the �letter. She was astonished     
[006]     After a while, Yury began writing short books on a  _____  of  subjects and Vassya put them together. These books     
[007]    The only disappointment is that there isn't a wider  _____  of people. I thought there would be some really strange     


	
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[001]     was an old man, Mr de Lacey, and his son Felix and  _____  Agatha.  I listened to their voices.  Slowly I learned     
[002]   run through the book.  Feelings between a mother and  _____  change and grow.  The mother has to choose between her 
[003]     very well.  The two women were not only mother and  _____ ; they were also friends.  Madame Duborg could not say     
[004]  sure!'  Annie wanted to say something, to protect her  _____ .  But Tom's face was so hard, so frightening.       
[005] but you do not appear to be a suitable  husband for my  _____ , who is a weak young woman with a large fortune.'      
[006]    or need his kindness.  I am glad I have such a good  _____ ,' he said, after several days had passed.  I am trying     
[007]   Yes, that is my weakness! You think I only want your  _____ 's money.'  I don't say that. I only say that you are     


	
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[001]  There it is.' And sure enough, the bell then began to  _____ , long and slow, telling the people of the village      
[002]  a time?'  Suddenly the telephone on his desk began to  _____ . Usually it made a very loud, demanding sound. This      
[003] nging backwards and forwards.  The alarm bell began to  _____ , softly at first, then more strongly.  At the sound,      
[004]     his wife said he was in Quebec with you. Give me a  _____  when you get back and let me know.  Boom Boom  'Who's      
[005]  He was very scared, and wanted to hold onto the metal  _____ .  I left it for him, because it could not save us.       
[006]   days she came back from one of these meetings with a  _____  on her finger.  She showed it to me in the moonlight     
[007]  , empty, mad eyes.  He called to me.  He had the gold  _____  round his neck, and he held it out to me.  He called      


	
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[001]                             And she couldn't leave the  _____  until closing time.  So I was able to study the book      
[002] , but they were called 'whisperers'.  Annie was in the  _____ .  She was reading about a man called  Solomon Rarey,      
[003]  do you know about that?' Juliet asked.  I went to the  _____  and read about it in the newspapers.'  Juliet stood up     
[004]  have exams soon, so I'm spending a lot of time in the  _____ . If you turn this letter over, you'll see a picture       
[005]  and comfortable.  They could enjoy a swimming pool, a  _____ , Turkish baths, and excellent restaurants and bars.       
[006]  house and searched everywhere for her: the law school  _____ , Radcliffe, the music school.  Was she in one of the      
[007] but it was big enough.  It had twenty-five bedrooms, a  _____ , and a room for dances and parties! Sadly, it is not      


	
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[001]   then the armies of all Greece fought side by side to  _____  the Persians at Platea. Soon the Persian army returned    
[002]  ns, who lived beside the River Danube. They could not  _____  Alexander's well trained army and soon they were force     
[003]    But in my mind they were all enemies that we had to  _____ . I particularly wanted Lord Trimingham to succeed.      
[004]      Eldon Rosen said, won't understand why you let us  _____  your test before it began. But don't worry, Mr Deckar     
[005]      I'm tired, Isidore,' Roy explained as he accepted  _____ . It's been a long trip.'  I hope,' said Isidore happi     
[006]     to take things from the beach.  These showed their  _____  of the sea.  He liked to wear unusual clothes, or to      
[007]  be long and difficult.  However, she refused to admit  _____ , and return, beaten, to London, otherwise Mrs. Smiling     


	
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[001]        But afterwards you have to go back to where you  _____ .'  'We                                                     
[002] joyed the parties.  When you die, all this is going to  _____  to me.  Meet my new friends - Dan Future and his wife      
[003]  the American flag.  But over 80 per cent of Americans  _____  to a Christian church and Christianity is very import     
[004]      Laceys, were gone.  Now I had nothing.  I did not  _____  to the world.  I started thinking about death.      
[005] enstein.  He will punish you." '"Frankenstein! So you   _____  to my enemy.  Now I can have my revenge." 'The child      
[006]    at the house, I found this hair-band.  It could not  _____  to a woman.  Sailors use this kind of band to tie the     
[007]   You don't understand.  The money and the house don't  _____  to us, or to you.  They                                    


	
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[001]   back to England and defeated his nephew, but in  the  _____  was seriously wounded. Arthur told Sir Belvedere, the    
[002]  and spoke about rights and freedom.  A very important  _____  was won by the soldiers of the North at Gettysburg in 
[003]                 Favel, do  you hear? I have to fight a  _____  tonight, and you talk to me about the weather!'       
[004]      hid in a small room upstairs, and listened to the  _____ .  Julie stared into the darkness and thought about      
[005]    to 'Indian' land further west.  He won an important  _____  at Little Big Horn in 1876 but could  not win the war.   
[006]  saw that he was too late.  There was already a fierce  _____  going on, all around the square.  Bullets were flying     
[007]     Dawson sat beside him.  He had now lived through a  _____  and the first half of a hurricane, and was no longer      


	
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[001]    river bank, and I began to move carefully along the  _____  of a tree which was over the water.  It was very cold     
[002]     by a gentle knocking on the window. It must be the  _____  of a tree, I thought, and tried to sleep again. Outsid     
[003]   Finally he climbed up a tree beside the road; a dead  _____  broke, he fell and was killed. When they found him      
[004]    the yard and quietly pulled himself up on the first  _____ . As he watched, he saw one of the men pull the telepho    
[005]  a child laughing somewhere near. A bird flew onto the  _____  of a tree close to him and they looked at each other.     
[006] transfers the wrong gene. Everything is so new in this  _____  of science. There are no laws, at least no manmade      
[007]         just an typical country village. But it's on a  _____  of the Tees River, so it must be in a nice green valle