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Quiz 088

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]                         Through the open door came the  _____  sounds of the London streets.        
[002]       Suddenly my heart stopped beating, and I heard a  _____  voice cry, 'Jane! Jane! Jane!'-  nothing more. Where     
[003] iend Miss Temple.  But when she married and moved to a  _____  part of the country, I decided it was the moment for     
[004]        In essence, the city's task is to control three  _____ , sprawling regions where, since 1911, it has had the      
[005]     of what he's said is exaggeration. It's not just a  _____  problem somewhere on the other side of the world.       
[006] plaining to the Chaplain that he believed he had had a  _____  cousin at Scone a short time  ago.        
[007]      the start of this East African folk tale evokes a  _____  past, an exotic locale and a dangerous plot setup.  


	
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[001]               it was already too dark. A few flakes of  _____  started to fall.  
[002]                 After about five minutes it started to  _____  heavily, so that the streets were soon completely whit     
[003]             Well, in January it can be very cold, with  _____  everywhere! But high in the mountains the sky is usual     
[004] Most people go skiing every weekend, and if there's no  _____  you can still go walking in the mountains. A lot of t     
[005]  night, and the fields near the village are white with  _____ .  The village is quiet, but not everybody is sleeping.     
[006] wearing a heavy coat and a fur hat. There was a lot of  _____  in the picture. 'Have you seen that man before?' he       
[007]     on holiday in Switzerland with a group of friends.  _____  came down from the mountains and killed Hugh Lindsay   


	
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[001]                   The legionaries wore heavy armour to  _____  their bodies.  They carried a javelin, a sword, a knif     
[002]            On hot days this cover was pulled across to  _____  people from the sun.  The fighting area was sometimes     
[003] he United Kingdom.  Early English kings had to try and  _____  the country from enemies.  King Alfred the Great (871     
[004]                 As a result of this, he passed laws to  _____  Christians.  Before he died, he also became a Christia 
[005]          We want the royal family to do their duty and  _____  our traditions.  But we also want them to be more mode     
[006] important too.  The government started making plans to  _____  large areas of the Amazon rainforest.  In November 19     
[007]    you are doing everything you can to fight crime and  _____  your home, ask at your  police station for your Crime     


	
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[001]                          Into a little well before the  _____  he dropped a hundred-yen coin and then he      
[002]               and he resolved never again to visit the  _____  at Fudomae.  I was thinking of the heat and of water     
[003] Mayor Franklin Edson and Dr. Gustav Gottheil, Rabbi of  _____  Emanu-El. The flags of the United States, France, G     
[004]    Babri mosque was built on the ruins of an old Hindu  _____  during the Moghul invasions of the late 16th century.     
[005] eatening to tear down the crumbling mosque and build a  _____  devoted to Lord Rama. The dispute has been referred      
[006]                              come in the person of the  _____  priest.  Instead, he walked around the                    
[007]                  The youngest Oscar winner was Shirley  _____ .  She won a special Oscar in 1935, when she was just      


	
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[001]                                       The water in the  _____  made a beautiful noise, like singing.        
[002]                              I watched the fish in the  _____ , too.  They were very exciting, because they move very     
[003]     Later, when they were washing their clothes in the  _____ , Joe said, 'That's the last time I'll do that.'       
[004]  silvery in the sunlight, and on the other side of the  _____  were tall green plants with purple flowers.      
[005]     to hurry, to take chances. They had water from the  _____ , which they didn't want to drink, and nothing left to     
[006] illage is just after an old Roman bridge over a little  _____ . The hotel where we're staying is just on the second     
[007]   looked very tired and frightened.  They stopped by a  _____ . The boys were washing the dirt and blood from their       


	
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[001]    83 metres long and 48 metres wide.  It was built of  _____ , with sand on top.  The stones were above underground     
[002]  Forum, the main square of the city, there was a large  _____ .  In golden letters it showed how far it was to differ 
[003]      on Easter Day in 1722.  It is famous for over 800  _____  statues, called moai.  The statues are between one and     
[004]  It was much quieter in her room because of the strong  _____  walls.  If there are people alive on that ship now,      
[005]  kitchen door.  Ethan felt for the key under the usual  _____ .  Matt, the key's not there!' he said.  This had never     
[006] looking straight in front of him and his face was like  _____ .  As I placed my hand on his arm, his body began to      
[007] outside the church, and Sir Ector put the sword in the  _____  again.  'Now pull it out,' he said to Arthur.  Arthur      


	
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[001]                      'Thanks, Vic,' she said.  'You're  _____ ,' he said.  'Now, I'll go and introduce myself to Kar     
[002]                                              Hello and  _____  to this week's Worldly Wise, the programme that looks     
[003]                        I live on this island.  You are  _____  here.  Would you like to come to my village and eat      
[004]                     Inside the room, a man stood up to  _____  him.  'Mr. Duncan? Pleased to meet you.  My name's Da     
[005]   on television.  The church and the government didn't  _____  the idea.  It was an important ceremony - it mustn't      
[006]     Mary looked after me very kindly, and made me feel  _____  in their pleasant home.      
[007]    remain wet.  Not good news for sportsmen - but some  _____  rain for gardeners. Plants and gardens have been doing     


	
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[001] he Harveys?'  The man laughed.  His laugh was warm and  _____ .  Oh, yes, I know them,' he said.  We drove back      
[002]   after Harry, his younger brother.  Harry is an open,  _____  boy, and he is at Eton too.       
[003]          Odette looked around at the little  town, the  _____  faces of the American soldiers,      
[004]  find the true story.  Erin was not a lawyer.  She was  _____  and interesting and the people of Hinkley liked talkin     
[005]                         shopkeepers in Prague are very  _____  and will always tell you where you are and how to get     
[006] will happen, do you think?  J: If we don't become more  _____  to the environment, then the environment will make it     
[007]     After dinner, he went for a walk.  Vancouver was a  _____  city, and Nick liked walking through Gastown and Chi      


	
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[001]            through them I could see tree tops and blue  _____ .  The girl was sitting near one of the arches, and she     
[002]                     The big African sun was low in the  _____  and the Nile River moved slowly and quietly through      
[003]    Aron felt very small and unimportant under the wide  _____  and tall, dark mountains.  Aron was still in great da     
[004]  Just get out of here!'  Father Kani glanced up at the  _____ . Light was appearing behind the mountains. He should      
[005]    in the Soi, the next street. There was light in the  _____  now, a soft orange light in the grey dawn.  It was alw     
[006]         The air was fresh, and the sun was high in the  _____ .  Aron  topped walking to listen to the silence of the     
[007] trange report.  Aliens were flying with a woman in the  _____ .  Then two New York policemen reported the same thing!     


	
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[001]           He hated it, all the rugby, hockey and other  _____  sports. He hated the army too. He  didn't want to be      
[002]      deep in the thick forest, and the narrow path was  _____  and difficult.  But Chico moved quickly and easily    
[003] sometimes, of course, and broken a bone or two playing  _____  sports, but never a serious illness.      
[004]                      He had one thousand kilometres of  _____ , country roads yet to survive.       
[005] r gloves and bag.  Paul noticed for the first time how  _____  and coarse his hands had become.      
[006] Bext morning Robbie Ferguson's boat took me across the  _____  seas to Cladach Duillich.
[007]   he heard two loud and angry voices.  One was low and  _____ .  The other was high and very strange.